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Human Rights Defender and Journalist Shot following a Peaceful Demonstration

On 21 February, Israeli forces shot a human rights defender in the head and a journalist in the face with rubber-coated bullets following the suppression of a peaceful demonstration in the old city of Hebron. The demonstration was in commemoration of the Ibrahimi Mosque...

Gaza: The status quo is not an option anymore

The EU must take urgent action to end the continuing closure and impunity in Gaza. As a group of international and European human rights and development organisations, we the undersigned are concerned about the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in t...

Demark’s Largest Bank Adds Israeli Bank Hapoalim to its Exclusion List over Settlement Construction

Al-Haq welcomes the decision by Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, to add the Israeli Bank Hapoalim to its exclusion list due its involvement in the funding of settlement construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). In particular, Al-Haq commends Danske B...

UK Members of Parliament visit al-Nu’man Village

The following report was published by Medical Aid for Palestinians on 31 January 2014 Al-Nu'man village: 'It's complicated' At the beginning of January, Medical Aid for Palestinians organised a delegation to the West Bank in association with the Council for Arab Briti...

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Al-Haq Attends Open Consultation on Development of States’ National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations

Thursday, 20 February 2014 16:56 Ref.: 15/2014

On Thursday 20 February Al-Haq attended the Open Consultation on the development of States’ (NAPs) Plans on Business and Human Rights, organised bythe Working Group on Business and Human Rights (the Working Group) in Geneva. The consultation was entitled "The strategic elements of National Action Plans in the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights".

Norwegian Ministry of Finance Excludes Two Israeli Firms from its Government Pension Fund Global

Monday, 03 February 2014 17:11 Ref.: 9/2014

Al-Haq welcomes the decision by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance to exclude Israeli firms Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus from its Government Pension Fund Global, one of the world’s largest funds. The Ministry of Finance received a recommendation from the Council on Ethics on 1 November 2013 that it exclude the two firms "due to contribution to serious violations of individual rights in war or conflict through the construction of settlements in East Jerusalem." Al-Haq particularly commends the Ministry of Finance for basing its decision on the violations of rights caused by the settlement enterprise.

Virtual Field Visit: E1 Area

Tuesday, 28 January 2014 12:44

The “E1” Virtual Field Visit is the latest in a series of virtual field visits produced by Al-Haq. Designed to bring the field to people who are unable to visit the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the virtual field visits use maps to illustrate the obstacles and human rights abuses faced by Palestinians on a daily basis.

UN Advocacy

Al-Haq Attends Open Consultation on Development of States’ National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations

Al-Haq Attends the Second Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

On Tuesday 3 December Al-Haq, in conjunction with Franciscans International, Act Alliance, MISEREOR, FASTENOPFER and the Centre Catholique International Geneve will host a side event entitled "Address »

Universal Periodic Review of Israel

Today, 29 October, Israel will undergo its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. The UPR is a peer review of the human rights record in each of the 193 member s »

Al-Haq Attends 24th Session of the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council 24th Session: Al-Haq Presents Statements on ‘Firing Zone 918’ and Ensuring that International Legal Standards Constitute the Foundation of United Nations and Middle East Peace »

Al-Haq presents to United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories

Today, 24 June, the United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People met with Israeli, Palestinian and international civil society organis »

EU Advocacy

Al-Haq Welcomes Decision by Dutch Company Vitens NV to Terminate its Collaboration with the Israeli National Water Company Mekorot

Today, Al-Haq sent a letter to the Dutch company Vitens NV warmly welcoming its decision to terminate its collaboration with the Israeli national water company Mekorot. Al-Haq particularly commended V »

Joint Open letter to Dutch Ministers regarding the involvement of Israeli companies with settlement-ties in the Dutch-Israeli Cooperation Forum

His Excellency Mr. Frans Timmermans Minister of Foreign Affairs Kingdom of the NetherlandsHer Excellency Mrs. Lilianne PloumenMinister for Foreign Trade and Development CooperationKingdom of the Nethe »

Al-Haq Submission to the EU on its 2013 ENP Progress Report on Israel

In light of the upcoming 2013 European Neighbourhood Progress Reports, Al-Haq would like to draw the attention of the European Union (EU) to Israel’s implementation of the EU-Israel Action Plan (Act »

PHROC letter on the EU’s position on and participation in Agenda Item 7 of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Dear High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Chair of the Council’s United Nations Working Party, and Chair of the Council’s Working Party on Human Rights, The Palestinian Hu »

Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Send Letter Urging United States to Cease Pressure to Postpone or Amend EU Guidelines

The Honourable John KerrySecretary of StateUnited States of America Re. The United States’ interference in the implementation of EU guidelines in the context of peace negotiations Dear Mr »

H.Rights Defenders

PHROC Mourns the Loss of Nelson Mandela

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) offers its deepest condolences to the family of Nelson Mandela and the people of South Africa. The death of Mandela is a tremendous loss, not »

International Human Rights Day…. Palestinian People’s Suffering Continues

On 10 December, the world celebrates the Human Rights Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950 to review the international achievements in the field of universal respec »

Al-Haq Congratulates Palestinian Center for Human Rights Director Raji Sourani on Receiving the 2013 Alternative Nobel Prize

Al-Haq would like to extend congratulations to Raji Sourani, Director the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, for receiving the 2013 “Alternative Nobel Prize” The Swedish Right Livelihood Award »

Al-Haq Director Shawan Jabarin elected vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Al-Haq, as a member of the Federation, is pleased to announce that yesterday General Director Shawan Jabarin was elected as one of the vice presidents of FIDH during its 38th Congress in Turkey. Al-Ha »

UN move was meaningless if PA not serious about taking Israel to international court, says al-Haq head

This interview was published at The Electronic Intifada at December, 19th by Adri Nieuwhof - a human rights advocate based in Switzerland and contributor to The Electronic Intifada. Adri N »