Israeli NGO Human Rights Organizations

By Rabbis for Human Rights on May 23, 2006 - כ"ה אייר תשס"ו

Adalah

The first Arab-run nonprofit legal center in Israel. The organization was established in November 1996 and its main goal is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protection for Arab citizens of Israel.
http://www.adalah.org

Amnesty International -Israel Section

The Israel section of Amnesty International participates in the organization’s campaigns to prevent human rights violations around the world. In accordance with Amnesty International’s guidelines, the Israel section does not deal with human rights violations within Israel, the Palestinian Authority, or other countries in the Middle East.
http://www.amnesty.org.il

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel was established in 1972. ACRI is a non-partisan, independent organisation that works for the protection of human and civil rights in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.acri.org.il

The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA)

Founded in 1988, HRA works to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles.
http://www.arabhra.org

The Association of Forty

Formed in December 1988, the association represents the residents of unrecognized villages and their problems and works to promote support locally and internationally.
http://www.assoc40.org

Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights

Strives to achieve the right to equality and social justice in matters of planning, development, and the allocation of land resources, and assists communities and minorities affected by social and economic disadvantage and by civil rights’ discriminations to exercise their rights in this area.
http://www.bimkom.org

Bizchut

Israeli nonprofit organization working to advance the rights of people with special needs and to achieve their full integration in Israeli society.
http://www.bizchut.org.il

Bustan L’Shalom

Bustan is a grassroots partnership addressing the plight of indigenous and marginalized people.
http://www.bustan.org/

Commitment to Peace and Social Justice (Mechuyavut)

A partnership of peace and social justice activists that engage and promote dialogue between the various sectors of Israeli society regarding the interdependence between peace and social justice.
http://www.commitment.org.il

HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual

HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist Palestinians of the Occupied Territories whose rights are violated due to Israel’s policies.
http://www.hamoked.org.il/

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories.
http://www.icahd.org/

Kav La’Oved

Non-profit organization established by a group of volunteers in 1990 dedicated to protecting the rights of migrant laborers, indentured servants and disadvantaged workers in Israel.
http://www.kavlaoved.org.il

Kol Yehudi

A coalition, that works towards bringing to the Israeli public something so elementary yet so rare: a Jewish voice. Sound, tolerant, constructive. Kol Yehudi is based upon love for fellow humans as they are, seeking and pursuing peace. Kol Yehudi coordinates programs for respecting the stranger, the minority and the weak, and uses its amassed strength for generosity, giving and strengthening the fabric of society.
http://www.panim.org.il/kol-yehudi/kol-04-homepage.htm

The Minerva Center for Human Rights

The Minerva Center is located at the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It is an interdisciplinary center which promotes, coordinates, and supports academic and research activities in the field of human rights, as well as provides access to a wide array of human rights information.
http://humrts.huji.ac.il

Mossawa Center: The Advocacy Center for Arab Palestinian Citizens of Israel

Mosawa (”equality”) was founded to effect change in Israeli government policies and practices which discriminate against Arab citizens. Their goals are to obtain equal social, cultural, economic, and political rights for Arab citizens of Israel; and to gain equal representation for Arab citizens of Israel in state bodies and institutions.
Contact: Jafar Farach, Director, Mowasa@rannet.com

Physicians for Human Rights - Israel

PHR-Israel, established in 1988, is dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of residents of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PHR-Israel opposes the subjugation of medical care to political considerations and fights against breaches of medical human rights by the Israeli authorities. PHR-Israel also works to rectify and prevent breakdowns in health care delivery in the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.phr.org.il

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)

An apolitical organization dedicated to the elimination of torture as a means of interrogation by Israel’s security forces. PCATI is the only organization in Israel exclusively devoted to the issue of illegal interrogation. PCATI documents, monitors and responds to cases of illegal interrogation, ill-treatment and police brutality within Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.stoptorture.org.il

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