Timeline

October 22 , 2024

Open Letter to KIT Executive Board, Ethics Committee and Senate

Call to all relevant bodies of KIT, to critically evaluate and discuss the ethical and legal permissibility of maintaining collaboration agreements with Israeli institutions.

October 31 , 2024

Application to KIT Ethics Committee to review legally and ethically Israeli partnerships

December 17, 2024

Recommendation by the KIT Ethics Committee to the Executive Board to have the current legal situation regarding cooperation with Israeli research institutions examined and to react according to the results of this examination.

Ethical considerations guiding permissibility of collaboration agreements remain absent.

February 24, 2025

Executive Board decides to let KIT legal department evaluate how the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (Nr. 2024/57) regarding the Illegal Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel affects research cooperation between Israeli institutions and KIT.

Exact time when legal review was concluded is unknown. Results were first communicated to us on the 26th of March, 2025.

March 3, 2025

KIT signs new cooperation Agreements with Tel Aviv University and University of Haifa.

March 26, 2025

2nd Application to KIT Ethics Committee

Calling for more clarity on ethical criteria guiding cooperation agreements of KIT, and the initation of transparent evaluation procedures regarding human rights standards of (potential) partners.