Professor Gerald Steinberg and Olga Deutsch argue that policy makers and the international community overlook a significant impediment to deradicalization efforts within civil society, particularly in the context of providing development aid.
In response to her criticizing the apparent use of antisemitic tropes by a UN official, NGO Monitor Legal Advisor Anne Herzberg was called to order for violating the “sense of respect” during the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Statements made by UN officials Michael Lynk and Michel Forst, as well as Amnesty International, about Isso Amro's trial falsely impugn the Israeli justice system and distort international law.
The Amuta for NGO Responsibility's submission the Human Rights Council on civil society space.
The Amuta for NGO Responsibility submitted a written statement to the Human Rights Council, demonstrating how the OHCHR and rapporteurs operating under special procedures mandates have failed to ensure adherence to the definition of a human rights defender, abusing the term and giving the impression of a UN imprimatur on individuals that promote incitement, violence, discrimination, and virulent antisemitism.
A report published by UN Women is yet another example in a recurring pattern of UN blunders caused by unchecked reliance on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that promote antisemitism, BDS, and reject a negotiated two state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Denmark is one of four governments that funds politicized NGOs in the Arab-Israeli conflict through the IHL Secretariat. A number of these groups incite violence, have ties to terrorist organizations, and are leaders of BDS campaigns against Israel.
Responses from a number of European parliamentarians to NGO Monitor's report detailing the highly disturbing pattern of European government funding to NGOs that legitimize violent attacks against civilians and incite violence.
Following an official complaint sent by Anne Herzberg, Legal Advisor at NGO Monitor, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has removed Manal Tamimi from a list of “human rights defenders.”
The UN edited and removed Manal Tamimi from a report written by Michael Lynk after NGO Monitor filed a complaint demonstrating that Tamimi frequently utilizes antisemitic and violent rhetoric and imagery on social media.
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