Amichai Cohen

Professor Amichai Cohen (BlueskyLinkedInX) is a member of the Faculty of Law at the Ono Academic College, Israel. He is also a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, where he is the director of the Amnon Lipkin-Shahak program on National Security and Democracy. Professor Cohen holds degrees from the Hebrew University (LL.B, 1998) and the Yale Law School (LL.M., 2001; J.S.D., 2003). He published widely in the areas of International Humanitarian Law, Israel’s National Security Law, and the relationship between international law and domestic law. Among his publications is Israel’s National Security Law: Political Dynamics and Historical Development.

Articles by this author:

A “Cramped Interpretation of International Jurisprudence”? Some Critical Observations on the Amnesty International Genocide Report on Gaza

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Dec 16th, 2024

The Prosecutor’s Circumvention of Article 18 Complementarity? A Flaw in the ICC’s Palestine Investigation

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Jun 1st, 2024

The Prosecutor’s Uphill Legal Battle?: The Netanyahu and Gallant ICC Arrest Warrant Requests

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May 25th, 2024

No Simple End: The ICJ and Remedies for Illegal Practices in the Occupied Territories

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Mar 12th, 2024

Between Rhetoric and Effects: The ICJ Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel

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Feb 1st, 2024

South Africa vs. Israel at the International Court of Justice: A Battle Over Issue-Framing and the Request to Suspend the War

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Jan 16th, 2024

Selective Use of Facts and the Gaza Genocide Debate

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Jan 2nd, 2024

Unpacking Key Assumptions Underlying Legal Analyses of the 2023 Hamas-Israel War

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Oct 30th, 2023

Переговори щодо війни в тіні міжнародного права

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Mar 28th, 2022

Bargaining About War in the Shadow of International Law

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Mar 28th, 2022

Report of the Independent UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Strip – An Initial Evaluation of a Problematic Report

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Mar 7th, 2019

Analysis of Israel’s Supreme Court Decision Allowing Lethal Force in Gaza

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May 27th, 2018

Contextualizing Proportionality Analysis? A Response to Schmitt and Merriam on Israel’s Targeting Practices

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May 7th, 2015