Civil Society Initiatives on Palestine

EMHRN Working Group on Palestine, Israel and Palestinians The group is active in many things. It engages directly in projects and report writing, and it acts as an expert resource group to the network on human rights issues relating to Palestine/Israel and Palestinians. Among other things, the group is currently involved in the production of an annual report series A Human Rights Review on the EU and Israel. Read more...

News on Palestine

• Adalah to Minister of Interior and AG: Preventing the Entry to Israel of Prof. Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the OPT, is Illegal
• Al Mezan's Director Receives the Weimar Human Rights Award 2008
• Al-Haq calls for immediate measures to stop settler violence in Hebron and throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory
• PCHR Calls for Investigating the Death of Kamel Nofal at the Hands of Police in El-Maghazi Refugee Camp
• Gaza Border Crossings are closed for 27th consecutive day
• Al Mezan Condemns Sorrowful Incidents of al-Aqsa University; Calls for Opening Investigations, Taking Measures to Protect University Premises
• The Gaza Strip: Drifting into Deeper Darkness under the Silent Gaze of the International Community
• Journalists Endorse Draft Declaration of Best Practices for Press Work; Demand Better Media Environment
• Al Mezan Lawyer Visits PLC Members Sa'dat and al-Barghouthi in Hadarim Jail
• Military Court in Bethlehem Sentences a Palestinian to Death
• Al Mezan Condemns IOF's Arrest of Fishermen and Foreign Supporters; Calls for International Protection for Civilians in OPT
• PCHR Welcomes Invitation to Dr. Ahmed Bahar to Visit European Parliament
• PCHR Receives European Parliament Delegation
• Al Mezan Center Welcomes Releasing 19 Political Prisoners in Gaza; Calls for Freeing All Political Prisoners
• Al Mezan Center: Israel Responsible for Potential Environmental Disaster in North Gaza
• Schoolgirl Injured inside Classroom
• Gaza Court Upholds 4 Death Sentences: PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President to Act, and for Abolition of Death Penalty in Palestinian Law
• IOF Prevent 100 International Academics and Human Rights Activists from Entering Gaza
• Al Mezan Center Calls for Ensuring Respect for the Work of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders
• PCHR Condemns Eruption of Violence at Gaza City’s al-Azhar University
• Al Mezan Condemns Denying Patient Access to Hospitals
• PCHR Calls for Disclosure of Circumstances of Palestinian Death in Custody in Jericho
• Three Killed and Ten Injured in Internal Clashes: Al Mezan Calls for Investigation into the Killings; Especially of Uninvolved People
• Gaza: Human rights Defenders in prison?
• Palestinian Shepherd Killed by Settlers in Nablus
• The Intifada Enters Year Nine: International Community Must Deal Seriously with Israeli War Crimes
• Middle East Quartet is failing
• Al Mezan Calls for Opening Investigation on Abu Maghassieb Killing As Domestic Violence Death Toll Rises to 110 in Gaza Strip in 2008
• Al Mezan Organizes Lecture on International Humanitarian Law
• General Intelligence Service raids Hebron Office of PLC Member Samira al-Halaiqa
• A Woman and a Child Killed Due to Misuse of Weapons in the OPT
• 11 Palestinians, Including 2 Children and a Police Officer, Killed and 42 Others Wounded in Clashes between the Police and Wanted Persons in the Gaza Strip
• Al Mezan Condemns the IOF Regular Targeting of Palestinian Fishermen And the Continuous Siege Imposed on Gaza Strip
• Al Mezan Condemns Dispersing Teachers' Protest and Banning Media Covering the Event; Calls for a Halt of Restricting the Freedom to Peaceful Assembly
• PCHR Receives Coordinator of the Israeli Committee against House Demolition
• Girl Murdered by Relatives in Khan Yunis to “Maintain Family Honor”
• Al Mezan Center Condemns Politicizing Education & Health Sectors, Violating Workers Rights, and Flagrant Disregarding of Human Rights
• PCHR Calls for Schools to be allowed to operate without Destructive Political conflicts
• PCHR Condemns Attacks on Civil Society Organizations and the Continued of Arrests against Hamas Members in the West Bank
• The United Against Torture Coalition and the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network call upon the European Union for urgent action on the closure of the Nafha Society for the Defense of Prisoners and Human Rights in Nablus
• Occupied Palestinian Territories: New Arrests Highlight Abuses by Hamas, Fatah
• Israel’s Policy of Arbitrary Arrest of Human Rights Defenders Continues
• PCHR Condemns Gaza Beach Crime and the Response of the Government
• Over 122 Institutions, Offices Are Targeted by Security in Gaza: Al Mezan Condemns Illegal Mass Arrests and Raids on Institutions
• PCHR Calls for Investigation into Police Shooting of a Young Man
• Gaza Military Court Sentences Man to Death
• The Secret to Success: Secret Evidence Provides Sole Basis for Continuation of Travel Ban on Al-Haq’s General Director
• PCHR Condemns Interference of the Ministry of Interior and Security Forces in Election Affairs of the Women’s Arab Union in Nablus
• Seeking Justice Abroad:Bil’in Village Council Submits Case before Canadian Court Against Canadian Corporations for Involvement in Illegal Settlement Construction
• PCHR Condemns IOF Measures against Nablus Charities
• Al Mezan Organizes Lecture on International Humanitarian Law for Women
• EMHRN Mission to the OPT
• PCHR office severely damaged during air raid by Israeli forces
• Israel disregards its own commitments
• The Euro-Mediterranean Human rights Network condemns attacks against civilians
• Mission of Solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli members
• Deep concern about the situation in Lebanon and Gaza
• Escalating Violations against Civilians
• Severe violations of human rights in the Gaza Strip
• Should the Palestinians be punished?
• The Gaza Strip Is Still Occupied,
• Tightened Spaces for Human Rights
• International Legal Consideration of the Barrier/Wall
• International HR Groups decry harassment of monitors
• Ill-treatment and detention of Marwan Barghouti
• Azmi Bishara Trial
• Also Palestinians have Rights!
• EU Abstention of Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• Exclusion of Human Rights Lawyers from the Palestinian Bar Association