Adalah (legal center)

Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
TypeNon-profit
NGO
FocusHuman rights, Arab citizens of Israel, Minority rights, Civil and political rights, Economic, social and cultural rights, Prisoners' rights, Land and planning rights[1]
Location
Area served
Israel and the Palestinian Territories
MethodImpact litigation, legal consultation, international advocacy, education, training, publication, media outreach[3]
Websitewww.adalah.org/en

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Hebrew: עדאלה - המרכז המשפטי לזכויות המיעוט הערבי בישראל; Arabic: عدالة - المركز القانوني لحماية حقوق الأقلية العربية في اسرائيل) is a human rights organization and legal center.

Adalah's goals are "achieving individual and collective rights of the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel" and protecting "the human rights of Palestinians living under occupation, based on international humanitarian law and international human rights law".[4]

The organization was founded in November 1996; it is non-partisan and not-for-profit. Adalah's founder and General Director is lawyer Hassan Jabareen. Adalah means Justice in the Arabic language.

  1. ^ "Current Cases". Adalah. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Contact us". Adalah. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ^ "About". Adalah. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. ^ "About Adalah". Adalah. Retrieved July 11, 2012.