Al-Haq attended the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. During the General Debate on Item 7: Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Al-Haq delivered a statement on Israel’s control and exploitation of Palestinian natural resources in the Jordan Valley. Al-Haq highlighted the recent collective punishment measure of reducing water flows to Ein Al-Beida village.

The Hague, 20 September 2017: Today, four Palestinian human rights organisations submitted their fourth substantive communication to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, alleging that high-level Israeli civilian and military officials have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem.

(Ramallah, 30 August, 2017) - Al-Haq condemns the ongoing detention of Shadi Nammourah by the Palestinian Authority's General Intelligence Service, in its Jericho detention center. Nammourah is from Dura, near Hebron, and is arbitrarily detained despite having four court orders calling for his release on bail.

The majority of the 54 shops inside the historical Souk Al-Qatanin remain unopened since the Israeli authorities closed the Qatanin entrance leading to Al-Haram Al-Sharif (Al-Aqsa compound) on Friday, 14 July 2017. Following the closure of the Old City (14-16 July), only three of the eight entrances leading to Al-Haram Al-Sharif were reopened to worshippers. Israeli authorities, however, installed metal detectors on the three entrances, which worshippers refused to enter through for fear of changes in the status quo.^[1] The Qatanin entrance remains closed.^[2]