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Addressing the Human Rights Council, Civil Society Highlights the Need to Put an End to Israel's Apartheid Regime
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 9: General Debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance
Joint Oral Intervention...
Palestinian Disability and Human Rights Groups Welcome the List of Issues Report of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Israel
The Palestinian Disability Coalition, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” welcome the United...
On World Habitat Day, COVID-19 Accentuates Threats to the Palestinian Environment
Every first Monday of October, World Habitat Day marks the occasion to address advancement of the right to adequate housing. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, adequate housing has neve...
Al-Haq Calls on the EU to Uphold a Consistent Policy and Impose an Arms Embargo on Israel
On 17 September 2020, the European Parliament urged all members of the European Union (EU) to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Human Rights Organisations Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Imminent Threat of Forcible Transfer of Salah Hammouri
Human Rights Organisations Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Imminent Threat of Forcible Transfer/Deportation of Salah Hammouri for “Breach of Allegiance”
On Wedne...
World Tourism Day: Al-Haq calls for Corporate Accountability for Adverse Human Rights Impacts on Palestinian Host Communities
Since March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the development of tourism globally. Consequently, the question on how sustainable tourism can positively affect host communities, including rural...
Al-Haq and partners deliver oral intervention on indigenous people at the Human Rights Council
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 3&5: Interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) - Interactive Dialogue
Jo...
Global Response to Israeli apartheid: A call to the UNGA from Palestinian and international Civil Society Organizations
Date: 22 SEP 2020
Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May 2020, a large nu...
Al-Haq and partners deliver an oral intervention at the 45th session of HRC on rights to safe drinking and sanitation
45th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Item 3 – Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Joi...
Open Letter: UAE and Bahrain’s Normalisation with Israel Incentivises Continued Colonisation of Palestine
By Shawan Jabarin, General Director, Al-Haq
The decision of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalise relations with Israel lay bare what has been clear to Palestinians for d...
Al-Haq Sends an Urgent Appeal Concerning Israel’s Tightening Restrictions and COVID-19 Outbreak in Gaza
On 1 September 2020, Yousef Omar Mahmoud Al-Hazeen, 5 years old, his four-year-old brother, Mahmoud, and two-year-old brother, Mohammad, passed away in a house fire, caused by a candle. The famil...
PNGO and PHROC Call on the Dutch Government to Protect UAWC from Harm and to Shield Palestinian Civil Society
The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) condemn the toxic incitement and defunding campaign against the Union of Ag...