Over 9,000 Palestinians hostages are held in the israeli regime’s prisons. Demand their release.

GSF Legal

This collection of legal analyses establishes the Global Sumud Flotilla as a lawful act of civil resistance challenging the illegality of the Gaza blockade. By exposing the failures of international judicial bodies to address systemic war crimes, these documents affirm the critical role of global civil society in enforcing humanitarian law and demanding accountability where institutions have failed.

Articles

The Colonial Gallows of Occupation: Israel's "Death Penalty for Terrorists" Law

By M. Hamza Ünal. Analysis of Israel's 30 March 2026 capital punishment law under international humanitarian law and the law of occupation.

Reports

Legal Assessment of the Global Sumud Flotilla

Comprehensive legal analysis documenting Israel's violations of international law during the unlawful interception and detention of the humanitarian flotilla.

Submissions

Global Sumud Flotilla Volunteers Submit Accounts of iOF Torture, Sexual Violence, and Abduction to the ICC

Read Press Release

Legal Symposium 2026

Analyses examining the broader legal, historical, and social dimensions of the flotilla mission and Israel's violations.

A Sea of Struggle: Reimagining Legal Resistance in a Violent Order

Published in the Opinio Juris symposium on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The Gaza Blockade as an Instrument of Genocide: International Law, Global Sumud Flotilla, and Normalization of Illegality

Published in the Opinio Juris symposium on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The Legal Architecture of Maritime Abduction: The Global Sumud Flotilla and Israel's Legal Fictions

Published in the Opinio Juris symposium on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Ecocide as Genocide: The Curious Disappearance of the Palestinian Olive Tree

Published in the Opinio Juris symposium on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The Mechanics of Legal Accumulation: From the Namibia Precedent to the Sumud Flotilla

Published in the Opinio Juris symposium on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Legal Symposium 2025

Analyses examining the broader legal, historical, and social dimensions of the flotilla mission and Israel's violations.

War Crimes Committed Against Humanitarian Flotillas

Documentation of violations of international humanitarian law.

Global Public Consciousness Facing a Genocidal Regime

Analysis of international response and public mobilization.

Power of Civil Resistance and the Gaza Tribunals: Sarajevo Declaration

The role of civil society and people's tribunals in accountability.

The Global Sumud Flotilla as Embodiment of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

By Dr Coralie Pison Hindawi. An analysis of how the Global Sumud Flotilla embodies the Responsibility to Protect principle in response to the ongoing violations of international law in Palestine.