THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FORUM
RECLAIMING THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW TO CONFRONT EXTREMISM, AND THE ANTISEMITISM THAT SIGNALS 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.
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ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh and more than 35 international organizations have launched the Gaza GenoLIE campaign to challenge allegations that Israel committed genocide during the Gaza war. The initiative argues that the genocide charge disregards the legal requirement of specific intent, pointing to Israel’s stated objectives against Hamas and its efforts to warn civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid. Warning that the weaponization of international law fuels antisemitism worldwide, the coalition seeks to distinguish the consequences of urban warfare from a deliberate campaign to destroy a people.
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ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh and CIJA’s Richard Marceau expose the Islamic regime in Iran’s use of cluster munitions against civilians, highlighting the devastating and indiscriminate harm these weapons cause. Drawing on international humanitarian law, they argue such attacks are clear violations—not ambiguities—and warn that the international community’s failure to respond with moral clarity undermines both civilian protection and the integrity of the law.
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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.
