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Appoint Members to the Committee for Sharia Law Examinations
© Yurii Kibalnik | Dreamstime.com In order to be certified to represent clients in Sharia courts, individuals with legal education or...
Feb 182 min read


Repeal the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law
© Andrei Dodonov | Dreamstime.com The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on February 12, 2025,...
Feb 122 min read


Increased Enforcement of Weapons Crimes: Problematic Amendments
@ Chernetskaya | Dreamstime.com On January 19, 2025, ACRI sent comments to the Ministry of Justice regarding the Weapons Offenses...
Jan 192 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...
Jan 152 min read


Registration of Stateless Children in Educational Institutions in Beer Sheva
Israeli law, as well as the policies laid out by the Ministry of Education, states that every child starting from the age of three has...
Dec 9, 20243 min read

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 13, 20242 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 7, 20242 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 30, 20243 min read


No to Applying the Home Demolition Policy to Arab Citizens
© Makkis | Dreamstime.com Following reports about the government's intention to examine the possibility of demolishing homes of families...
Oct 14, 20242 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 8, 20243 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...
Oct 7, 20243 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 26, 20241 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 20, 20242 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 20, 20242 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 22, 20242 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 21, 20242 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 9, 20242 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...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Failure to Address Request for Family Unification Residence Permit
On February 21, 2024, ACRI filed an appeal with the Appeals Court on behalf of a family residing in the Negev, seeking a residence permit...
Jun 30, 20242 min read


Protect the Rights of Hourly Workers Amidst Time of Emergency
Hourly workers are usually employed in occupations that require physical or public work, for relatively low wages, uncertainty and...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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