THE LEGAL ARM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

For more than 50 years, Jewish lawyers and jurists from all over the world have been working together to advance human rights everywhere. We are committed to combating antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, Holocaust denial and the delegitimization of the state of Israel.
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ICC Arrest WARRANTS against Israeli leaders

Webinar: ICC Arrest Warrants against Israeli Leaders – Legal and Practical Implications
With Prof. Irwin Cotler and Prof. Yuval Shany

Submission to the ICJ on the requested advisory opinion on issues pertaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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combating antisemitism

AGEN AMI
PROTECTED COMMUNITIES PROJECT
A LEGAL PROJECT TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT JEWISH COMMUNITIES AGAINST ANTISEMITIC OFFENSES
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IJL at the human rights Council

Calling for urgent action to bring the hostages home!
Diana Levinson, grandmother of Shay—whose body is held in Gaza – at the UN Human Rights Council 57th Session

Updates from IJL member organizations around the globe

UKAJLJ (UK Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists): Israel’s right to defend itself under international law following the attack by Hamas on October 7 is beyond question.In its military operations, Israel is of course obliged to act in compliance with the international law of armed conflict, which includes the principle of proportionality, but many take a mistaken view of the limits placed on Israel’s military action against Hamas by that principle.

Proportionality in this context does not mean, as many suppose, that defensive military action must be limited so as to cause no more than proportionate harm to the enemy. Thus, the number of casualties or the damage caused to civilians and non-military targets is not in itself an indication of disproportionality

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AAJRA (Association of Jewish Lawyers of the Argentina Republic), with a coalition of over 170 organizations in Argentina, called on Friday, 17/11/2023, for the immediate release of the hostages – children, babies, older persons, people with disabilities, women, and men – kidnapped to Gaza in the horrendous Hamas led terrorist attack on October 7.

In Memoriam

 Adv. Alex Hertman
IJL’s Former President (2004-2011)

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