UN Human Rights Commission Emergency Session on Israel/Palestine - October 2000

Adalah researched and wrote a 30-page report on Israeli rights violations against Palestinian citizens during the Al-Aqsa Intifada including the excessive use of force and the denial of due process rights of Palestinian detainees by the courts. Adalah Board Member Muhammad Dahleh presented an oral statement before the UN HRC, and presented Adalah's written submission. The UN HRC established the UN HIC to investigate, but refused to include Palestinian citizens in its mandate.

UN Human Rights Commission Emergency Session on Israel/Palestine - October 2000

Adalah researched and wrote a 30-page report on Israeli rights violations against Palestinian citizens during the Al-Aqsa Intifada including the excessive use of force and the denial of due process rights of Palestinian detainees by the courts. Adalah Board Member Muhammad Dahleh presented an oral statement before the UN HRC, and presented Adalah's written submission. The UN HRC established the UN HIC to investigate, but refused to include Palestinian citizens in its mandate.

Press Release: Adalah Presents Report on Human Rights Violations to UN Human Rights Commission, Special Session on Israel/Palestine- 17-18 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