Research

Victor’s research interests in the area of public international law include legal history, self-determination, the laws of war, human rights and boundary and territorial disputes. He has a particular interest in the international legal dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict and has written a book on it as well as an edited collection of legal essays.

As a PhD student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Victor is researching the concept of partition in international law in three parts:

1. pretexts/justifications for partition (balance of power, spheres of influence, self-determination, administrative convenience, etc.);
2. the forms of different partitions (secret treaties, informal agreements, unlawful partitions, etc.); and
3. the legal consequences of partition (debellatio, independence, annexation, etc.).

His case studies include Poland, Africa, the Middle East, Yemen, Germany, France, India, Korea, Indochina, Cyprus, Palestine, Bosnia, and the Bantustans in Namibia and South Africa during apartheid.

“This is an elegant and forceful narrative by a young Palestinian scholar.”

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992-1997)

Read more advance praise for From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1891-1949