NGOs and Durban Demonization at UN Human Rights Review of Israel

As predicted by NGO Monitor, the majority of NGO submissions to the UN's UPR of Israel ignore human rights issues facing Israelis and areas where Israel is a leader in this field, while grossly distorting the humanitarian, human rights and international legal dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nord-Sud XXI, Ittijah, Badil, and PGAAWC exploit human rights terminology and employ inflammatory rhetoric against Israel. Adalah, Amnesty, and others attribute "racist" motives to Israeli policies, instead of acknowledging that these are legitimate responses to Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians.

Topics

• Demonization
• Distortions of International Law
• Double Standards
• Durban
• Lack of Evidence

• Methodology
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations
• War crimes

HRW representative laments UNHRC´s "disproportionate focus on Israel"

Topics

• Disproportionate Focus
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

Jewish NGOs silenced at UNHRC

Topics

• Demonization
• Double Standards
• Egypt
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
• United Nations

NGO Monitors Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Israel December 2008

In anticipation of the United Nations Human Rights Councils Universal Periodic Review of Israel, scheduled for December 2008, NGO Monitor prepared a submission highlighting problematic NGO activity vis--vis human rights in Israel.

Topics

• International Humanitarian Law
• Right to Life
• Right to Self Defense
• Right to Self Determination
• UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
• Universal Human Rights
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
• UPR