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Al-Haq Welcomes Advocate General Hogan’s CJEU Opinion Explicitly Requiring Labeling of Settlement Goods, but calls on States and the EU to Prohibit the Import of Illegal Settlement Goods
Al-Haq wishes to highlight and endorse the publication of Advocate General Hogan’s opinion for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 13June 2019, in relation to the noti...
Israeli Occupying Authorities Demolish Palestinian Water Wells; Expand Water Lines for Israeli Settlements - Reporting Period: 10-16 June 2019
Between 10 and 16 June 2019, Al-Haq documented the demolition of homes, water wells, and animal barns, as well as the extension of a water line for Israeli settlements and outposts running through pri...
Palestinian Civil Society Statement in Response to the German Bundestag: Anti-BDS Resolution Violates Principles of International Law, Stands against Palestinian Civil Society and Aspirations for Freedom, Justice, and Dignity
The undersigned are deeply concerned with the joint resolution, adopted on 17 May 2019, and co-signed by four German political parties; CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, and the Alliance90/Greens. The resolution v...
Al-Haq Receives a Delegation of Chilean Members of Parliament
The briefing, which was held at Al-Haq, shed light on the deteriorating situation of human rights and the oppressive Israeli policies against Palestinians, which results in a situation of mass viola...
Al-Haq Calls on the European Union to Withdraw its Recent Statement on Gaza and Apologize to Palestinian Victims
Al-Haq urges that all civilians regardless of their identity be guaranteed their humanitarian rights to be protected from direct and targeted attacks. Accordingly, Al-Haq deeply regrets that...
Gaza 20/20: Call to Canadian Government for Sanctions until the Blockade on Gaza is Lifted
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland;Last year, the UN warned that Gaza is expected to be uninhabitable by the year 2020. In the deeply worrying report, the UN Coordinat...
The Conference “Threshold from Occupation to Annexation” Concluded
The welcome remarks made by the organisers, Dr. Abdullatif Abuhijleh, President of Birzeit University, Mr. Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq, Dr. Dimitris Christopoulos, President of the FI...
Al-Haq Attends 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Written Submissions
Ahead of the 38th regular session, Al-Haq submitted a joint written submission together with BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, titled: “Seven D...
Al-Haq and Addameer outline why agenda Item 7 is critical for human rights in the OPT
Item 7 is a necessary point in the HRC’s agenda, given that the response of the international communitiy to Israel’s 70-year, annexation, colonisation and apartheid of Palestine and 51-year occupati...
51 Years of Israeli Occupation, 11 Years of Closure of the Gaza Strip: Time for Action, Time for Sanctions
51 Years of Israeli Occupation: Settlement Expansion and Exploitation of Natural Resources
Israel’s colonial policies and practices have continued and intensified as a result of over 50 years of br...
Al-Haq Condemns United States Recognition of Jerusalem, in the occupied State of Palestine, as Israel’s Capital
When Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967, Security Council Resolution 267 warned “all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel which purport to alter the status of Jerus...
Joint NGO Statement in Support of the UN Human Rights Database on Business Activities related to Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Database as mandated by Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution A/HRC/RES/31/36 can be a successful implementing mechanism to further compliance by duty-bearers, businesses and states, with their...