Anti-Boycott Law

Adalah: 'BDS blacklist' is reminiscent of actions taken by South Africa's apartheid regime which also prepared blacklists in order to punish people and prevent entry.

Law violates most basic tenets of democracy by making political opinions a consideration that may prevent non-citizens from entering Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The court cancelled a minor provision of the law, which allowed exceptional higher compensation without the need to prove damages, but left the rest of the law intact.

An expanded judicial panel of nine justices focused on the legal question of whether the law harms freedom of political expression

Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed a petition on behalf of leading human rights organizations in Israel

Yesterday, 10 December 2012, following a petition from Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on behalf of eight civil...

(Haifa, Israel) At 9 am on Wednesday, 5 December 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court will hold the first hearing on a petition filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)...

UN Human Rights Committee releases List of Issues, (LOIPR), questions for Israel's review. Adalah's report and the UNHRC's focus include questions on equality and discrimination in Israel's Basic...

(Haifa and Jerusalem) On 11 March 2012, Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the "Boycott Law,"...

(Jerusalem and Beer el-Sabe) On 12 December 2011, Adalah, NGO partners, and human rights activists participated in a briefing for the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Mr. Frank La...

A new Israeli law passed today prohibits boycott of businesses, universities, and social and cultural institutions based in Israel and the illegal settlements, and imposes heavy financial sanctions...