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Al-Haq responds to UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders: ‘Silencing Palestine: The Suppression and Targeting of Palestinian Human Rights Defenders’
In its response to a call for input by UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, Al-Haq drew urgent attention to the escalating and systematic efforts to silence Palestinian voices...
Al-Haq delivers three oral interventions at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session
On 18 September 2025, Al-Haq delivered an oral intervention under Item 3, ‘General debate on promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,...
Al-Haq and Al-Quds Community Action Centre Submit Communication to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
On 29 September 2025, Al-Haq and Al-Quds Community Action Centre sent a joint submission in response to a call for input from civil society organisations issued by the UN Committee on the Elimination...
UN CESCR Calls for Complete Arms Embargo on Israel, and for States to Ensure Extraterritorial Respect by Business Enterprises of the ICESCR
Al-Haq strongly welcomes the 26 September 2025 Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Netherlands periodic review, and emphasises the urgent necessity...
Al-Haq Warns that Canada Soccer must take action to comply with its By-Laws and international legal obligations
On 25 September 2025, Al-Haq, Just Peace Advocates and International Centre for Justice for Palestinians Canada sent a letter to Canada Soccer expressing our organisations concerns over Canada Soccer&...
PHROC Calls on States to Reject President Trump’s Ultimatum as an Attempt to Entrench the Perpetual Occupation of Gaza
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) Condemns the ultimatum issued by the United States on 29 September 2025, which conditions the suspension of Israel’s ongoing...
Al-Haq Welcomes the Update of the UN Database on Businesses Facilitating Settlement Activities in the OPT, and Calls for Host States to take Actions
On 26 September 2025, the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released an update of its Database on Businesses Facilitating Settlement Activities in the Occupi...
Field focus: Settler Attacks and the Killing of Palestinian Wael Ghafari in Sinjil
"They struck deeper—silencing hearts. The heart failed because the land burned, as though the Palestinian body cannot be separated from its soil. What could a Palestinian carry in his heart...
Al-Haq Strongly Welcomes the Landmark Report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry
Al-Haq welcomes the latest report published on 16 September 2025 by the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusa...
Al-Haq Calls for Urgent Third State Intervention as Israel Destroys Gaza City
Israel has further escalated its genocidal campaign through its vicious onslaught on Gaza City – the heart and biggest urban centre of the Palestinian territory – systematically demolishin...
European Union Must Activate the Blocking Statute to Protect Those Pursuing Accountability at the ICC for Israel's Crimes from US Sanctions
Ramallah and Gaza, 11 September 2025 — In April 2025, in response to United States (US) President Trump’s enactment of Executive Order 14203 imposing sanctions against anyone who...
WSP announces it is closing Israel office, but continues to be complicit with occupation and apartheid
On September 1, “Globes”, an Israeli business newspaper, reported that “Canadian engineering consultants WSP leaving Israel.” The article stated that WSP claimed this...