UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
[Opinion] Analysis: UN Report Cherry-Picks Evidence to Fit NGOs Anti-Israel Narrative
Yona Schiffmiller maintains that the fact that the UN Commission of Inquiry found Physicians for Human Rights- Israel (PHR-I) to be a reliable source speaks volumes about the abject failure of that body to accurately report on the 2014 Gaza conflict.
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Secretariat Funding Provides Backbone for NGO Contributions to the UN Report on Gaza
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes biased and unreliable political advocacy NGOs, many of which receive funding from the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, a joint funding mechanism of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
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[Opinion] Mads Gilbert and the Theater of the Absurd
THE UNHRCs latest report includes a list of four experts, among whom is Dr. Mads Gilbert, a full-time propagandist from Norway who exploits medicine to promote hate.
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[Opinion] Analysis: Another Outrageously Flawed Gaza Report
Gerlad Steinberg claims that the COI report on the 2014 Gaza War is written with the harsh ideological accusations of William Schabas, interspersed with the more reasonable caution of Mary McGowan Davis, as well as heavy reliance on biased and politicized NGOs with faades of expertise.
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Par for the Course: EU- & NIF-funded NGOs Central to UNHRC Lawfare Attack
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes EU-funded political advocacy NGOs that lack credibility and do not employ professional fact-finding standards.
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UN Report on Gaza: Improvement over Goldstone, but NGO Reliance Hurts Credibility
Commissions lack of military expertise and limited fact-finding also evident
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International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) (Paris)
FIDH is a Paris-based federation of 141 NGOs from 92 countries with consultative or observer status with several international bodies. In its mission statement, FIDH seeks to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While claiming to be strict and impartial in its work, FIDH shows a strong anti-Israel bias by focusing disproportionate resources on condemning Israel, selectively interpreting international humanitarian law, dismissing the context of terrorism, largely ignoring Israeli victims of terror, and denying Israels right to self-defense. FIDH receives funding from international and national bodies and foundations, but it does not disclose the sources of its funding
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Report Fills Gaps in UNs Investigation of Gaza Conflict
In parallel to the forthcoming report of the UN Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Gaza, NGO Monitor and UN Watch have prepared an independent, fully-sourced, systematic, and detailed book on issues related to the 2014 Israel-Hamas conflict.
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[Opinion] A Troubling Picture of UN Complicity in Palestinian War Crimes
Anne Herzberg maintains that while the BOI summary of the 2014 Gaza war lacks transparency, its mandate was generally even-handed, did not declare Israel guilty in advance and, even if unintentionally, refutes the predominant NGO narrative.
