June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Amnesty International,
UN,
NGOs
Dr. Michael Williams has been named as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority and the Quartet. Dr. Williams previously served as Special Advisor to two UK Foreign Secretaries and held a number of senior […]
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June 11th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
Amnesty International,
UN,
NGOs
On June 4, 2007, a landmark event took place in the international human rights community. The trial of former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, commenced at the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone at the Hague. Taylor was indicted by the court on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder […]
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June 7th, 2007 | Category:
NGOs,
Government Funding,
B'tselem,
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
Created in November 2005 and funded by the European Union, the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum seeks to “influence decision making and public opinion, support the peace process and reconciliation efforts by mobilizing civil society and greater populations of the region.” Made up of over 100 organizations, members of the Forum include B’Tselem, Gisha, ICAHD, […]
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June 5th, 2007 | Category:
Separation Barrier,
NGOs,
B'tselem
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Jimmy Carter’s widely condemned 2006 book “Peace Not Apartheid” was found problematic for a number of reasons. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz provided one of the more salient critiques, outlining the numerous omissions and misrepresentations throughout the book, also pointing out that Carter virtually ignores ongoing Palestinian terrorism.
Further underscoring the lack of […]
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June 5th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
Darfur,
NGOs,
International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Darfur Update:
Comparison between Resources Devoted to reporting on Arab-Israeli Conflict and Resources Devoted to reporting on Crisis in Darfur
Introduction
The International Commission of Jurists is among the most prominent and influential international human rights NGOs. NGO Monitor was founded for the purpose of checking organizations such as these for credibility and objectivity. This study compares […]
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June 3rd, 2007 | Category:
NGOs,
Government Funding
Jason Pearlman Letter to the Corvallis Gazette-Times, “Lecturer’s claims about Israel weren’t credible”, May 10, 2007 in response to Gwyneth Gibby, “Activist speaks out about life in Palestine in Corvallis talk,” Corvallis Gazette-Times, May 4, 2007.
Gwyneth Gibby’s one-sided May 5 article on a lecture by Jeff Halper, “Activist speaks out about life in Palestine in […]
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