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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.
The Subversive Message
A Proposed Law to Restructure the Police Internal Affairs Bureau (Machash)
Registration of Stateless Children in Educational Institutions in Beer Sheva
Issuing Identity Cards to Israeli Women Evacuated from Gaza
Equal Exam Accommodations for All Evacuated Kiryat Shmona Students
The New Policy for the Use of Stun Grenades Endangers Protesters
The Collapse of HMOs’ Home Health Aide Insurance and the State’s Responsibility
Discrimination Among Prisoners in Eligibility for Extended Administrative Release
Police Photography of Protesters
Using AI in Airport Policing Decisions
Visiting Permits for Palestinians with First-Degree Relatives in Israel
Partners in an Uphill Fight
Police Deploy 'Hawk Eye' System for Tracking Drivers
Excessive and Selective Enforcement against Arabs for Expression Transgressions
Dr. Sharaf Hassan, "Local Conversation," and Amalia Wiesel: Recipients of the 2024 Rights Award
Deportation of Families of Terrorists: Questions and Answers
Sweeping Use of "Combat Detention" in the West Bank
A Year of War
Expanding Disqualification Criteria for Elections: A Threat to Democracy and Minority Representation
The 2025 Budget: Implications for At-Risk Populations
Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
Increase Penalties for Police Officers Who Access Databases Without Authorization
Providing Status to Female Palestinian Victims of Domestic Violence
Abolish the New Regime Structure in the West Bank, Which Constitutes as Annexation
Pepper Spray as a Means of Crowd Control in Protests
In response to our inquiry: The bank's approval will no longer be necessary to submit a request for check issuance.
Close the Sde Teman Detention Center
Bereaved Families Forum Disqualification is Extremely Unreasonable
Improper Use of Undercover Police at Demonstrations
False Arrests of Demonstrators
Privacy Violation Concerning Striking Civil Servants
Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
Deteriorating Prison Rights: ACRI's Efforts to Uphold Accountability
Police violence Against Journalists and Prevention of Press Coverage
There is a Police Force in Israel. It Belongs to Ben-Gvir
Confiscation of anti-war signs by police at demonstrations
Repeal the Ban on Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Prisoners
Enrollment of Stateless Children in Schools in Lod and Be'er Sheva
Discrimination Against Arab Students in STEM Excellence Scholarships
Water supply in the Kfar Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem
Exceptions Committee Preconditions, Regarding Public Housing Eligibility
Implementing Deductibles for Mental Health Services
Temporary Humanitarian Residency for Young Woman Without Status
Evacuees Eligible for Housing Grants Failed by the Bureaucracy
Administrative orders based on classified material and intelligence assessments are not the way to fight crime
A Silent Takeover: Changing the Nature of Israeli Control of the West Bank
Data on Criminal Cases According to Gender, Nationality & Ethnicity
Work Arrangements of the CEO's Committee on Foreign Workers
Scabies Epidemic in Prisons