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Harsh living conditions in Hebron: Checkpoints limit right to education

In 1997, occupied Hebron was divided into two areas; H-1, under Palestinian control and H-2, under Israeli control. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, about 35,000 Palestinians and 600 settlers live in the H-2 area. Alth...

Israeli Settler Groups Calling for the Murder of Former Palestinian Prisoners

Open Letter: To the High Contracting Parties of the Geneva Conventions, As an organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is gravely concerned about reports that large financial rewards are ...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Fate of Palestinian Political Prisoners

On 11 October 2011, the Israeli government and Hamas authorities concluded a deal whereby 1,027 Palestinian prisoners will be released in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, a long-awaited development for Palestinian prisoners, ...

PCHRO calls on the International Community to address the treatment of Palestinian political prisoners

Al-Haq, together with other members of the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations (PCHRO), has appealed to the international community to respond to the abysmal treatment of Palestinian political prisoners interned in Israel, in contravention of international...

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Visit by the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations

Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:36 Ref.: 341/2011

Al-Haq is pleased to announce the visit of H.E. President Jorge Sampaio, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), and Jorge Lobo de Mesquita, the Representative of Portugal to the Palestinian Authority, at Al-Haq’s headquarters in Ramallah.

These two distinguished guests met with Al-Haq’s Director, Shawan Jabarin, to discuss obstacles to cultural cooperation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Al-Haq submits formal objection to €1bn public contract for Hermes

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 12:48 REF.: 324/2011

Al-Haq has instructed Van den Biesen Boesveld advocates, Amsterdam, to submit a formal objection against the decision of Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen, a Dutch local authority, to award a one billion Euro public transport concession to Hermes, the Dutch subsidiary of French multinational company VeoliaTransdev. The objection is based on Veolia’s involvement in Israel’s violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

UN Advocacy

Visit by the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations

Al-Haq is pleased to announce the visit of H.E. President Jorge Sampaio, High Representative for the United Nations Alli »

Palestine and Israel: A rights-based approach

The following Op-ed was published on 5 October 2011 on Al-Jazeera. Calling for negotiations instead of statehood for Pa »

Joint Statement by Al-Haq, PCHR and FIDH:Human Rights Organisations Demand PLO and International Community Uphold Victims Rights

During the 66th UN General Assembly, Al-Haq, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and the International Federa »

EU Advocacy

Joint Open Letter on the Collective Punishment of Palestinian Political Prisoners Held in Israeli Prisons

Al-Haq, together with other members of the Palestinian Council of Human Right Organisations (PCHRO),have submitted an open letter to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe on the collective »

EU-Israel Sub-Committee on Political Dialogue and Cooperation, 15 December 2010

DATE: 09 DECEMBER 2010REF.: 330/2010To: Mr. Thomas Dupla Del Moral, Middle East Director, External Relations Directorate General, European Commission Dear Mr. Dupla Del Moral, Re: EU-Israel Sub-Co »

Open Letter to EU High Representative and Foreign Affairs Ministers concerning the Palestinian olive harvest

16 October 2010REF.: 276/2010 To: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the European Union Dear High Representative, Yo »

Third Party States

Al Haq v UK Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs et al.: Denial of Claim

Al-Haq is disappointed by the judgment of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales of 25 Feb 2010, refusing Al-Haq’s application for permission for judicial review. The Court’s decision cannot b »

COURT OF APPEAL TO HEAR CASE CHALLENGING THE UK’S RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL

On June 2009, Al-Haq, in cooperation with solicitor Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), filed a lawsuit challenging the UK government over its failure to fulfil its obligations under inter »

Al-Haq Position Paper on the Threat to Universal Jurisdiction in the Wake of the UK Arrest Warrant Against Tzipi Livni

28 January 2010 1. As a Palestinian human rights organisation that has consistently advocated for all state and non-state actors to abide by their rights and obligations under the law of armed co »