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Al-Haq Successfully Concludes its First Online Summer School
Ramallah, October 27, 2020. The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law has concluded its 6th International Law Summer School program for 2020. The Course ran for a period of two weeks beginn...
Israel’s Ongoing and Systematic Smear Campaign against Al-Haq and its Staff Members
On 5 October 2020, Al-Haq sent a submission to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in response to a call for input issued by the Special Rap...
Al-Haq Participates in a Consultation Session for a Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Legislation in Ireland
On 15 October 2020, Al-Haq participated in a consultation session organised by the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights. The consultation session comes as part of the Coalition’s Human...
Addressing the Human Rights Council, 56 Civil Society Organisations Highlight the Imminent Threat of Forcible Transfer/Deportation of Salah Hammouri
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 7 – Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
Joint Oral Intervention
Date:...
United Nations: Israel attempts to silence growing condemnation of its apartheid regime
(Geneva – 8 October 2020) On 1 October 2020, the Government of Israel attempted to silence civil society groups at the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) for condemning its impositi...
Civil Society Urges the Human Rights Council to Recognise and Address Israeli Apartheid
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 9 - Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow‑up and implementation of the Du...
Addressing the Human Rights Council, Civil Society Highlights the Need to Put an End to Israel's Apartheid Regime
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 9: General Debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance
Joint Oral Intervention...
Palestinian Disability and Human Rights Groups Welcome the List of Issues Report of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Israel
The Palestinian Disability Coalition, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” welcome the United...
On World Habitat Day, COVID-19 Accentuates Threats to the Palestinian Environment
Every first Monday of October, World Habitat Day marks the occasion to address advancement of the right to adequate housing. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, adequate housing has neve...
Al-Haq Calls on the EU to Uphold a Consistent Policy and Impose an Arms Embargo on Israel
On 17 September 2020, the European Parliament urged all members of the European Union (EU) to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Human Rights Organisations Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Imminent Threat of Forcible Transfer of Salah Hammouri
Human Rights Organisations Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Imminent Threat of Forcible Transfer/Deportation of Salah Hammouri for “Breach of Allegiance”
On Wedne...
World Tourism Day: Al-Haq calls for Corporate Accountability for Adverse Human Rights Impacts on Palestinian Host Communities
Since March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the development of tourism globally. Consequently, the question on how sustainable tourism can positively affect host communities, including rural...