Category: Human Rights

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 […]

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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 […]

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Prof. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky published an article in the 21 March edition of the Jewish Chronicle (UK) agreeing with NGO Monitor’s analysis on the political biases and false claims of leading “charities”, and “human rights groups”, including Amnesty International, Christian Aid and Oxfam.  As he notes, these groups systematically abuse the rhetoric of human rights, and […]

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In recent weeks, many NGOs funded by the EU and the New Israel Fund have issued harsh condemnations of Israel’s alleged “blockade” and “collective punishment” in Gaza. HRW and Amnesty have been some of the most vocal critics of Israel’s anti-terror measures claiming that Israel’s “security concerns” regarding the Gaza border are a […]

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Over the past few decades the world of charitable giving and philanthropy has changed beyond recognition. Long gone are the days when generous benefactors, heirs to the family fortune, simply signed a large check to a faceless, but undoubtedly good cause. Previously the benefactor typically remained somewhat aloof to the cause itself, trusting that […]

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Kenneth Roth, who runs HRW, asks: Is Israel’s Blockade of Gaza the Right Way to Respond to Palestinian Rocket Attacks?
Roth and HRW ask whether Israel’s response to the hundreds of Hamas rocket attacks is “the right way”. Roth runs a human rights organization, and has no experience or specialized knowledge in security and anti-terror […]

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Is too much aid ever a problem? According to Martin Kramer’s Sandbox, if a report in the Boston Globe is accurate Gaza may soon be “buried in flour”.
The Globe’s report is written by Eyad al-Sarraj, founder of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, and Sara Roy, a political economist and researcher at the Center for […]

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Reporters Without Borders has condemned a Palestinian sniper who took shots at the media as they tried to report on the murder of Carlos Andres Muscara Chavez, a 21 year old volunteer from Ecuador. We reported on B’tselems condemnation of Carlos’ murder previously and we are still waiting to see more of a response from […]

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In this post, we discuss the question of ethics for those who take jobs with human rights organizations. This will be the first of a series of posts on this topic that we will cover in the coming weeks. If you are an employee of an NGO and would like to contribute to the discussion […]

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Justin Elliott at Mother Jones blog posted questions that five experts would ask the US Presidential candidates if given the chance.
One of the experts, Dr. Stephen Zunes posed the question:
For Senator Clinton. During the 2006 war in Lebanon, you co-sponsored a resolution condemning Hezbollah for its alleged use of “human shields.” Since then, detailed on-the-ground […]

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