THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FORUM
RECLAIMING THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW TO COMBAT EXTREMISM, AND ANTISEMITISM THAT SOUNDS SIRENS TO IT.
The International Legal Forum leads a global network of experts in proactive strategies to expose and confront systematic demonization, delegitimization, and double standards - that fuel antisemitism, embolden extremism, and threaten to collapse foundational principles of law.
THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FORUM LATEST UPDATES
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ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh and Chief of Staff Becca Wertman-Traub examine the international community’s obligation to act when regimes commit atrocities against their own people. Drawing on the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) framework, they argue that in the face of mass crimes and systemic brutality—such as those perpetrated by the Iranian regime—inaction is not neutrality, but complicity. The article challenges the selective application of international law and underscores the urgent need for moral clarity and decisive action to uphold both human rights and the integrity of the international order.
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ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh and Chairman Nadav Steinman examine the growing inversion of international law in the face of aggression and terror. They argue that core principles established after World War II—including sovereignty and the right of self-defense—are increasingly applied selectively, eroding confidence in the rules-based order. Warning that the normalization of antisemitism and the politicization of legal institutions signal a broader moral decline, they call for a return to the foundational values international law was meant to protect.
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ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh, together with Nadav Steinman, reflects on the global resurgence of antisemitism in the wake of attacks from Be’eri to Manchester to Bondi. They argue that antisemitism is never an isolated phenomenon, but an early warning sign of broader extremism and democratic erosion. Tracing how hatred of Jews is repeatedly normalized and repackaged, the article issues a stark reminder: what begins with Jews never ends with Jews — and confronting antisemitism is essential to safeguarding the foundations of free societies.
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