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 […]
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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 […]
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March 27th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Human Rights,
Amnesty International,
Christian Aid,
Oxfam,
CARE,
New Israel Fund,
NGO Monitor,
Ethics
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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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January 31st, 2008 | Category:
Human Rights Watch,
Amnesty International,
NGO Monitor
This Monday, January 28, NGO Monitor published a report outlining Ford Foundation funding. The report demonstrates that, despite post-Durban policies against the funding of radical NGOs, the Ford Foundation has continued funding groups who exploit human rights rhetoric.
Tuesday, January 29, NGO Monitor published an analysis of Human Rights Watch response to the crisis in […]
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January 26th, 2008 | Category:
Human Rights,
Human Rights Watch,
Amnesty International,
Medecins Sans Frontieres,
NGO Monitor
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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January 25th, 2008 | Category:
NGO Monitor
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This is the first of our weekly blog reports keeping people informed on the regular work of NGO Monitor. Comments on our work are welcome.
NGO Monitor published a report on Tuesday detailing the responses of NGOs towards the Gaza crisis.
This week NGO Monitor has also highlighted two article dealing directly with NGOs:
On Sunday Anna Morgan […]
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