59. Gaza, the Trump Peace Plan and Security Council Resolution 2803

In this episode of Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks, Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Philipa Paige, and Ntina Tzouvala gather (with hot chocolate, peppermint tea, and white wine) to unravel UN Security Council Resolution 2803 and its annexed “President Donald J. Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.” Douglas reads through the resolution’s greatest hits, prompting the panel to ask: How does any of this align with self-determination and recent ICJ rulings? Can the Security Council effectively override jus cogens by legislative fiat? And why are we suddenly talking about “New Gaza,” overseen by a Board of Peace chaired by Donald J. Trump and Tony Blair? Tamsin breaks down Article 25, the veto, and why the Council has been structurally placed above the law. Ntina situates the resolution alongside the legal and economic experiments of Iraq and Kosovo—only this time, with even fewer nods to international legality. We close, as tradition demands, by asking: what are your current escape routes from international law? Cue Korean reality TV, unhinged ancient-Greek animation, and the meditative rage of sewing. Recommendations Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Petulant and Contrary: Approaches by the Permanent Five Members of the UN Security Council to the Concept of 'threat to the peace' under Article 39 of the UN Charter https://brill.com/display/title/54194 Ntina Tzouvala, Capitalism as Civilisation: A History of International Law https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/capitalism-as-civilisation/F66ABF447B13A75739D4644A8674EAD9 Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Disobeying the Security Council https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disobeying-the-security-council-9780199600762 Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait