David Keane
About/Bio
Dr David Keane is Assistant Professor in Law at Dublin City University, Ireland. He has published a number of works on the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), including the authored book Caste-based Discrimination in International Human Rights Law, and the co-edited book 50 Years of ICERD. Email: david.p.keane@dcu.ie
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A Missed Opportunity: The Decision in Palestine v Israel
September 5, 2024
David Keane
On 22 August 2024, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/the Committee) published the report of the ad hoc Conciliation Commission (the Commission) in Palestine v Israel. This marks the final stage of the inter-State communications procedure initiated by Palestine in April 2018 under Article 11 of the International Convention on the Elimination of…
‘Racial Segregation and Apartheid’ in the ICJ Palestine Advisory Opinion
July 31, 2024
David Keane
Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) reads: ‘States Parties particularly condemn racial segregation and apartheid and undertake to prevent, prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories under their jurisdiction’. The provision proved central to the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory…
New Rules of Procedure of the Ad Hoc Conciliation Commission in Palestine v Israel
The inter-State procedure under Articles 11-13 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) lay dormant for over 50 years before its activation in March-April 2018 in three inter-State communications, Qatar v Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2018), Qatar v United Arab Emirates (2018) and Palestine v Israel (2018). These were the first three…
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Popular articles by David Keane
Application of the CERD Convention (Qatar v UAE) and “Parallel Proceedings” before the CERD Committee and the ICJ
May 17, 2019
David Keane
Last week, the International Court of Justice held hearings to consider the United Arab Emirates request for provisional measures in the Case concerning the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. UAE). The UAE’s requests are unusual in at least two ways. First these requests constitute…
ICERD and Palestine’s Inter-State Complaint
April 30, 2018
David Keane
On 23 April, The Guardian reported that Palestinian diplomats had filed an inter-state complaint against Israel for breaches of its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine: Palestine is a State…
A Missed Opportunity: The Decision in Palestine v Israel
September 5, 2024
David Keane
On 22 August 2024, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/the Committee) published the report of the ad hoc Conciliation Commission (the Commission) in Palestine v Israel. This marks the final stage of the inter-State communications procedure initiated by Palestine in April 2018 under Article 11 of the International Convention on the Elimination of…