|
SPECIAL REPORT:
Official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 Events
Background |
Warnings |
Press Releases |
Weekly Reports |
Petitions Filed |
Special Reports
International Intervention
Ad Campaign |
Commission Staff |
External Links
 |
October 2000 - Law and Politics before the Or Commission
Edited by Marwan Dalal, Advocate
Published March 2003
 Table of Contents in: English | Hebrew
 Full text in: English | Hebrew
|
The Full Report of the Or Commission (Hebrew)
Summary of the Report of the Or Commission (English)
The Martyrs
October 2000:
Law & Politics before the Or Commission of Inquiry - July 2003
Warnings Issued by the Commission
|
 TOP
|
Decision of the official Commission of Inquiry - 27 February 2002
Press Releases
|
TOP
|
Adalah’s Initial Response to the Ministerial Committee’s Report Regarding the Implementation of the Or Commission Conclusions - 3 June 2004
Adalah Inquires into Mahash Investigations following Or Commission of Inquiry Recommendations - 16 September 2003
Adalah to Police Chief: Dismiss Moshe Waldman Immediately - 8 September 2003
Adalah's Official Position Regarding the Or Commission of Inquiry Report: Despite Many Reservations, the Report is an Important Document and its Recommendations Should be Implemented Immediately - 4 September 2003
New Publication: October 2000 - Law and Politics before the Or Commission of Enquiry - 30 July 2003
New Publication: October 2000 - Law and Politics before the Or Commission - 11 March 2003
Commission Ends Hearings with Testimony from Barak into his
Responsibility for the Deaths of 13 Arab Citizens of Israel - 1
September 2002
Academic Experts to Commission: Arab Leaders Conducted Themselves Responsibly and Democratically - 18 August 2002
Adalah Confronts Ben Ami on Cross-Examination Before the Commission:
Reveals Official Document Outlining Ways That Ben Ami Should "Cover
Himself" - 16 August 2002
Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Petition to Rescind Commission Warnings Against Arab Public Representatives - 7 August 2002
Commission Must Allow Victim's Families to Cross-Examine Witnesses in "Warnings Hearings" - 19 June 2002
Commission of Inquiry to Begin Warnings Hearings - 16 June 2002
Adalah Submits Medical Research Report to the Official Commission of
Inquiry on the Danger of Firing Rubber Bullets - 3 June 2002
Commission Rejects Adalah's Motion to Rescind Warnings Against Arab Leaders - 24 March 2002
Adalah Files a Motion to the Commission to Rescind Warnings Against Arab Leaders - 13 March 2002
Adalah: Warnings Issued By Commission to Arab Leaders Are Illegal and Based on Irrelevant Considerations - 28 February 2002
Adalah
Submits TV Footage and Newspaper Articles to the Commission Challenging
Testimonies by Police Officers and Government Officials - 25 February
2002
Supreme Court Rejects Adalah's Petition Opposing Closed Commission Hearings for GSS Witnesses - 6 February 2002
Supreme Court to Hear Adalah's Petition Against Closed Commission Hearings for GSS Witnesses - 1 February 2002
Adalah Submits a Motion to the Commission Opposing Closed Hearings for the GSS - 28 January 2002
Barak and Ben Ami Shirk Responsibility for the Events of October 2000 - 9 December 2001
Palestinian Victims' Families Decline Recommendation to Exhume Their Sons' Bodies - 27 November 2001
Ben Ami and Barak to Testify Before the Commission of Inquiry This Week - 18 November 2001
Former
Police Chief, Yehuda Vilk, Testifies before the Official Commission of
Inquiry: Accuses Arab Leaders of Incitement - 29 October 2001
The
Main Points of Alik Ron’s Testimony Before the Or Commission, Prepared
by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel - 5
September 2001
Adalah Submitted a File Documenting Alik Ron's Abuse of Authority to
the Or Commission; Northern District Police Commander to Testify on
Monday 3 September 2001 - 30 August 2001
Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Against Minister Uzi Landau
Challenging the Promotion of Border Police Commander Benzy Sau - 31 May
2001
The UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Condemns
Israel's Violations of International Human Rights Law - 21 May 2001
Adalah Calls for Live Broadcasts of the Or Commission Hearings - 24 April 2001
Adalah Participates in Meeting with the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission - 14 February 2001
Adalah
Representatives Visit Northern Ireland and London for Strategic Legal
Consultation on Commissions of Inquiry - 4 February 2001
The Police Used Live Ammunition against Arab Citizens in Accordance
with Governmental Orders during the October Demonstrations - 21 January
2001
Statement of The High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Citizens in Israel - 21 January 2001
Adalah Challenges the Legality of the Mandate of the Newly-Appointed Commission of Inquiry - 13 November 2000
Adalah Participates in Meeting with Ms. Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - 9 November 2000
Adalah Urges Strong Mandate for the Official Commission of Inquiry - 8 November 2000
Adalah Challenges the Legality of the Committee of Examination - 7 November 2000
Palestinian Lawyers Volunteer to Defend Detained Palestinian Citizens of Israel - 17 October 2000
Adalah Presents Report on Human Rights Violations Against Palestinian
Citizens of Israel to United Nations Human Rights Commission, Special
Session on the Conflict in Israel/Palestine - 17-18 October, 2000
13 Palestinians Killed in Clashes with Police inside Israel - 11 October 2000
Adalah Hosts an International Delegation to Investigate the Conflict - 6 October 2000
Or Commission Weekly Reports
|
TOP
|
Week 1 (19 - 22 February 2001): Jatt and Umm al-Fahem
Week 2 (12-15 March 2001): Umm al-Fahem
More Weekly Reports
Petitions Filed
|
TOP
|
Appeal Against Administrative Detention Order Issued Against an Arab Citizen
(H.C. 1232/01 Ghassan Athamleh v. The Minister of Defense, filed 2/01, judgement 3/01)
Access for Families of Deceased to Autopsy Reports
(H.C. 1274/01, Ahmad Mohammad Jabareen, et. al. v. National Institute of Forensic Medicine, et. al., filed 2/01, withdrawn 3/01)
Removing Northern District Commander Alik Ron from his Post
(H.C. 2431/01, Mohammad Zidon, Chairperson of the High Follow-Up
Committee for Arab Affairs in Israel, et. al. v. The Minister of
Internal Security, filed 3/01, case pending)
Blocking the Promotion of and Suspending Border Police Commander Benzy Sau
(H.C. 3286/01, The Committee of the Martyrs’ Families (of October
2000) v. The Minister of Internal Security, filed 4/01, judgement 5/01)
Special Reports
|
TOP
|
Chronology of Events: Conflict in Israel 28 September - 9 October 2000
Adalah's Correspondence with the Police Investigation Unit (Mahash) and the Attorney General since October 2000
Statistics on Arrestees and Detainees: September 28 - October 30, 2000
Report of the Submission to the Commission of Inquiry - 21 January 2001
International Intervention
|
TOP
|
UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
April-May 2001
UN CESCR's Letter to Israel - 11 May 2001
UN CESCR's Letter to the UN Economic and Social Council - 11 May 2001
Adalah's Statement to the UN CESCR, NGO Session - 23 April 2001
Memorandum to the UN CESCR Regarding Israeli Violations of Palestinian Rights - 23 April 2001
UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission
February-March 2001
Adalah's Statement to the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission - 14 February 2001
Report of the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission - Question of the
Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories, including
Palestine - March 2001
Adalah’s Response to UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission Report - 22 March 2001
UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
November 2000
Adalah's Interim Report on Israel Submitted to the UN CESCR - 29 November 2000
The UN CESCR Letter to Israel - 1 December 2000
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mary Robinson
November 2000
Adalah's Statement to Ms. Mary Robinson - 9 November 2000
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson - November 2000
Adalah's Letter to Ms. Mary Robinson: Remarks to the UN HCHR Visit Report - 18 December 2000
UN Human Rights Commission, Emergency Session on Israel/Palestine
October 2000
Adalah's Summary Report to the UN HRC - 17 October 2000
Adalah's Oral Statement to the UN HRC - 18 October 2000
UN Resolution S-5/1
UN Information on the Human Rights Commission Emergency Session
Adalah's Statement to the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission - 14 February 2001
International Delegations
Findings of the International Delegation to Investigate the Conflict
Ad Campaign
|
TOP
|
"Lawyers' Statement"
Published in Ha'aretz, Hebrew edition - 27 October 2000
English version available only
"The Guilt of Silence"
Published in Ha'aretz, Hebrew and English addition - 11 October 2000
English/PDF
Hebrew/PDF
"Pogrom"
Published in Ha'aretz, Hebrew edition - 10 October 2000
English
Hebrew/PDF
"Don't Blame the Victim"
Published in Ha'aretz, Hebrew edition - 8 March 2002
English
Hebrew/PDF
Commission Staff
|
TOP
|
All Adalah staff members devote part of their time to our work before
the Official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 events. In
addition, three private lawyers work with Adalah and the High Follow-up
Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel as members of the legal team
leading the on-going representation before the Commission. They are:
Riad Anes, Advocate. Received L.L.B. from Tel Aviv University.
Head of private law office in Umm al-Fahem with twenty years of
experience in criminal law and in representing Palestinians from the
Occupied Territories in the Israeli military courts. Investigated the
files of Jatt and Umm al-Fahem.
Azmie Odeh, Advocate. Received L.L.B. from Tel Aviv University.
Head of a general practice private law office in Nazareth. Investigated
the files of Nazareth and Kufr Kanna.
Mahmoud Shaheen, Advocate. Received L.L.B. from Tel Aviv
University. Head of private law office based in Sakhnin and Haifa,
which handles civil and criminal law cases. Investigated the files of
Sakhnin and Arrabe.
External Links
|
TOP
|
The Ahali Center: Committee for Martyrs' Families
Asel Asleh Memorial Site
Ha'aretz Special Report
Amnesty International November 2000 Report: Israel and the Occupied Territories: Mass Arrests and Police Brutality (PDF)
Amnesty International October 2000 Report: Israel and the Occupied Territories: Excessive use of lethal force (PDF)
Physicians
for Human Rights November 2000 Report: Evaluation of the Use of Force
in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank: Medical and Forensic Investigation
|
|
UN Special Consultative Status, ECOSOC
Member, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network 
Adalah in