Lemkin Institute: German Genocide Denial

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention recently issued a ‘Statement on the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Sustaining German Genocide Denial’, which ‘condemns the persistent efforts by several high-profile German civil society organizations to deny the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to disseminate disinformation and denialist narratives among German political decision-makers.’In this podcast we speak to Melissa Eichhorn, member of the Lemkin Institute leadership team, about what led the Lemkin Institute to issue this statement and its content.The Lemkin Institute statement: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-role-of-civil-society-organizations-in-sustaining-german-genocide-denial---The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide can be read here (it’s quite short) and worth a read: https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-prevention-and-punishment-crime-genocideSome of the organisations mentioned in the interview areChristen an der Seite Israels (CSI): https://csi-aktuell.de/english/The European Leadership Network (ELNET):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELNETGerman Israel Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Israeli_SocietyEurope-Israel Press Association:https://ngoreport.org/europe-israel-press-association/Raphael Lemkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_LemkinAlso of relevance is the report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s report ‘ Forever-Occupation, genocide, and profit: Special Rapporteur’s report exposes corporate forces behind destruction of Palestine’: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/07/forever-occupation-genocide-and-profit-special-rapporteurs-report-exposes