Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Cultural Rights | Economic Rights | Education Rights | Health Rights | Water Rights


Economic, social and cultural rights run the gamut from protection of minority language rights, to the right to an education, to the right to water. The breadth of the category highlights the pervasiveness of Israel's state discrimination against Arab citizens. Arab schools receive less funding; religious sites of the Arab Christian and Muslim populations are not protected alongside Jewish ones; Arab citizens face discrimination in employment; their municipalities are treated unfairly in budget allocations; and in the unrecognized Bedouin villages of the Naqab very few social services are provided at all.

Some of Adalah's main litigation includes: ensuring Israel implements a 2006 Supreme Court decision which declared that the 'National Priority Area' discriminates against Arabs; fighting for basic social services – such as water, electricity, schools, roads, and mother and child health clinics – in the Arab Bedouin unrecognized villages; challenging regulations which prohibit Arabs from opening their stores on Saturday; and achieving equal treatment for the Arabic language on road signs and in governmental operations, as befits its status official status.

A complete list of cases is available here. To filter by specific topics, use the links above:


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HCJ 1203/06, The el-Manara School's Parents' Committee, et. al. v. the Municipality of Akka, et. al.
HCJ 3926/06, Al-Sayed Abed El-Dayem et. al v. The Ministry of Education and The Abu Basma Regional Council
HCJ 786/04, Ahlam el-Sana, et al. v. Ministry of Health, et al.
Petition and motion for injunction filed in 3/04 on behalf of four Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel, eight human rights organizations, and in Adalah's own name against the Israel Lands...
HCJ 3586/01, The Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab, et. al. v. The Minister of National Infrastructure, et. al.
C.A. (Civil Appeal) 9535/06, Abdullah Abu Musa'ed, et al. v. The Water Commissioner and the Israel Lands Administration
HCJ 2422/98, Adalah, et. al. v. Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, et. al.
HCJ 2773/98 and H.C. 11163/03, The High Follow-up Committee for the Arab Citizens in Israel, et. al. v. the Prime Minister of Israel
HCJ 5838/99, Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, et. al. v. Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, et. al.
HCJ 727/00, The National Committee of Arab Mayors, et. al. v. The Minister of Housing and Building, et. al.
HCJ 6099/00, The National Committee of Arab Mayors v. Ministry of the Interior, et. al.
HCJ 6223/01, National Committee of Arab Mayors, et. al. v. Ministry of the Interior, et. al.
HCJ 4822/02, The National Committee of Arab Mayors and Adalah v. Avraham Burg, Chair of the Knesset, et. al.
HCJ 6488/02, The National Committee of Arab Mayors, et. al. v. The Director's Committee for Fighting Unemployment in Settlements with High Unemployment Rates, et. al.
HCJ 8249/04, Ziad Matar et. al. vs. Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
HCJ 10662/04, Salah Hassan, et. al. v. The National Insurance Institute, et. al.