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Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures and the Commission of Inquiry on Israel’s Total Warfare on Gaza’s Civilian Population
On 11 October 2023, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent appeal to 14 UN Special Procedures, and the UN Commission of Inquiry (Co...
License to Kill: Third States Disregard their International Responsibility to Act to Prevent Israel’s Violation of Jus Cogens Norms
Over the past six days, the Israeli military has employed indiscriminate, excessive and disproportionate force in densely populated residential areas in the Gaza Strip, resulting in at least 1,203 Pal...
Open Letter to UN Security Council: Member States Must Address Root Causes of Palestinian Struggle, and Protect the Palestinian People from Retaliatory Israeli Attacks
Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights call on the UN Security Council to address root causes and protect the Palestinian people from Israeli attacks. As...
Palestinian Organizations Call for Immediate Action from the International Community to Stop Israel’s Reprisals against Palestinian Civilians
For decades, our organizations have warned against the status quo and the deliberate failure and unwillingness of the international community to address the root causes of the current situation in Pal...
Congratulations to DCIP on being Awarded Rafto Prize
To our respected colleagues at Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP),
Al-Haq represented by all its team members, Board of Directors and General Assembly extend their congratula...
Al-Haq’s Human Rights Council Intervention on Gaza Closure: Israeli Coercive Measures in a Settler-Colonial and Apartheid Context
On 15 September 2023, Al-Haq delivered a joint oral intervention under Item 3 during the 54th session of the Human Rights Council.1 Delivered during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapp...
Al-Haq Welcomes the Adoption of a New Position of Australian Labour Government Recognising Israel’s Continued Occupation of the Palestinian Territory, as Aligned with International Law
On 23 August 2023, Al-Haq sent a letter to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, to welcome the laudable and corrective position of the Labor Government in reinstating the terminolo...
Al-Haq Welcomes the Adoption of a New Position of Australian Labour Government Recognising Israel’s Continued Occupation of the Palestinian Territory, as Aligned with International Law
On 23 August 2023, Al-Haq sent a letter to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, to welcome the laudable and corrective position of the Labor Government in reinstating the terminolo...
Al-Haq, Addameer and PCHR Submit Joint Parallel Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for its List of Issues on Israel’s Initial Report
On 15 August 2023, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a joint parallel report to the United Nat...
A Poem for Ramallah, by Tauriq Jenkins
Madiba stands tall but alone in a place
Too far from the entrance
of where he is needed
He stands tallest here, in the world,
But the world cannot see him.
His words...
Al-Haq Submits its Position on Key Arguments to the International Court of Justice for the Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences Arising from Israel’s Occupation
This week Al-Haq submitted a file, including a legal position paper and publications, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on its position concerning key arguments pertaining to the forthcoming...
Al-Haq at UNHRC53: Joint Intervention Calling for Ending Israeli Attacks against CSOs in the Interactive Dialogue with the SR on OPT
On 10 July 2023, Al-Haq delivered a joint oral intervention under Item 7, interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since...