Visiting Permits for Palestinians with First-Degree Relatives in Israel
Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has not accepted applications from Palestinians in the West Bank for permits to visit their...
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Legal Work
ACRI’s Legal Department takes on cases that raise issues of principle and effect broad-based policy change. Every year, ACRI argues dozens of precedent-setting cases before the Supreme Court and seeks redress before district and labor courts, government ministries, and Knesset committees.
ACRI is highly regarded in the Israeli legal community for its professionalism and commitment to bringing landmark cases to the Supreme Court. Since its establishment, ACRI has achieved major advancements in a wide range of areas such as: freedom of expression; the right to privacy; freedom of and from religion; women’s rights; criminal justice; equality for Arab citizens; the LGBTQI community’s human rights in the Occupied Territories; and on behalf of minority populations such as migrant workers.
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Partners in an Uphill Fight
November 14, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter This newsletter is based on an op-ed that i wrote in Hebrew that was published in the...
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Excessive and Selective Enforcement against Arabs for Expression Transgressions
The State Attorney's Guideline 14.12 establishes that police must obtain approval from the prosecutor’s office before opening an...
Nov 72 min read
Deportation of Families of Terrorists: Questions and Answers
On the night of November 7, 2024 the Knesset approved the Deportation of Families of Terrorists Law, 5785-2024. What does the law...
Nov 53 min read
Sweeping Use of "Combat Detention" in the West Bank
Since the outbreak of the war, all Palestinians arrested in the West Bank for offenses under security legislation have been detained in...
Oct 313 min read
A Year of War
October 31, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter This newsletter is bleak, and I know that it is arriving during what is already a very...
Oct 303 min read
Expanding Disqualification Criteria for Elections: A Threat to Democracy and Minority Representation
The criteria under which a person or party can be disqualified from running in elections are laid out in Section 7A of Basic Law: The...
Oct 293 min read
The 2025 Budget: Implications for At-Risk Populations
The government's proposed economic plan for 2025 includes no proposals to cut coalition funds or close unnecessary government offices ....
Oct 83 min read
Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
On 29.10.2023, we appealed (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner, demanding that the police stop photographing...
Oct 63 min read
One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Sep 292 min read
Increase Penalties for Police Officers Who Access Databases Without Authorization
As technology advances, police forces are gaining significant new powers, including the ability to store and process vast amounts of...
Sep 282 min read
Providing Status to Female Palestinian Victims of Domestic Violence
On May 6, 2024, we filed a legal petition (Hebrew) regarding the format of processing applications for providing legal status, on...
Sep 282 min read
Discrimination Among Prisoners in Eligibility for Extended Administrative Release
Severe overcrowding in Israeli prisons prompted the Knesset to establish a mechanism allowing the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to grant...
Sep 252 min read
Abolish the New Regime Structure in the West Bank, Which Constitutes as Annexation
On September 26, 2024, we, along with Yesh Din, filed a petition with the High Court of Justice challenging the amendment to the Order on...
Sep 181 min read
Pepper Spray as a Means of Crowd Control in Protests
In October 2023, the police updated their procedures for operating the MCTZ (spray machine) to allow the addition of pepper spray to the...
Sep 172 min read
In response to our inquiry: The bank's approval will no longer be necessary to submit a request for check issuance.
A bankrupt person is subject to various restrictions on economic activity, such as a ban on the use of checks and credit cards. However,...
Sep 173 min read
Close the Sde Teman Detention Center
On May 23, 2024, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel...
Sep 154 min read
Bereaved Families Forum Disqualification is Extremely Unreasonable
The Association for Civil Right in Israel and the Education Law and Policy Clinic at the University of Haifa submitted sent legal...
Sep 92 min read
Improper Use of Undercover Police at Demonstrations
On May 22, 2024, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Attorney General of the Police requesting that...
Sep 82 min read
False Arrests of Demonstrators
Between August 31 and September 9, 2024, at least 127 demonstrators across the country were arrested during anti-government protests. Of...
Sep 32 min read
Privacy Violation Concerning Striking Civil Servants
On September 1, 2024, following the tragic murder of six hostages, the Histadrut General Organization of Workers in Israel announced a...
Aug 282 min read
Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...
Aug 283 min read
Deteriorating Prison Rights: ACRI's Efforts to Uphold Accountability
Since Ben-Gvir took office as Minister of National Security, there has been a rapid deterioration of prisoners' rights, especially...
Aug 272 min read
Police violence Against Journalists and Prevention of Press Coverage
On June 16, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner regarding the conduct of the police...
Aug 251 min read
There is a Police Force in Israel. It Belongs to Ben-Gvir
After the elections, even before the government was formed and as a condition for its formation, the Minister of National Security,...
Aug 254 min read
Confiscation of anti-war signs by police at demonstrations
On April 11, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice, together with two anti-war demonstrators, demanding that the civilians be...
Aug 242 min read
Repeal the Ban on Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Prisoners
On February 22, 2024, ACRI, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked and Gisha petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) demanding that...
Aug 192 min read
Enrollment of Stateless Children in Schools in Lod and Be'er Sheva
Israeli law and Ministry of Education regulations guarantee every child the right to enroll in educational institutions from the age of...
Aug 193 min read
Police Deploy 'Hawk's Eye' System for Tracking Drivers
First Petition On January 28, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Privacy Israel filed a petition with the High...
Aug 192 min read
Discrimination Against Arab Students in STEM Excellence Scholarships
Ahead of the new academic year, the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology released a "Call for Proposals" for excellence...
Aug 172 min read
Water supply in the Kfar Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem
The Kfar 'Aqab neighborhood is located within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, beyond the separation wall, and is home to tens of...
Aug 152 min read
Using AI in Airport Policing Decisions
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on May 23, 2024, requesting that it order the police to...
Aug 122 min read
Exceptions Committee Preconditions, Regarding Public Housing Eligibility
The Ministry of Construction and Housing Exception Committees are a central route for recognizing eligibility for public housing. They...
Aug 121 min read
Implementing Deductibles for Mental Health Services
The Ministries of Health and Finance are proposing a 35-Shekel deductible for each psychotherapy session in Israel's public mental health...
Aug 51 min read
Temporary Humanitarian Residency for Young Woman Without Status
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the Jerusalem Administrative Court to grant a temporary residence permit to a...
Jul 232 min read
Evacuees Eligible for Housing Grants Failed by the Bureaucracy
According to information obtained ACRI, the Ministry of Tourism has about 1,300 pending appeals by evacuees to recognize their...
Jul 212 min read
Administrative orders based on classified material and intelligence assessments are not the way to fight crime
The Knesset is expected to approve the second and third readings of the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law (on ...
Jul 202 min read
A Silent Takeover: Changing the Nature of Israeli Control of the West Bank
On December 29, 2022, the 37th government of the State of Israel was sworn in. Against the backdrop of the "judicial reform," the Hamas...
Jul 202 min read
Data on Criminal Cases According to Gender, Nationality & Ethnicity
For years, the police and the Ministry of Justice have refused to provide information on criminal cases according to various parameters...
Jul 202 min read
Work Arrangements of the CEO's Committee on Foreign Workers
The Workers' Rights Clinic at Tel Aviv University and Kav LaOved petitioned the High Court of Justice on July 17, 2024 on behalf of Kav...
Jul 201 min read
Scabies Epidemic in Prisons
ACRI joined the petition, led by Physicians for Human Rights, regarding the scabies epidemic raging in prisons. The petition, which was...
Jul 173 min read
Expanding the Authority of the Shin Bet
On July 20, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice to cancel government decisions that...
Jul 162 min read
Politicization of the Police Force & Police Brutality
Freedom of protest is one of the only tools that civilians have to raise their voices, resist and express themselves. We have witnessed...
Jul 152 min read
Energy Poverty in Light of the Climate Crisis
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel took part in the work on a policy paper on energy poverty, as part of a project led by...
Jul 151 min read
Health Services for Stateless Minors
ACRI has joined the petition submitted to the High Court of Justice, written by partnered human rights organizations and led by...
Jul 92 min read
Repeal the New Citizenship Law
The Association for Civil Rights, the Center for the Protection of the Individual, and Physicians for Human Rights petitioned the High...
Jul 74 min read
Stop Lodging Detainees at Police Stations in Disgraceful Conditions
In May 2023, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel submitted a freedom of information request to the police, in which we asked to...
Jul 71 min read
The Appointment of a Civilian as Deputy Head of the Civil Administration Constitutes a de facto Annexation of the West Bank
Yesh Din and ACRI sent legal correspondence, through Attorney Michael Sfard, to the Minister of Defense and the OC Central Command,...
Jul 22 min read
Discrimination in Scholarship Eligibility for Arab Students at the University of Haifa
On June 7, 2022, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a lawsuit in the Haifa District Court seeking a declaratory...
Jun 302 min read
End the Policy of Starving Security Prisoners
Following a series of testimonies by prisoners and their lawyers, including statements by representatives of the IPS and the Minister of...
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