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Palestinian and Regional Human Rights Organisations Send Joint Written Submission on Gaza Ahead of the 45th Human Rights Council Session
On 20 August 2020, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent a joint written submission concer...
Joint Open Letter – Protection of Palestinian Workers During and After COVID-19
For the attention of:
Mr Guy Ryder
ILO Director-General
Geneva, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
cc:
Mr Mounir Kleibo,
ILO Jerusalem Representative
ILO in the occupied Pales...
Al-Haq Welcomes and Broadly Endorses Response of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to Amicus Curiae Briefs in the Situation in the State of Palestine
On 30 April 2020, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) submitted a 60-page response to the submissions of amici curiae in the Situation in the State of Palestine. &nb...
Al-Haq condemns practice of “targeted killings” in Gaza, calls for an immediate investigation into deaths of Gazan civilians, including children
Al-Haq condemns the recent escalation by the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip, and its indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population. On Tuesday, 12 November 2019, the IOF assassin...
Statement on World Humanitarian Day
Date: 19 August 2019
Today, 19 August 2019, marks the 16th anniversary of World Humanitarian Day, designated by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to commemorate the August 2003 bombing of th...
Special Focus: Widespread Israeli Aerial Incursions in the Gaza Strip (Reporting Period: 25-26 March 2019)
According to reports of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, the aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip resulted in two injuries to Palestinians, both of which were treated at Al-Shifa Hospital in G...
Al-Haq Warns Third States and Gas Companies Against Bidding for Gas Licenses in Disputed Waters off the Israeli and Palestinian Coast
Last year, in the first round, Israel opened 26 blocks to tender, four of which lie in disputed waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip (Blocks 26, 27, 36 and 66). Israeli Minster of Energy, Dr Yuval...
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...
30 March: 15 Palestinians Killed, More than a Thousand Injured, as IOF Violently Suppress Palestinian Protestors in the Gaza Strip
Prior to the protests, Israeli officials and the IOF sent threatening messages in the form of leaflets scattered in some areas, posts on official social media accounts,[2] as well as phone calls to...
Continued Targeting and Killing of Palestinian Fishermen in the Gaza Strip
At about 3:30 pm, we were awakened by the sound of Israeli boat engines hovering around us. I saw three Israeli navy boats, two of which were small rubber boats, and a large corvette besieging us fr...
Israel's Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Fishermen
Special Focus: A Review of the Situation in the OPT in 2015
In the lead-up to the Israeli election, Prime Minister Netanyahu rallied support by affirming that a Palestinian state would not be created in the course of his appointment.[1] Such an unambiguous pos...