BROKEN
A Palestinian Journey Through International Law

Produced by
Stefan Ziegler
2018
52'
"[...] to my knowledge, Broken is the first time in the history of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which a judgment of the ICJ or an Advisory Opinion deserves an entire documentary […]"
Professor Marcelo Kohen, International Law Expert, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Synopsis
The story of Israel’s Wall in Palestine, of its daily impact on Palestinian lives, has been told from many different perspectives. The other story, the story of the Wall and the broken promise of international law, is yet to be told. “BROKEN” tells that story. In 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared the Wall illegal, and called on States to support its Advisory Opinion. Although international representatives pledged their governments’ support at the UN General Assembly no tangible results have emerged to date, to the contrary, the Wall is nearing completion. As a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and later as head of the UN’s Barrier Monitoring Unit, and now as a film producer, I have been working on documenting the Wall’s impacts since 2005. I put my life’s blood into a job which could only be done by an outsider. When my Unit was disbanded in May 2013 due to lack of funds and lack of will, my job came to a sudden end. I asked myself, could I blithely leave my work there and continue my career elsewhere. Could I morally live with myself if I simply dropped my work and moved on to another job? Could I ignore a subject which I knew in more depth than almost anyone else? Could I abandon all these countless people, and all the communities directly impacted by the Wall, without regret?










