Human Rights
Breaking Its own Rules: Amnesty's Researcher Bias and Govt Funding
The faade of Amnesty Internationals impartiality is extensive. Since 2010, when it dismissed womens rights advocate Gita Saghal for blowing the whistle on Amnestys association with an alleged Taliban supporter, Amnestys international credibility has been greatly damaged.
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Security Council Unfit for Purpose, Says Amnesty International
NGO Monitor concluded that organisations including Amnesty and Human Rights Watch had neglected to expose human rights violations in the decade leading up to the uprisings.
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[Opinion] When the Kassams fall the NGOs are silent
Jason Edelstein discusses the failure of NGOs to uphold universal human rights and condemn the rocket attacks on Israel's southern cities.
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Herzberg, YIISA Conference: Lawfare, Human Rights, and the Demonization of Israel
The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism - Discussion: "Lawfare, Human Rights Organizations and the Demonization of Israel" as part of the YIISA/IASA Conference "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" August 24, 2010