About us

We are a group of staff members at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) committed to ensuring research collaborations align with principles of justice and international law. As members of the academic community, we believe it is our responsibility to examine the ethical implications of institutional partnerships and to advocate for transparency, accountability, and compliance with international legal standards. Our aim is also to create a space for informed discussion, bringing together scholars, students, and staff to engage in constructive dialogue on the role of academia in upholding human rights and ethical research practices.

The current focus of our initiative lies on calling for a legal and ethical review of collaborations between KIT and Israeli research institutions (see our letter), as well as to cut ties with institutions that are found to be complicit in the ongoing and decades long record of violation of human rights of the Palestinian people. Our focus on Israeli institutions is because among KIT's cooperation partners, they are distinguished by significant evidence of collaborating with a government and military found to be plausibly committing genocide and maintaining an illegal occupation.

We advocate to take seriously the reports and findings provided by Human Rights Experts of the United Nations and other organizations, as well as the rulings of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Following the extensive evidence provided by these experts, we condemn human rights violations and war crimes committed by all actors, Hamas and associated armed groups, as well as the Israeli government and military.

Note: We are not an official body of KIT.