Association for Civil Rights in Israel
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (Hebrew: האגודה לזכויות האזרח בישראל; Arabic: جمعية حقوق المواطن في اسرائيل) was created as an independent non-partisan organization to protect human rights and civil rights in Israel and the territories under its control.
The association was created in 1972 and its founders were a group of people mainly academics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that felt the need for an independent extra-parliamentary organization to protect civil rights. --- READ MORE
International Humanitarian Law
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) program, ACRI aims to raise public awareness to the harsh implications of harming a civilian population in the course of armed combat, and of the military’s obligation to prevent such injuries. --- READ MORE
Discriminatory Laws – Update April 2011
During its 2011 Winter Term, the Knesset passed at least six new discriminatory laws that directly or indirectly target the rights of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. In parallel, the Knesset enacted a new law that imposes restrictions on foreign funding to human rights organizations and voted in favor of establishing two parliamentary committees of inquiry to investigate such organizations, a tactic that is commonly used by authoritarian regimes to control the activities of these groups. --- READ MORE
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