Tamara Kayali Browne

Dr Tamara Kayali Browne is a Palestinian Australian scholar, poet and activist. She is Senior Lecturer in Bioethics at Deakin University. Her publications include Depression and the Self (Cambridge University Press) and opinion pieces in outlets such as The Guardian, The Conversation and Mondoweiss.

Recent articles by Tamara Kayali Browne

What is at stake if countries ignore the ICC’s arrest warrants?

What is at stake if countries ignore the ICC’s arrest warrants?

Imagine… the state court has handed down an injunction to arrest certain individuals in your community for alleged crimes. Until now, the police have unfailingly done their duty and arrested individuals when instructed to do so by the court. But this time, they refuse to make these arrests. They disagree, they say, with the court’s decision, so they refuse to uphold the law on this occasion.