Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR), a registered charitable trust (1142158), was set up by UK-based practising lawyers and law students in London in 1988, during the first intifada in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. LPHR supports Palestinian people in their legal struggle to exercise their right of self-determination. It works to promote human rights, particularly in Palestine and Israel, by obtaining redress for and relieving need among the victims of abuse, researching into and monitoring human rights issues, providing related technical and legal advice, contributing to the sound administration of human rights law, and promoting public awareness of and respect and support for human rights. LPHR works, both in the UK and abroad, on legal issues focused on protecting and promoting Palestinian human rights, with a special focus on Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip. It pursues its goals through litigation, advocacy, education and awareness raising, dissemination of information and lobbying. Where possible it takes its lead from, and co-ordinates its work with, lawyers and human-rights organisations in the region. For more information, please click here. Special thanks to the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs (NOTE: not all photographs are from the EAPPI).

NOTICES  27 October 2011 - 7.30pm - 10.15pm: Please join us us in celebrating the launch of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights as a charitable trust with Mark Thomas and Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC. Members are invited to the AGM to be held from 18:30 to 19:30 prior to the event. All members may attend both the AGM and the event but non-members may only attend the event by invitation. Please ensure that you rsvp by e-mailing rsvp [at] lphr.org.uk: places are limited.