The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law has concluded its 10th International Law Summer School for 2024, which lasted 2 weeks. 

This year there were 14 programme participants from 8 different countries representing an interdisciplinary cross-section of backgrounds - from legal experts and academics to artists and civil society employees. 

The summer school started with introductory sessions on the Palestinian context, including the internal human rights situation, the application of International Humanitarian Law and the Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid framework. Participants also learnt about Al-Haq’s work using international accountability mechanisms from our advocacy team and spatial analysis techniques to pursue accountability from Al-Haq’s Forensic Architecture Investigation Unit (FAI). Partner civil society organisations held issue-specific sessions for participants, including the status of Palestinian political prisoners, and Palestinian women and children under occupation and apartheid. 

The rest of the summer school consisted of field visits across historic Palestine, where participants could see what they’d learned in the sessions, on the ground and hear firsthand from the communities impacted. 

‘Al-Haq's International Law Summer School Programme is the epitome of experiential learning. Participants experience settler-colonial policies and human rights violations as they are happening on the ground. While intense and critical, the programme facilitates their teaching and learning with care and grace.’

- Feedback from a participant of the 2024 cohort of students.