Legal support for the Palestine movement
Speaking up for Palestine
is not a crime.
We defend people and organisations targeted for their advocacy for Palestinian rights across Europe, free of charge.
Our work
Three ways we fight back.
Free legal support
Advice and representation for people and organisations targeted for their advocacy for Palestinian rights.
ExposeDocumenting repression
Research, monitoring and advocacy that make patterns of repression visible.
ChallengeChallenging complicity
Strategic legal action concerning governments, institutions and corporations.
Cases at a glance
Legal victories.
Ongoing work.
Explore the cases, the people behind them and what changed.
across 5 countries
Figures reflect published case stories, not every case supported by ELSC.
News
Latest from ELSC.
7 Oct 2026This House believes Israel is an apartheid state engaged in genocide
Palestinian author susan abulhawa has won her two-year fight against the Oxford Union’s censorship of her speech. Her November 2024 address, which the…
16 Sep 2026Austrian Universities are trying to evade new Freedom of Information law – shielding complicity in Israel’s genocide from public scrutiny
In collaboration with Palestine solidarity activists, student groups, university workers and lawyers organizing on the ground in Austria, the European Legal Support Center…
31 Aug 2026Das Verbot des Frankfurter Vereins Palästina e.V. – Informationsveranstaltung des ELSC mit Rechtsanwalt Matthias Seipel
Am 18.08.2026 wurde der Frankfurter Verein Palästina e.V. durch das Hessische Innenministerium verboten und seine Räume sowie Wohnungen von Betroffenen durchsucht – obwohl…
Take action
Campaigns you can support.
CampaignELSC takes legal action against ITV on behalf of Nadia Sawalha
6 August 2026 The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has written to ITV on behalf of broadcaster and presenter Nadia Sawalha, alleging discrimination…
CampaignBea Foster v UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Landmark legal case seeks to challenge UK government’s use of IHRA definition of antisemitism to suppress Palestine advocacy On 9th July 2026, the…
CampaignELSC is taking legal action against German Domestic Intelligence Services for surveilling Palestine solidarity groups
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is representing three Palestine Solidarity groups in Germany taking legal action to challenge the German Domestic Intelligence…
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