Press Releases

On 13 April 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel accepted Adalah’s petition and instructed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to permit children of prisoners classified as “security prisoners” to...

Adalah and Al Mezan: “Closing the military investigations in this manner demonstrates contempt for the victims and their rights. These cases demand an impartial, independent criminal...

On 8 April 2009, Adalah in cooperation with Al-Mezan in Gaza, sent a letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak and the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding that the AG immediately...

On 11 February 2010, an expanded nine-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel struck down article 5 of the Criminal Procedures (Detainees Suspected of Security Offences) (Temporary Order) Law...

Adalah: Attorney General's response represents an unacceptable delay to individuals and families living in extreme poverty in Gaza On 21 January 2010, the Attorney General (AG) submitted his...

UN Committee Poses 30 Tough Questions to Israel on Torture, Indefinite Detention of Prisoners, Human Shields, and ISA Medical Coercion of Gaza Patients at Erez Crossing

Israeli Supreme Court: Family visits to prisoners are not a basic humanitarian need. It is a government decision to prohibit the visits; we will not interfere Israel has placed a total, sweeping...

Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza

On 5 November 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, Justice Minister and Attorney General demanding that they implement the recommendation of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the...

On 4 November 2009, the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) is scheduled to be tabled before the Plenary of the UN General Assembly in New...

Over three days, from 6-8 October 2009, Adalah held its 4th Annual Arab Law Students’ Conference at Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salaam. Seventy law students from Israeli colleges and universities and Al...

On 16 October 2009, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution endorsing the report and recommendations published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the...

Haifa, 14 October 2009) Tomorrow, Thursday 15 October and Friday 16 October 2009, the UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva, as requested by the Palestinian Authority, in...

On 29 September 2009, Israeli, Palestinian, and international human rights organizations at an event held at the 12th session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland called upon States to...

ine Years after the October 2000 Events, Demonstrators Suppressed in the Same Way (Haifa, Israel) Today, 22 September 2009, Adalah published a report which exposes the ways in which the Israeli law...

On 9 September 2009, Adalah filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of Mr. Muayad Bushnak, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel imprisoned in an Israeli prison, against a decision...

As Palestinian human rights organizations, we welcome the report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Fact Finding Mission) , released on 15 September 2009 and...

With the publication of the Goldstone Committee report today , 15.9.09, human rights organizations in Israel are studying the report and its conclusions. They call upon the Israeli Government to...

The Israeli authorities open investigation into Abed-Rabbo On 2 September 2009, the Israeli military police interviewed Mr. Khalid Abed-Rabbo and his mother, Mrs. Su'ad Abed-Rabbo, at the Erez...

On 27 August 2009, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the freeze of “national insurance” disability...