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We live in a world where international hard borders are built faster and in greater numbers than ever before in history, almost 70 since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Great Wall in China was obsolete by the time it was finished. Northern Ireland's Peace Walls have little reputation for that. An American President is intent on building a wall making those to be shut out pay for it. The Israeli government, in 2002, began the construction of a 700 km-long wall in the West Bank on the Palestinian side of the "Green Line". Two years later, in its 2004 Advisory Opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague declared the construction of a wall within occupied Palestinian territory illegal. The Palestinians and many in the international community saw the Court's opinion as a turning point in the protracted conflict. Today, over 14 years later, the result is sobering: Israel has neither desisted from the Wall, which is twice as high and four times as long as the Berlin Wall, nor made any reparations. On the contrary, the Wall is nearing completion and most States have made little effort to secure compliance, although under an obligation to do so. BROKEN- A Palestinian Journey Through International Law is a compelling documentary about international law, its broken promises, the ICJ, Israel's Wall in Palestine, and the international community's duties and omissions; a tangled web of law, politics and power, and how history refuses to turn the page. Powerful scenes portray the consequences of the Wall on the people whose daily lives are affected. The film provides candid testimonies of internationally renowned law experts, ICJ judges, seasoned diplomats and the Israeli military officer who built the Wall. Catch this important moment when the filmmaker travels across three continents to reach out to the very people whose deliberations are those shaping the future of International Law, Human Rights and, ultimately, Peace. The film has been inspired and produced by a former UN expert on monitoring the humanitarian impacts of the Wall in the West Bank.