The British House of Lords is set to debate issues relating to Palestinian children. A briefing paper prepared in advance, which was withdrawn this week, presents a one-sided, biased narrative of Palestinian suffering relies heavily on the "findings" of political advocacy NGOs.
HRW's recent publication, like previous ones, promotes a one-sided narrative against Israel, and fails to adhere to basic fact-finding standards.
Anne Herzberg maintains that without professionalization and standardization, NGO fact-finding should be viewed as nothing more than politicized advocacy.
Despite the faade of professionalism and expertise of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, any conclusions of their current investigations should be treated with the skepticism they deserve.
NGO Monitor has prepared this submission as part of the Review of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the Open-Ended Working Group (Working Group), in order to support the HRC review process.
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