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.
Michael Lynk
UN Officials Promote HRW’s In-House BDS Activist
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.
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NGO Monitor at the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
NGO Monitor is participating in the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by presenting submissions, giving oral statements, and hosting side events.
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Special Rapporteur on Israel: The UN’s Weakest Lynk
In March 2016, Michael Lynk, an associate professor of law from Canada, began his term as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the “situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.” Based on the criteria to be named a Special Rappoteur and the following evidence, we conclude that Lynk is unqualified to fulfill this mandate for the UN.
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Report from on the Ground: 38th Session UN Human Rights Council
The 38th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (June 18 – July 6, 2018) continued the bias and hypocrisy that has come to define the UN in general and the UNHRC in particular. NGO Monitor staff was present, speaking before the Council and documenting the numerous false accusations from member states and NGOs.
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So you can’t go to jail for throwing stones in Canada, eh?
On April 26, 2018, Defense for Children International – Palestine’s (DCI-P) International Advocacy Officer Brad Parker spoke in Ottawa. Alongside UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk and leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May, the event “Rights under Endless Occupation: Israel/Palestine Discussion,” was hosted by the Mennonite Central Committee and the United Church of Canada. Parker’s presentation repeated the false claims and methodological flaws that are typical of DCI-P’s advocacy and reports
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Amuta for NGO Responsibility: Item 7 Interactive Dialogue - Oral Statement
Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk’s report proves why Canada was so disturbed by his appointment. The report has an antisemitic tinge, calling Israeli presence in the region avaricious, pathological, and rapacious, crudely resorting to bigotry as the complexities of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the thousands of years of Jewish history are erased.
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NGO Monitor Censured at UN for Criticizing Antisemitic Tropes/Themes
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.
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70 years from UN vote, NGO Monitor calls on Sec-Gen to end rejection of Israel
In advance of the 70th anniversary of the historic Partition Plan, Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor has sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres calling on him to end the rejectionism of Israel and joint NGO-UN programs that deny Israel’s right to sovereign equality.
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70 years from UN vote, NGO Monitor calls on Sec-Gen to end rejection of Israel
In advance of the 70th anniversary of the historic Partition Plan, Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor has sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres calling on him to end the rejectionism of Israel and joint NGO-UN programs that deny Israel’s right to sovereign equality.