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Palestinian Civil Society Submit Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Arbitrary Detention and Harassment of Human Rights Defender Shatha Odeh
On 12 August 2021, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) and the Palestinian NGO Network submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Procedures on the arbitrary deten...
Al-Haq Welcomes Irelands Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Report on Displacement and Demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
On 13 July 2021, Ireland’s Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, after holding a series of sessions to examine demolitions and the forced displacement of people in the Occupied Palesti...
PHROC: International Community’s Silence Incentivises Israel’s Continued Shrinking of Palestinian Civil Society Space
Gravely alarmed by Israel’s intensified attacks against Palestinian human rights defenders and civil society organisations, the Palestinian Human Rights Council (PHROC) condemns international co...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal on the Arbitrary Detention and “Severe Suffering” of Human Rights Defender Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, General Director of the Health Work Committee
On 23 July 2021, Al-Haq submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the arbitrary detention of human rights defender, Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, Director of the Hea...
Commemorating the Work of Human Rights Defender, Suha Jarrar (11 September 1990 - 11 July 2021)
Al-Haq is deeply saddened by the tragic death of our dear colleague, Suha Jarrar, 30 years old, a senior legal researcher and advocacy officer with Al-Haq, and daughter of Ghassan...
65 Palestinian, regional and international organizations call on UN High Commissioner to annually update the UN Database, objecting to delays due to alleged ‘budgetary’ concerns.
On 29 June 2021, a joint oral intervention was delivered on behalf of 65 Palestinian, regional and international organizations (listed below) on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the UN Guiding...
Al-Haq Sends a Written Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence on Transitional Justice Measures and the Legacy of Human Rights Violations in Colonial Contexts
On 13 May 2021, Al-Haq sent a written submission to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Mr. Fabian Sa...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal on the Arbitrary Detention of the Human Rights Defender Farid al-Atrash
On 6 July 2021, Al-Haq submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the arbitrary detention of Farid al-Atrash, a human rights defender and the director of sou...
Al-Haq Reiterates the Need for Absolute and Non-Derogable Prohibition against Torture as a Measure to Support its Victims
As we conclude a series of events carried out since the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated annually on 26 June, Al-Haq draws attention to Palestinian prisoners and d...
During CIGA’s Second International Solidarity with Palestine Award Ceremony, Al-Haq Receives the Human Rights Award
On 17 June 2021, Al-Haq received the Human Rights Award during the Second International Solidarity with Palestine Award Ceremony, which was organized by the Center for Islam and Gl...
Israel’s Attack on the Palestinian Health Work Committees is Part of its Systematic Targeting of Palestinian Civil Society
Al-Haq condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attack on the Health Work Committees (HWC), a Palestinian non-governmental health and developmental organisation, which provides health services,...
The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law concludes the Online International Law Summer School Program 2021 (Edition I)
“The organization and management of the course… was excellent while the teaching was exceptional and of university standard. This is a very significant initiative in deepening the un...