NGO "Lawfare": Exploitation of Courts in the Israeli-Arab Conflict

NGO "Lawfare": Exploitation of Courts in the Israeli-Arab Conflict

In September 2008, NGO Monitor released a highly detailed analysis of the exploitation of European and US courts by NGOs. These groups have initiated criminal and civil cases against Israeli officials for supposed "war crimes," constituting a form of political "lawfare" – the use of legal methods to achieve military goals. The forty-page report, part of the NGO Monitor Monograph Series, provides the first in-depth study of this important issue, and reveals the role of NGOs in promoting the expansion of "universal jurisdiction" statutes worldwide; the creation of the "lawfare" strategy against Israel at the infamous 2001 Durban Conference; and the leading role NGOs have played in these cases. The report also documents how the main perpetrators of NGO "lawfare" are funded by the EU, many European governments, the Ford Foundation, and George Soros´ Open Society Institute. 

To read the Executive Summary in English, click here. [PDF]

To read the Executive Summary in Hebrew, click here. [PDF]

To read the PDF of the full report, click here.