NGO Monitor at the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council
NGO Monitor is participating in the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by presenting submissions and giving oral statements.
NGO Monitor is participating in the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by presenting submissions and giving oral statements.
On July 10, 2019, the “launch of the Youth Program in East Jerusalem” took place in the presence of the Consul General of France in Jerusalem The individual listed as the contact person for the program is Daoud Ghoul, who, in 2015, was convicted of membership in the PFLP terrorist organization.
NGO Monitor has documented numerous concerns regarding UNICEF-oPt, stemming primarily from its relationship with highly partisan non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Although Palestinian officials are often portrayed as the initiators and leaders, in practice, the campaigns are largely led by officials of Western institutions, including powerful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in the areas of human rights, international law, peace, and other normative objectives.
On April 25, 2019, three UN Special Rapporteurs issued a statement supporting HRW Israel/Palestine Director and long-time BDS activist Omar Shakir, who failed to convince an Israeli court to force the Interior Ministry to grant him a new work visa.
A 17-year-old Palestinian who was killed on March 27 has ties to the Palestinian NGO Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.
Omar Shakir tweeted 970 times (including retweets) on issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, ranging from boycotting businesses over the 1949 Armistice line, the violence along the Gaza border, and his lawsuit against the Israeli government.
On February 28, 2019, the UN published its Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the riots along the Israel-Gaza border. The COI ignored readily and publicly available information that points to the obvious legality of Israeli actions.
NGO Monitor President Professor Gerald Steinberg writes a letter to CUNYLaw regarding its join UN submission with Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI-P), an NGO closely linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The UNHRC, UNICEF, and other UN bodies continue to turn a blind eye to Palestinian abuse of children. The violence along the Israel-Gaza border demonstrates this particular failure.