International Criminal Court (ICC)
Lawfare Defeat for NGOs at ICC
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court decides that it does not have jurisdiction to begin an investigation over cases related to the 2008-09 Gaza War, rejecting NGO lobbying and echoing NGO Monitor's legal brief.
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Yesh Din, the EU, and Lawfare: Exposing the False Claims behind Deceptive Political Campaigns
As part of a wider lawfare strategy of pressing war crimes cases against Israeli officials in foreign courts and in the International Criminal Court (ICC), foreign funded Yesh Din attempts to portray Israel and its security forces as unaccountable to the rule of law.
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The UN's Integral Role in Palestinian Rejectionism
Gerald Steinberg and Anne Herzberg examine the use of the UN for a broad campaign of political initiatives targeting Israel, including the Durban Conference, international courts, and human rights frameworks.
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Rule of Law and Due Process: NGO Campaigns to Discredit the Israeli Justice System
NGOs have developed a strategy to discredit the Israeli justice system and to falsely paint Israel as an anti-democratic state. The strategy has encompassed specifically targeting the Israeli Supreme Court.
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NGO Monitor Submission to Goldstone Follow-up Committee
The NGO campaigns highlighted in this report launched ostensibly to uphold the rule of law and due process, are manufactured as part of a coordinated strategy to internationally isolate Israel and weaken its ability to protect its citizens from asymmetrical war.
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NGO "Lawfare": Exploitation of Courts in the Israeli-Arab Conflict
An in-depth report, documenting the central roles of groups such as the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Haq, and others in implementing strategies for the prosecution of Israelis.
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NGO Monitor's submission to the International Criminal Court
In order to counter NGO lobbying campaigns pushing for proceedings against Israel in the International Criminal Court (ICC), NGO Monitor filed a submission with the Court on October 21, 2010. The brief provided missing context, corrected questionable legal claims made by these groups, and offered detailed information on NGO lawfare.
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June-July 2010 Digest (Vol. 8, No. 10-11)
NGOs at ICC review conference; HRW, Amnesty ignore Irans incitement to genocide; Alternatives (Canada) funding cuts; NGOs silent on attempted rape coverup; BDS failures; New EU NGO projects; MSFs medicine and politics; Al-Mezan UN status