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Al-Haq and Al Mezan send joint written submission to the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development on the Draft Convention on the Right to Development
On 20 August 2021, Al-Haq and Al Mezan submitted an analysis of the Draft Convention on the Right to Development (DC RTD) at the request of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Developm...
Al-Haq Submits Its Written Observations to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on General Comment No. 26 on Land and the Governance of Tenure
On 15 August 2021, Al-Haq responded to a call for written contributions from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) in the course of its draft of General...
Al-Haq Condemns the Killing of Four Palestinian youth during an Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) special undercover force raid in Jenin
In the early hours of the morning on 16 August 2021, a special undercover force of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. During the raid...
Palestinian Civil Society Submit Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Arbitrary Detention and Harassment of Human Rights Defender Shatha Odeh
On 12 August 2021, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) and the Palestinian NGO Network submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Procedures on the arbitrary deten...
Al-Haq Welcomes Irelands Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Report on Displacement and Demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
On 13 July 2021, Ireland’s Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, after holding a series of sessions to examine demolitions and the forced displacement of people in the Occupied Palesti...
PHROC: International Community’s Silence Incentivises Israel’s Continued Shrinking of Palestinian Civil Society Space
Gravely alarmed by Israel’s intensified attacks against Palestinian human rights defenders and civil society organisations, the Palestinian Human Rights Council (PHROC) condemns international co...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal on the Arbitrary Detention and “Severe Suffering” of Human Rights Defender Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, General Director of the Health Work Committee
On 23 July 2021, Al-Haq submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the arbitrary detention of human rights defender, Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, Director of the Hea...
Commemorating the Work of Human Rights Defender, Suha Jarrar (11 September 1990 - 11 July 2021)
Al-Haq is deeply saddened by the tragic death of our dear colleague, Suha Jarrar, 30 years old, a senior legal researcher and advocacy officer with Al-Haq, and daughter of Ghassan...
65 Palestinian, regional and international organizations call on UN High Commissioner to annually update the UN Database, objecting to delays due to alleged ‘budgetary’ concerns.
On 29 June 2021, a joint oral intervention was delivered on behalf of 65 Palestinian, regional and international organizations (listed below) on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the UN Guiding...
Al-Haq Sends a Written Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence on Transitional Justice Measures and the Legacy of Human Rights Violations in Colonial Contexts
On 13 May 2021, Al-Haq sent a written submission to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Mr. Fabian Sa...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal on the Arbitrary Detention of the Human Rights Defender Farid al-Atrash
On 6 July 2021, Al-Haq submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the arbitrary detention of Farid al-Atrash, a human rights defender and the director of sou...
Al-Haq Reiterates the Need for Absolute and Non-Derogable Prohibition against Torture as a Measure to Support its Victims
As we conclude a series of events carried out since the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated annually on 26 June, Al-Haq draws attention to Palestinian prisoners and d...