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-genocide

Some of the organisations mentioned in the interview are

Christen an der Seite Israels (CSI): https://csi-aktuell.de/english/

The European Leadership Network (ELNET):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELNET

German Israel Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Israeli_Society

Europe-Israel Press Association:https://ngoreport.org/europe-israel-press-association/

Raphael Lemkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Lemkin

Also 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