Ralph Wilde

Dr Ralph Wilde   (Academic)
Alma mater	London School of Economics, University of London, European University Institute, Cambridge University
On behalf of the Arab League he delivered "a legal masterpiece" of a speech to the ICJ

Ralph Wilde is an academic and expert in public international law. He is a faculty member at University College London (UCL). His 2008 book "International Territorial Administration: How Trusteeship and The Civilizing Mission Never Went Away" – examining international territorial administration in consideration of Third World approaches to international law and postcolonial theory – was published by Oxford University Press.

Education

• 1995 Bachelor of Science London School of Economics
• 1996 Diploma University of London
• 1998 European Human Rights Law from the European University Institute
• 1999 Master of Laws from Cambridge University
• 2000 Master of Arts University of London
• 2003 Doctor of Laws (PhD) Cambridge University

Career

In 2002 Ralph Wilde became a member of University College London Faculty of Laws. He is a public law expert, specialising in international law. He also studies "human rights beyond borders". He has published many papers regarding international law and human rights.

He won an award for his 2008 book, "International Territorial Administration: How Trusteeship and The Civilizing Mission Never Went Away". In 2009 he was awarded the Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law.

Addressing the ICJ

"A legal masterpiece" from Ralph Wilde on behalf of the Arab League

"If I must die" by Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza in December 2023

On 26 February 2024, Dr Ralph Wilde addressed the International Court of Justice on behalf of the Arab League in relation to the UNGA Request for ICJ Advisory Opinion.

In a speech described as "a legal masterpiece", Dr Wilde held the full attention of the Judges as he proceeded step-by-step to demolish the legal basis for Israel's policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He stated that Palestinians have been denied their right to self-determination through a century-long violent, colonial racist effort to establish a Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine, leading to what he called "racial domination and apartheid" against Palestinians.

Wilde then highlighted the “existential illegality of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem (al-Quds) since 1967”.

Wilde aptly conveyed the notion that "the law as you like it should not be determined by the law as it is" to the ICJ, and subtly directed his criticism towards the United States and the United Kingdom by pointing to their tendency to manipulate international law to serve their own interests.

Wilde effectively placed the occupation of Palestinian territories post-1967 within its historical framework, drawing parallels between Israel's actions in the Galilee and Negev regions post-1948 and its current policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He underscored a consistent pattern in Israel's behaviour, emphasising that its actions are not haphazard but rather deliberate, serving the purpose of annexation, as evidenced by the establishment and expansion of settlements in those territories.

Ralph Wilde concluded his speech by quoting from the poem "If I must die" by Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, killed in Gaza in December 2023.

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