NGO Monitor Submission to the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Israel
NGO Monitor presents its submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Israel.
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NGO Monitor presents its submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Israel.
NGO Monitor, a project of the Institute for NGO Research, an organization in Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 2013, presents this submission to the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance in preparation of her report on the “strategic vision for the fulfilment of the mandate.” We hope that the information provided will aid the Rapporteur in the preparation of her report to the Human Rights Council.
NGO Monitor, a project of the Institute for NGO Research, an organization in Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 2013, respectfully submits the following information to the to the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance in preparation of her report on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. We hope that the information provided will aid the Rapporteur in the preparation of her report to the Human Rights Council.
This submission provides critical information regarding the extensive Palestinian campaign of incitement and recruitment and use of children by terrorist organizations in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the torture of LGBTQ individuals there, and Hamas-orchestrated violence. These crucial drivers of the conflict have been ignored by all previous Mandate holders.
NGO Monitor, a project of the Institute for NGO Research, an organization in Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 2013, presents this submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the publication of their comprehensive report on the “Importance of casualty recording for the promotion and protection of human rights.” We hope that this submission will aid in the preparation of the report.
On November 17, 2022, Professor Gerald M Steinberg wrote a letter to the President of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the the public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (“COI” or “Commission”) that took place in Geneva from 7-11 November.
For three days, the UN’s permanent Commission of Inquiry (COI) against Israel conducted hearings ostensibly to investigate whether Israel was justified in designating seven Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations, due to their links to the PFLP. In practice, this was a forum for Commission members and NGO representatives to join in attempts to silence NGO Monitor's independent research.
NGO Monitor submits an written submission to the UN Human Rights Council regarding defamation campaigns to block NGO funding accountability.
NGO Monitor submits an written submission to the UN Human Rights Council in response to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.