Adalah — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Founded in 1996 and based in Haifa, Adalah litigates and advocates for the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel, and for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, before Israeli courts and international bodies.
Adalah — “justice” in Arabic — is an independent human rights organization and legal center founded in Haifa in 1996. It works to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel, who make up around a fifth of the state’s population, and of Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, through Supreme Court litigation, legal interventions, and advocacy before UN and regional human rights bodies.
Adalah maintains a widely cited database of discriminatory laws in Israel and has brought landmark legal challenges, including petitions against the family unification ban imposed by the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law and against the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law.
Why it matters
- The principal legal center dedicated to the rights of the Palestinian minority in Israel.
- Its Discriminatory Laws Database is a standard reference for researchers and diplomats.
- Bridges domestic litigation and international human rights mechanisms.
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Cited work
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