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Al-Haq Welcomes the Recognition by the Catalan Parliament that Israel is Committing Apartheid against the Palestinian People and Thanks Catalan Parliamentarians
On 24 June 2022, Al-Haq sent letters to Catalan parliamentarians, for their pioneering work in advocating at the Catalan Parliament to adopt a ground-breaking resolution of recognition, that the legal...
One Year On: The Lasting Voice of Suha Jarrar
Today, 11 July 2022 marks one year since the sad and untimely death of Suha Jarrar, 30, Al-Haq’s Senior Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer, a year which has left in its wake, a deep painful&n...
Press Release: Palestinian CSOs at the HRC50 Stress that Israeli Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Occupation are the Root Causes Impeding Palestinian Development
During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, Al-Haq, along with Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (‘CSOs’), engaged in the Inter...
European Commission Lifts its Unlawful Suspension of Funding for Al-Haq
On 28 June 2022, more than 13 months after it had imposed an arbitrary suspension of funding on Al-Haq’s EU-funded project, the European Commission finally lifted this disgraceful suspension, wh...
90 Organisations Urge the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Palestine to Recognise and Address Zionist Settler Colonialism and Apartheid as the Root Causes of Israel’s Ongoing Violations
On 31 May 2022, Al-Haq and 90 Palestinian and international organisations sent a joint submission to the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Palestine (CoI) examining Zio...
Al-Haq Sends Letter to Norway’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Calling for Action Against Israel’s False Designations of the Six Palestinian Civil Society Organisations
Today, 23 June, on the same day that Al-Haq has been awarded the prestigious Austrian Bruno Kreisky Award, for outstanding human rights work, Al-Haq sent a letter to Norway’s Minister for Foreig...
Press Release: Al-Haq Awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights 2022
On 23 June 2022, Al-Haq proudly received Bruno Kreisky’s Prize for Human Rights 2022. On 23 March 2022, Al-Haq[1] organisation was selected by an independent jury of experts for the award of the...
Al-Haq Welcomes Norwegian Developments on Labelling Foodstuffs Originated from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the Statement of LO Leadership on Israel’s Apartheid
Al-Haq welcomes the recent decision of Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that “foodstuffs originating in areas occupied by Israel must be marked with the area from which the produc...
Press Release: Civil society Organizations Welcome the Commission of Inquiry’s First Report to the Human Right Council and Support its Mandate at the HRC50
During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council (‘HRC’ or ‘the Council’) taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, an Interactive Dialogue was held with the ongoing In...
Update: Response of the European Parliament to Al-Haq’s Open letter on Israel’s Denial of Entry to EU Parliament Members to Palestine and the Visit of the European Parliament President to Israel
Recently, Israel has denied entry to a delegation from the European Parliament on relations with Palestine, intent on visiting the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). The delegation was to review th...
Press Release: Civil Society Organizations Call on Member States to Support the Human Rights Council Independent Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
On 9 June 2022, Al-Haq, along with partner organizations, addressed 65 States, including the 47 Members States of the Human Rights Council (HRC), and third States, ahead of the start of the 50th sessi...
Three-Year-Old Child Forced to Disrobe at Israeli Checkpoint, an Inhuman and Degrading Act, Breaching Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Inhumane Act of Apartheid
On 5 June 2022, at around 10:30 am, Anwar Bilal Mustafa Qabha, 26 years old and her three-year-old son, Yusef Sanad Qabha, were crossing through militarised Gate 300, in the village of Toura, southwes...