International Advocacy 2007

Highlights: UN Rejects the Jewish National Fund's Application for Consultative Status with UN Economic and Social Council following intervention from Habitat International Coalition and Adalah. US State Department 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Israel.

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EU Advocacy

EMHRN Note on the Human Rights Situation in Israel and the OPT in View of the Sub-Committee on Political Dialogue and Cooperation between the EU and Israel, 18 October 2007. Adalah contributed detailed information to this document on Israel's violations of the rights of Arab citizens.

Press Release: EMHRN and its Member Organizations in Israel, the OPT and Europe Protest Israel's Denial of Freedom of Movement to Human Rights Defenders from the Gaza Strip, 2 September 2007. Adalah is a member of the EMHRN's Working Group on Palestine/Israel and the Palestinians.

The EMHRN's Third Annual Review on Human Rights in EU-Israel Relations: Accommodating the "Special" Case of Israel, June 2007. Adalah contributed to the review as a member of the EMHRN's Working Group on Palestine/Israel and the Palestinians and participated in an advocacy tour to launch this report in Brussels and the Netherlands.

Executive Summary and Recommendations Report by the EMHRN and Partner Organizations, including Adalah, on Joint Seminar Aimed at Evaluating the Implementation of the EU-Israel Action and the Impact of the Action Plan on Human Rights in Israel and the OPT - June 2007

UN Rejects the Jewish National Fund's Application for Consultative Status with UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on 18 May 2007. Adalah and its partners strenuously lobbied against Israel's discriminatory land use and land allocation policies through the JNF.

Related Documents:

UN Economic and Social Council Media Update, Department of Public Information, News and Media, 18 May 2007

Intervention Submitted by the Habitat International Coalition and Adalah on the JNF's Discriminatory Land Policies to the 62nd Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, 13 March - 21 April 2006

Related Documents:

Full Report

Executive Summary of the Report, April 2007

News Update on the Seminar,18 April 2007

Seminar Program

EMHRN Report, "Israel's Human Rights Behavior - Towards Greater Accountability: July 2005 to July 2006," examined by the Dutch parliament and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 2007. Adalah contributed materials and was a member of the steering committee for the report.

UN Advocacy

Testimony given by Adalah's General Director before the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, 27 July 2007 Report of the UN Special Committee, September 2007

Adalah's NGO Report, Additional Information to the UN CERD Committee in Response to the List of Issues Presented to Israel 1 February 2007

Adalah's News Update, UN Committee Urges Israel to Revoke the Citizenship Law, Dismantle the Wall, Bind the Jewish National Fund to Anti-Discrimination Principles, and Recognize the Unrecognized Villages, 10 March 2007

NGO News Update, "Human Rights Organizations, Racial Discrimination Concerns Must be Taken Seriously by Israel," 26 February 2007

Adalah's News Update, "UN Committee asked Israel about the Status of the Jewish National Fund, the Citizenship Law and the Arab Holy Sites," 9 February 2007

Concluding Observations of the CERD Committee on Israel, 9 March 2007

US Advocacy

US State Department 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Israel and the Occupied Territories, issued in March 2007. The report cites Adalah's work on 12 different cases.

Workshops

Chatham House Workshop and Report: "Israel and Palestine: A Question of Viability," June 2007. At the invitation of Christian Aid, Adalah participated in the workshop, held on the occasion of the 40th year of the Occupation.

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