Press Releases

A letter to the Member State of the UN Human Rights Council

Adalah has established an emergency hotline to respond to and monitor the consequences of the ongoing attacks by the Israeli military in Gaza. Fearing the use of police violence against...

On 9 December 2008, the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) released a report on its recent review of Israel held on 4 December 2008. Most of the...

On 4 December 2008, Israel underwent review for the first time by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Many issues highlighted...

On 4 December 2008, Adalah sent a letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz demanding that they immediately allow international aid and development...

On 25 November 2008, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Director of the Israel Prison Service (IPS) and the Attorney General demanding that the IPS end discrimination against Palestinian...

On 6 November 2008, Adalah submitted its concluding arguments to the Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) Magistrates’ Court against evacuation orders issued by the state of Israel against all residents...

On 27 October 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on two petitions filed by Adalah and HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, demanding that residents of Gaza be permitted...

Following a hearing held before the Supreme Court of Israel on 10 September 2008 on a petition filed by members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and residents of East Jerusalem against...

Adalah: No other country in the world prevents people from exercising the right to family life based on national or ethnic belonging, as Israel does Following an order nisi issued by the Supreme...

On 28 July 2008, the Knesset enacted the Citizenship Bill (Amendment No. 9) into law. The letter, which follows, was sent to the Members of the Knesset, prior to the enactment of the law urging...

“Preventing detainees from meeting their attorneys for long periods of time and not allowing judicial review of detention orders for 28 days place detainees in great danger, as meeting with...

On 1 July 2008, a 21-8 majority of the Israeli Knesset approved an extension to the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) for an additional year until July 2009. The Knesset...

Preventing family visits has in practice led to the complete isolation of approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners from the outside world Today, 17 June 2008, Adalah filed a petition to the...

On 28 May 2008, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the State Attorney demanding his immediate intervention to enable the families of political prisoners from the Gaza Strip to visit their relatives...

The plan is designed to create an apartheid road and turn the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem into cantons, in violation of international and Israeli law On 2 March 2008, Adalah...

The law allows for the arrest of suspects for long periods without any judicial oversight, for deliberations to take place in their absence, and for the decision to extend their detention to be...

Adalah to Defense Minister: Firing at the Civilian Population of Gaza Constitutes a War Crime

Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Violating the Rights of Civilians in Gaza and Depriving them of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law." Wed., February 6, 2008: Beginning tomorrow...

Gisha and Adalah: “This decision sets a dangerous legal precedent that allows Israel to continue to violate the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and deprive them of basic humanitarian needs, in...