International Advocacy Institutional Recognition THANK YOU

Adalah wishes to thank our many partners and Over the years, numerous issues raised In recognition of Adalah’s accomplishments contributors for their interest in and generous by Adalah in our international advocacy Adalah has been awarded: financial support of our work. Adalah relies on reports have been adopted in the Concluding grants and donations from foundations, agencies Observations of the UN treaty An “NGO Award for Excellence in and individuals in and abroad. We are very bodies. In 2005, Adalah obtained Special Achievement” by the Welfare Association; grateful to our supporters, who share our vision Consultative Status with the UN Economic and A “Distinguished Palestinian Civil Rights of a more equal and just society in which human Social Council (ECOSOC). Award” by the American-Arab Anti- rights are enjoyed by all. Discrimination Committee; Adalah conducts its EU advocacy initiatives within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Adalah’s General Director, Attorney Hassan Human Rights Network (EMHRN). Adalah is an Jabareen, received the American University’s active member of the EMHRN Working Group Peter Cicchino Award for Outstanding on Palestine/Israel and the Palestinians and the Advocacy in the Public Interest. Working Group on Women’s Rights and Gender. In parallel, Adalah holds regular briefings for embassy representatives and other diplomats.

The Legal Center for Arab in Israel Main Office 94 Yaffa Street, PO Box 8921, 31090, Israel T ++972 (4) 9501610 F ++972 (4) 9503140 Naqab Office ADALAH 28 Reger Ave # 38, PO Box 10273, Beer el Sebe, Israel T ++972 (8) 6650740 F ++972 (8) 6650853 Publications www.adalah.org

Major publications, available in Arabic, Hebrew Adalah frequently networks with international and English, include: human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, FIDH and Adalah’s legal journals Adalah’s Review and ICTJ. In 2008, Adalah participated in a series of Makan – Adalah’s Journal of Law, Land and visits to South Africa with the victims’ families of Planning Adalah’s Newsletter Prohibited the October 2000 killings to examine truth and Protest (2009) The Accused: A Report regarding justice-seeking mechanisms; with Arab MKs to Criminal and Public Responsibility for the Killing of learn about constitution-building processes; and Arab Citizens in October 2000 (2007) October with political leaders and academics to study the 2000: Law and Politics before the Or Commission struggle against Apartheid. of Inquiry (2003). Mission Strategic Litigation Impact

Adalah (“Justice” in Arabic) is an independent Adalah’s recent legal achievements and major thousands of Arab Bedouin families continue to “[Adalah] is considered as the most important human rights organization and legal center. representations include: have access to on-site health care facilities. reference point in Arab legal action and is viewed Established in November 1996, it works to Demanding these services is part of Adalah’s by many Arab leaders as the ‘legal arm’ of the promote and defend the rights of Palestinian efforts to prevent the state’s appropriation of Arab minority in Israel.” (OxfamNOVIB External , numbering 1.2 million In the run-up to the national elections, Adalah ancestral land from the Bedouin. Evaluation Report (ON), 2007, p. 3) people or close to 20% of the population, and represented all Arab Members of Knesset Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian (MKs) and political parties targeted by Adalah continues to challenge the state’s policy Territory (OPT). disqualification motions. In 2003 and 2009, the of allocating lands controlled by the Jewish Supreme Court overturned the decisions of National Fund (13% of land in Israel) only to Adalah’s litigation is “revolutionizing the judicial the Central Elections Committee to disqualify Jewish individuals before the Israeli courts Adalah seeks to achieve equal individual and discourse in Israel regarding minority rights… Arab MKs and parties. and international forums. Most of this land collective rights for the Palestinian Arab minority empowering other Arab NGOs that use Adalah’s was confiscated by the state from Palestinian in Israel in the following major fields: land and cases to follow-up on governmental policies in Adalah represented the families of 13 refugees and then transferred to the JNF. planning rights; civil and political rights; economic, Palestinian citizens of Israel killed by police different fields… empowering other minority social and cultural rights; and prisoners’ rights. during demonstrations in October 2000 A landmark Supreme Court judgment groups in Israeli society that became more It also defends the human rights of Palestinians before the Official Commission of Inquiry. delivered in 2006 cancelled a long-standing confident to challenge governmental policies, living under occupation based on international In its final report of 2003, the Commission socio-economic plan according to which the using Adalah’s litigation strategy to promote their law. In order to achieve these goals, Adalah: recommended criminal investigations into the government divided the country into “National rights.” (ON, p. 14) killings. In 2008, the Attorney General issued Priority Areas” for the purpose of allocating Brings impact litigation cases and legal a discriminatory decision not to indict any massive financial resources, including interventions before the Israeli courts and of those responsible for the killings. Adalah educational benefits. The court cancelled the state authorities; continues to demand justice and accountability policy on the basis that it discriminated against In its international advocacy work, the organization for the families. Arab citizens. Adalah continues to demand has achieved a “high degree of credibility and the full implementation of the decision. appreciation by international actors that perceive Provides legal consultation to individuals, Adalah challenged the 2003 Citizenship Adalah as a reliable source of information” (ON, NGOs, and institutions; Law, which bans family unification between In a unanimous ruling, a nine-justice Supreme p. 23). Further, this work “ensures international Palestinian citizens of Israel and their Court panel decided in 2006 that Israel cannot access to a narrative that represents many citizens Appeals to international institutions and fora; Palestinian spouses from the OPT. Thousands exempt itself by law from paying compensation and that would otherwise remain invisible.” (EU of Palestinian families are forced to live apart to Palestinians in the OPT who have been Monitoring Report 2008, p. 3) as a result of the racist law. In 2006, a 6-5 injured and harmed by the Israeli military. Organizes seminars and conferences and Supreme Court majority dismissed the case. In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the publishes reports on topical legal issues; Adalah has launched a legal challenge against harsh new amendments to the law. Israeli army’s use of Palestinian civilians “[Its publications] keep Adalah in the spotlight as “human shields” in military operations and contribute to the ongoing public debate. Conducts extensive media outreach locally In response to a Supreme Court petition filed by constituted a violation of international Adalah’s publications certainly have an impact and internationally; Adalah, in 2000 the Ministry of Health opened humanitarian law and banned the use of on the Israeli public agenda and engage Israeli six mother and child health clinics in the this practice. Adalah continues to demand Jewish society in debates that were not to be unrecognized villages in the Naqab. As a result, investigations into reported incidents. even imagined without Adalah’s professional Trains legal apprentices and new lawyers in and assertive work.” (ON, p. 26) the field of human rights.