How Palestine's US Embassy Case Could Affect Int'l Law

By Viren Mascarenhas and Claire O’Connell (November 30, 2018, 3:43 PM EST) -- Recently, Palestine instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice against the United States of America in connection with the U.S. moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, alleging that this move violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, or VCDR, to which Palestine acceded in 2014. Palestine's application emphasizes Jerusalem's status as a city of "special character," and argues that the embassy move as well as the U.S.' "unilateral" recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel violates this "special status" under international law....

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