Submission of the Institute for NGO Research Position Paper Regarding the Preparation of a Discriminatory Blacklist Pursuant to UNHRC Resolution 31/36

The Institute for NGO Research, an NGO in Special Consultative with ECOSOC, submitted the following information to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in advance of its preparation of a discriminatory blacklist aimed at entities doing business over the 1949 Armistice Lines, pursuant to UN Human Rights Council Resolution 31/36.

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• Distortions of International Law
• International Law
• UN BDS Blacklist
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

[Opinion] Can Europe's Leaders Halt the Obsession with Attacking Israel?

Gerald Steinberg illustrates the clear bias against Israel present in the rhetoric and actions of many European officials, and calls upon incoming leaders to adopt a new approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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• BDS
• Demonization
• Disproportionate Focus
• Distortions of International Law

• Double Standards
• Labeling
• Terrorism

Report Fills Gaps in UNs Investigation of Gaza Conflict

In parallel to the forthcoming report of the UN Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Gaza, NGO Monitor and UN Watch have prepared an independent, fully-sourced, systematic, and detailed book on issues related to the 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict.

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Asymmetrical Warfare
• Commission of Inquiry
• Distortions of International Law

• Filling in the Blanks
• Pseudo-research
• Schabas-Davis Report
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

Letter to UN Sec-Gen Regarding 2015 Report on Children and Armed Conflict

NGO Monitor expresses concern regarding attempts by Human Rights Watch to influence UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moons preparation of the Report on Children and Armed Conflict.

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• Biases
• Demonization
• Disproportionate Focus
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards

• Hezbollah
• Ken Roth
• Lack of Evidence
• Lawfare
• Methodology

• NGO Lack of Military Expertise
• Sarah Leah Whitson
• Terrorism
• United Nations

Attack on Israeli ambassador reveals lack of NGOs expertise

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• Biases
• Demonization
• Distortions of International Law
• Halo Effect
• Lack of Evidence
• Lawfare

[Opinion] MUNI Anti-Israel Bus Ads Sponsors Pro-Terror and Antisemitic Links

Yitzhak Santis reveals that banners on San Francisco city buses are associated with Paul Larudee, an individual who has a long history of anti-Israel and antisemitic activism.

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• Antisemitism
• Distortions of International Law
• Flotilla
• Hamas
• Paul Larudee
• Terrorism

NGO Monitor Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Collective Punishment
• Commission of Inquiry
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards
• Fact Finding Best Practices

• Hamas
• Human Shields
• International Law
• Ken Roth
• Lawfare
• Lund-London Guidelines

• Sarah Leah Whitson
• Transparency
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• War crimes
• Weapons Smuggling
• William Schabas

[Opinion] NGOs and the Next 'Goldstone' Fiasco

Naftali Balanson maintains that NGOs claiming to promote human rights should be campaigning to eliminate the threat in the South, instead of preventing Israel from exercising the most basic human right the right to life.

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• 2009 Goldstone Report
• Distortions of International Law
• Fact finding missions
• Hamas
• Lack of Evidence

• Soft Power
• Terrorism
• United Nations
• War crimes

[Opinion] The Gaza Numbers Game

Anne Herzberg presents the numbers and statistics that NGOs do not publish in their simplistic narratives.

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• 2014 Gaza War
• Demonization
• Distortions
• Distortions of International Law
• Hamas

• Human Shields
• Lack of Evidence
• Navi Pillay
• United Nations

When International Law Blocks the Flow: The Strange Case of the Kidron Valley Sewage Plant

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• BDS
• Distortions of International Law
• Lawfare