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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...
Al-Haq and partners deliver oral intervention on indigenous people at the Human Rights Council
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 3&5: Interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) - Interactive Dialogue
Jo...
Global Response to Israeli apartheid: A call to the UNGA from Palestinian and international Civil Society Organizations
Date: 22 SEP 2020
Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May 2020, a large nu...
Al-Haq and partners deliver an oral intervention at the 45th session of HRC on rights to safe drinking and sanitation
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 3 – Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Joi...
Open Letter: UAE and Bahrain’s Normalisation with Israel Incentivises Continued Colonisation of Palestine
By Shawan Jabarin, General Director, Al-Haq
The decision of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalise relations with Israel lay bare what has been clear to Palestinians for d...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal Concerning Israel’s Tightening Restrictions and COVID-19 Outbreak in Gaza
On 1 September 2020, Yousef Omar Mahmoud Al-Hazeen, 5 years old, his four-year-old brother, Mahmoud, and two-year-old brother, Mohammad, passed away in a house fire, caused by a candle. The famil...
PNGO and PHROC Call on the Dutch Government to Protect UAWC from Harm and to Shield Palestinian Civil Society
The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) condemn the toxic incitement and defunding campaign against the Union of Ag...
Al-Haq Highlights Israel’s Illegal use of Collective Punishment at the 44th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
In July 2020, Al-Haq engaged with the 44th Regular Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which was held in Geneva between 30 June and 17 July 2020. On 23 June 2020, the Council...
Palestinian Civil Society Organisations Welcome the Report of the Special Rapporteur addressing Israel’s Collective Punishment Policy
On 16 July 2020, Professor Michael Lynk, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, introduced his annual repo...
In a Webinar with UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Illegal Use of Collective Punishment against the Palestinian People Must be Opposed by the International Community
On 14 July 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) coordinated a webinar with Palestinian partners[1] with the participation of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on th...
Al-Haq and partners deliver joint oral intervention on collective punishment at the UN Human Rights Council
44th Regular Human Rights Council Session
Item 7: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
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Civil Society Organize Webinar on Collective Punishment in Gaza: 13 Years of Illegal Closure with Impunity
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Press release
On Wednesday, 15 July 2020, Palestinian, regional, and international civil society organisations, including Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the...