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HRW’s Waffles on Durban Review Conference

April 30th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, NGO Monitor
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In contrast to many NGOs that have signed the joint statement declaring their moral opposition to a repetition of the antisemitic hatred that dominated the NGO Forum of the 2001 Durban conference, Human Rights Watch has waffled. HRW’s “Position Paper on the Durban Preparatory Committee”  (April 21, 2008) admits that “the NGO forum at the […]

INTERNSHIPS WITH RADICAL NGOs UNDERMINE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

April 16th, 2008 | Category: Human Rights, Amnesty International, Boycott / Divestment, ICAHD, Mossawa, NGO Monitor, Ethics

The draft report cited in the article “American Internships in Israel Promote Extremism, Report Says” (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 16, 2008) is part of NGO Monitor’s ongoing research focusing on the boundaries between human rights norms and partisan ideological campaigning. As quoted, the analysis of the activities of the NGOs chosen for these internships […]