Statement on the boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions at the University of Cape Town

The European Students’ Union (ESU) is aware of the ongoing campaign calling for a boycott on Israeli academic institutions at the University of Cape Town (UCT). ESU believes that this resolution is not only a threat to academic freedom but, consequently a threat to the intellectual and social development of all students of UCT.
While recognising that academic institutions are operating in areas around the world experiencing human rights violations, discrimination of minority groups and/or conflicts, ESU believes it is important that these institutions should not be judged and/or limited based on their respective territorial disputes. More...