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Webinar recording: Disrupt the Supply Chain of Genocide
How do weapons and military materials keep reaching Israel through European ports, and how are workers, campaigners and lawyers stopping them? Watch the full…
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Frequently Asked Questions Guide on Anti-Palestinian Surveillance by the German Domestic Secret Service Verfassungsschutz
This FAQ serves to empower individuals and groups to continue exercising their fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to associate,…
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Campaign Guide for an Ethical Procurement Policy
Aimed at activists, grassroots groups, trade unions, human rights organisations, and other civil society actors working to push local and regional authorities to adopt…
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Operational Guide for an Ethical Procurement Policy
The guide explains the legal framework for ethical procurement and offers practical steps to help public bodies avoid contracting with companies implicated in grave…
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Europe’s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity: How “Counterterrorism” Is Weaponised | ELSC Webinar
This webinar explores findings from ELSC’s new report on how counterterrorism frameworks are increasingly used to silence political organising, restrict civil liberties, and suppress…
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REPRESSION OF PALESTINE SOLIDARITY IN GERMANY
Repression of Palestine Solidarity in GermanyDownload
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Report: Europe’s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity
This report documents how European governments instrumentalise counterterrorism measures to criminalise Palestine solidarity groups. Drawing on legal frameworks and case studies from the UK,…
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Europe’s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity
This report documents how European governments instrumentalise counterterrorism measures to criminalise Palestine solidarity groups. Drawing on legal frameworks and case studies from the UK,…
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Britain’s Apartheid Apologists – Report by CAGE
This report tracks how both UKLFI and the CAA regularly instrumentalise regulatory authorities to attack and harass those who criticise and protest against Zionist…
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New Report on Reichman University
The Student Intifada Movement at the University of Milan has produced an analysis dossier on Reichman University, with which many European institutions cooperate with,…
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New Website With Overview of Ties Between Dutch Universities and Israel
Access the website here: https://academiccomplicity.nl DUTCH VERSION BELOW Joint Press Release by European Legal Support Center (ELSC), Stop Arms Trade, Solid Sustainability Research, The…
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IN OUR MILLIONS
A Netpol report on the policing of resistance in Britain against Israeli genocide in Palestine. Since the start of October 2023, there have been…
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The Defunding of Palestinian Organisations and Their Allies: a Tactic to Suppress Palestinian Voices and Shield Israel from Accountability – FAQ
The ELSC documents and challenges the growing wave of defunding and smear campaigns targeting Palestinian organisations. Learn how these attacks threaten civil society, and…
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Know Your Rights: Toolkit for Protesters in the Netherlands
In response to growing protests for Palestine across the Netherlands, ELSC created a protest rights toolkit in English, Dutch, and Arabic. Learn your rights…
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Protesting at University in the UK: What Are My Rights?
A new ‘Know Your Rights’ guide for students and staff protesting at university, created with Liberty and Jude Lanchin, is now available. Learn about…
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Know your Rights Italia: Toolkit per Manifestanti
Find key information on protest rights, police powers, and the use of placards and slogans in Italy. Access the ELSC protest rights toolkit in…
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Defending Your Advocacy on Palestine in the UK Higher Education Context
A new toolkit for UK university staff, created with BRISMES Campaigns and London Region UCU Reps, offers guidance on advocating for Palestine and understanding…
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Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in UK Higher Education: The Adverse Impact of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
A new report reveals that the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism has restricted free speech in UK universities, silencing criticism of Israel and harming academic…
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Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
The ELSC’s new report reveals how the IHRA definition of antisemitism is weaponized to silence Palestinian rights advocacy, violating freedom of expression and assembly…
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Visualising Palestine: A System of Silencing
As recognition of Israeli apartheid grows, the Israeli regime and its supporters continuously develop tactics to silence advocates for the Palestinian liberation movement as…
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When the Notion of “Israel’s Right to Exist” is Used to Target Palestinian Rights Advocates with Unfounded Allegations: Expert Reports
UK-based organisation CAGE published two expert reports signed by leading scholars, Professor John Dugard SC [1] and Professor Avi Shlaim [2] on the notion…
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Report: Unveiling the Chilly Climate – The Suppression of Speech on Palestine in Canada
IJV has spent the last year gathering research about the repression faced by academics, students and Palestine solidarity activists, collecting approximately 80 testimonies describing…
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The European Commission “Handbook” Promoting the Controversial IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism: A Legal Analysis
On 7 January 2021, the European Commission (“EC”) published a “Handbook for the practical use of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism” (hereafter: Handbook),…
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Can Data Protection Laws Prevent the Surveillance of Critical Voices in Germany?
European courts and national data protection authorities dealt with the so-called “journalistic exemption” rule when the Data Protection Directive, preceding the General Data Protection…
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German Case Law: A Coherent Set of Principles for Challenging Anti-BDS Resolutions
In recent years, activists for Palestinian human rights in Germany have had to turn to the courts to defend their constitutional rights to freedom…
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Legal Opinion on the Vienna anti-BDS Motion
The ELSC publishes a legal opinion on “The negative impact of the ‘anti-BDS motion’ adopted by the Vienna City Council on 27 June 2018…
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What Donors Should Know Following the Dutch Government’s Decision to Cut Funding for UAWC
The Charity and Security Network published a briefing paper on the Dutch government’s decision to cut funding for UAWC, with recommendations for Donors Seeking…
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The Palestinian Observatory of Digital Rights Violations
7amleh – the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media – has recently launched the Palestinian Observatory of Digital Rights Violations (7or) which…
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10 Situations in which the ELSC Can Defend your Right to Advocate
The ELSC released a new leaflet addressing 10 situations in which our team can defend the right to advocate for Palestinian rights.
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Reactions against the Arbitrary Israeli Designation of Palestinian CSOs
A regularly updated list of international reactions condemning Israel’s 2021 designation of six Palestinian organisations as “terrorist.” Featuring statements from UN, EU, states, and…
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The Attempt to Chill Palestinian Rights Advocacy in the Netherlands
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has, for the first time, documented attempts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights in the Netherlands. The report…
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The Alarming Rise of Lawfare to Suppress Civil Society – the Case of Palestine and Israel
Today, the Charity & Security Network released a report—The Alarming Rise of Lawfare to Suppress Civil Society: The Case of Palestine and Israel—detailing a…
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2020 ELSC Year-in-Review
Our 2020 Year-in-Review provides an overview our work, achievements and cases in the defence of Palestinian rights advocacy in Europe in 2020.
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European Commission Handbook Entrenches Controversial IHRA Definition Briefing Paper by 11.11.11
The new briefing paper discusses in detail important concerns raised by the “Handbook for the practical use of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism”…
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Best Quotes of the Milestone Judgement for the Right to Boycott
Thursday 11 June 2020 marked a decisive victory for freedom of expression of Palestinian rights defenders in Europe. The European Court of Human Rights…
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NGO Monitor: Shrinking Space Report by the Policy Working Group
The report “NGO Monitor: Shrinking Space – Defaming Human Rights Organisations that Criticize the Israeli Occupation” is the work of a collective of Israeli…
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The Palestine Exception to Free Speech Report by Palestine Legal
Palestine legal’s Report, The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US documents for the first time the widespread and…
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Occupation and Shrinking Space Report by 11.11.11
After decades of occupation, which already put severe restrictions on the ability of CSOs to operate in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and at a…
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Statement by J. Dugard on the Legitimacy of the Right to Boycott
Statement by John Dugard on the legitimacy of the right to boycott
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Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: Guidance for Upholding Human Rights Report by Al-Haq and GLAN
Al-Haq and GLAN’s new report analyses the supply chains and administrative and legal framework for the activities of businesses of the occupying State and…
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2019 ELSC Annual Report
You will find in it an overview of accomplishments in the ELSC’s first year on the main pillars of our program – Monitoring, Legal…
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Expert Opinion by M. Zuckerman on the Right to Boycott
I am emeritus professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University, Israel. I have…
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Legal Memo on the Right to Boycott
In the case of three German civil society organisations against the city of Bonn in 2019, the ELSC provided a legal memo claiming the…
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