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05-14.03.2027 Geneva
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Preceded by the film Disunited Nations

The Failure of International Law in Gaza

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Friday 13 March – 20h30
Preceded by the film Disunited Nations
Espace Pitoëff - Grande Salle
Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Geneva

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In Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and genocide continue amid deafening silence. How can inaction persist in the face of a large-scale colonial project and documented war crimes? What role can the UN still play today?

The genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is unfolding amid long-standing impunity, rooted in a system of apartheid and illegal Israeli occupation, exposing the moral, political and legal failure of states. The October 2025 agreement, presented as a major breakthrough, may in fact formalise a new phase of colonisation. As calls grow to guarantee humanitarian access, sanction violations and enforce the Geneva Conventions, they meet continued inaction, while the UN remains constrained by veto powers and political pressure on its institutions. In this context, what tools remain to uphold international law and protect civilians in Gaza? And how can trust in international law be restored?

Co-presented with ARTE and Mediapart
Introduction

Claudia Bucher

Discussion

Christophe Cotteret
Director of Disunited Nations

Francesca Albanese
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied

Moderators

Rachida El Azzouzi
Journalist at Mediapart

Language(s)
The discussion is interpreted in English and French

By Christophe Cotteret

Disunited Nations

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Competition - Focus

Since October 2023, the international community’s failure to prevent the massacre of Palestinian civilians in Gaza has revealed the collapse of international law. Following Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, the film takes the viewer to the heart of an institution in crisis, confronted with its own powerlessness, political pressure, and the questioning of its founding mission to protect peoples.

⚠︎ This film contains disturbing narratives that may be sensitive to some viewers.

Section : Competition - Focus
Country : Belgium
Original languages : Arabic, French, English
Subtitles : French, English
Duration
79’
Year
2025
Director
Christophe Cotteret
Producers
Wrong Men
Cible Prod
Writer
Christophe Cotteret
Photography
Isabelle Razavet
Jean-François Metz
Editing
Lenka Fillnerova
Son
Lionel Vinck
Marie-Clotilde Chery
Bruno Lagoarde
Rights holder
Cible Prod
Introduction

Claudia Bucher

Discussion

Christophe Cotteret

Director of Disunited Nations
Documentary filmmaker and producer Christophe Cotteret, a graduate of FEMIS, works in particular on co-productions with the Franco-German channel ARTE and the Belgian channel RTBF. Specialising in issues of political violence and geopolitics in the Maghreb and Middle East, he has directed Démocratie Année Zéro (2013), Inkotanyi (2017), Anatomie d’une instruction (2022), and White Power (2024).
Discussion

Francesca Albanese

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied
Ms. Francesca Albanese is an international lawyer, specialised in human rights and the Middle East. Since May 2022, she has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 (oPt). An affiliate scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, Albanese is the author of prestigious publications, including Palestinian Refugees in International Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), considered as a landmark in the literature on the subject, and more recently J’Accuse (Fuoriscena, 2024). Her academic works cover various aspects of the Question of Palestine, the legal situation in Israel/Palestine and Palestinian forced displacement, including the mandate and work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Moderators

Rachida El Azzouzi

Journalist at Mediapart
Rachida El Azzouzi is a French-Moroccan journalist and photographer. She has been working for the independent investigative newspaper Mediapart since 2011. She covers news from the Middle East and regularly travels to Palestine and Israel to report on events there.