On March 19, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the police commissioner and the legal advisor of the police, following two cases in...

Article 13 of the Entry into Israel Law grants the police the authority to deport Palestinians residing in Israel without a valid permit....

Dispersal of protest and demonstrations On November 15, 2023, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police...

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned (Hebrew) the Supreme Court on December 8, 2023, on behalf of Moria Shlomot, a...

The 25th Knesset and 37th Government: Monitoring Initiatives that Damage Human Rights and Democracy August 2023 Find the full paper here:...

In protests and demonstrations against police brutality in recent months, the Israel Police has occasionally utilized means to disperse...

On June 28, 2023, we addressed (Hebrew)the head of the Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, following reports of the Shin Bet's involvement in monitoring...

Since its establishment, the government has been promoting significant changes in the realm of personal security and law enforcement....

National Guard Under Minister of National Security – Crossing a Red Line On March 28, 2023, we contacted the Attorney General following...

Following Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir’s sweeping directive to the Israel Police Commissioner this week, regarding...

Photo © doveloupo | Dreamstime.com Ben-Gvir, and his party’s sharp spike in popularity in the September 2022 elections followed a...

Photo: Oren Ziv, Activestills Today (October 2, 2022) the Jerusalem District Court accepted a petition submitted by ACRI and The Movement...

The Freedom of Information Act requires the police to publish all the procedures according to which it operates, but for years it has...

Over the past two years, there has been no police directive or protocol to regulate police use of documentation at demonstrations...

A chokehold is a method used to restrain and gain control of suspects and detainees, through which pressure is placed on a person's neck...

The Israel Border Police is a hybrid military-police force primarily made up of soldiers, whose combatants undergo military training and...

On February 28, 2022, the police used sweeping and unjustified violence against hundreds of Palestinians who had gathered around Damascus...

On July 8, 2021, we appealed to the Police Commissioner regarding the use of batons as a means of dispersing demonstrations. The appeal...

© Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com 18 January 2022 To Mr. Omer Bar-Lev Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai ...

We asked the Attorney General on January 21, 2022, about the General Security Services' (GSS) interference in police investigations....