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Ziyad Motala

Ziyad Motala

Ziyad Motala is a Professor of Law at Howard Law School Washington D.C. Motala teaches in the areas of International law and Constitutional law. He was born in South Africa and was active in the liberation struggle in South Africa. He co-authored Constitutional Law, Analysis and Cases with Cyril Ramaphosa the current President of South Africa and architect of the South African Constitution.

Ziyad Motala is a Professor of Law at Howard Law School Washington D.C. Motala teaches in the areas of International law and Constitutional law. He was born in South Africa and was active in the liberation struggle in South Africa. He co-authored Constitutional Law, Analysis and Cases with Cyril Ramaphosa the current President of South Africa and architect of the South African Constitution.

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A Democrat upset that highlights Israel's diminishing influence on US voters

A series of Democratic primary upsets signals a shifting electorate, where unconditional support for Israel is no longer a political litmus test within the party.

A Democrat upset that highlights Israel's diminishing influence on US voters

A Democrat upset that highlights Israel's diminishing influence on US voters

UN Security Council needs a constitutional successor, not another reform

The debate on reforming the UN Security Council has gone on for decades with little progress. The real question is whether the post-1945 system has lost the legitimacy to remain the world's ultimate authority on peace and security.

UN Security Council needs a constitutional successor, not another reform

UN Security Council needs a constitutional successor, not another reform

An outdated charter: How the US Constitution enables tyranny

Long revered as a beacon of liberty, the American Constitution has become a vessel of impunity – empowering an imperial presidency that shields corruption and leaves the country an outlier among democracies.

An outdated charter: How the US Constitution enables tyranny

An outdated charter: How the US Constitution enables tyranny

Justice for whom? Hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court

The global body has been reduced to being a political tool of US-led Western nations, blatantly insulating their war criminals and selectively targeting others.

Justice for whom? Hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court

Justice for whom? Hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court

Might makes right: US, Israel and the power-politics paradigm

Like Trump supporters, the US’s blind loyalty to Israel is sustained by an alternate reality and selective rendition of facts.

Might makes right: US, Israel and the power-politics paradigm

Might makes right: US, Israel and the power-politics paradigm

Israel and apartheid: Lessons from the South African experience

From the perspective of a South African, the Israeli state shares the same characteristics of colonialism as South Africa—the systematic dehumanization of the indigenous people for the benefit of an economically advanced settler population.

Israel and apartheid: Lessons from the South African experience

Israel and apartheid: Lessons from the South African experience