Support ELSC’s legal mandate to defend the Palestine solidarity movement in Europe
The ELSC is the first and only organisation that specialises in providing legal support and assistance to all those facing repression for advocating for Palestine across Europe including the UK.
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST: SUPPORT SOAS & CAMBRIDGE STUDENT ENCAMPMENTS FOR PALESTINE
Universities are using expensive injunctions to silence student protests for Palestine. If they succeed, this could set a precedent for campuses across the UK. £30,000 NEEDED to challenge these repressive legal actions
Protect student protesters from crippling legal costs.
We have been providing legal support for five years now, working closely with Palestinian civil society and monitoring all forms of repression to expose the weaponisation of racist policy, surveillance and law enforcement that silences Palestine advocacy and enables Israel’s ceaseless colonial violence and impunity.
We respond to an average of 100 cases per year and we win 95% of the time! We have successfully defended dozens of Palestinian rights advocates against censorship, surveillance, disciplinary proceedings in universities and workplaces and threats of legal action. We have taken public and private entities to court for perpetrating anti-Palestinian repression.
Since October 7th last year, our caseload has tripled and we have recorded to over 1000 cases of repression. In addition to challenging repression, we are taking part in strategic litigation cases to hold private and public actors accountable for their involvement in the genocide and ongoing war crimes in Palestine. Among our major cases this year:
In February 2024, our legal team in Germany has helped Gazan familiessue German officials for enabling the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza by providing Israel with weapons.
In October, we took the Dutch government to courtfor failing to prevent genocide in Gaza and ensure Israel respects international law.
In the face of Israeli attempts to suppress Palestinian civil society’s resilience and resistance to apartheid and colonisation on the ground, we are also supporting Palestinian (and European) civil society organisations which are being defundedand are facing restrictions to their bank accounts.
But we cannot do this alone. We need your help to scale up our efforts, now more than ever. The best way to do this is with a monthly donation. Sustained contributions ensure the ELSC’s stability and security at this critical time. This is imperative to adequately push back against repression in the long term, but also to be on the offensive, empower and grow the movement while making sure that actors complicit in war crimes are held to account once and for all.
Advocates for Palestinian rights are facing a variety of attacks aimed at silencing their voices or hindering their work: from denial of public space, public funding or online platforms, closure of financial accounts, legal threats or lawsuits, to enforcement the adoption of anti BDS motions that falsely declare the Palestine solidarity movement as antisemitic.
Contact us if you or your group, association, NGO, foundation, have been intimidated, slandered, censored or banned from speaking out or carrying out solidarity actions, or if you are just seeking legal advice about your rights.
