Privatization
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In the past two decades, privatization has been a growing trend in the Israeli market. In recent years, the pace of privatization in Israel has accelerated, and privatization has infiltrated the spheres of social services and law enforcement. The government’s drastic cuts in social services have created a situation in which services that were once provided by the state to all citizens are now provided by private bodies. As a result, the gap between the rich and poor is widening, and marginalized groups are confronting glaring disparities in their access to basic rights and services.
ACRI works to ensure that human rights considerations are incorporated into privatization processes to reduce the resulting violations of human rights. ACRI focuses specifically on issues including privatization of medical services, private water companies and their authority to disconnect families from the water supply, privatization of legal counsel, and mandatory arbitration. ACRI works through the legal system and through public advocacy to ensure that human rights remain in the privatization discourse.
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Knesset Roundup | November 12
November 17, 2013
To receive the Knesset Roundup directly to your email, click here. … Read more
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“Heading to Work” – An Exact Replica of Past Bill Rejected By Knesset
May 30, 2013
The Special Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs Regarding Economic Plans will today discuss the draft law of the “Heading … Read more
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The Wisconsin Plan Returns… with the same problems
May 7, 2013
A preliminary analysis by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel reveals that even in its updated … Read more
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ACRI in the News: January – February 2013
March 14, 2013
ACRI Op-Eds Dostoyevsky In The West Bank – January 31, 2013 (The Daily Beast) by Liza Rozovsky, ACRI … Read more
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ACRI Petitions Court to Stop Water Corporations from Disconnecting Poor Families
January 29, 2013
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition to the High Court of Justice yesterday (January … Read more
Legal Work
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ACRI Petitions Court to Stop Water Corporations from Disconnecting Poor Families
January 29, 2013
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition to the High Court of Justice yesterday (January … Read more
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Responding to ACRI Appeal, State Doesn’t Renew Welfare-to-Work Plan
April 28, 2010
In a major victory for social justice and human rights, ministries cancel planned expansion, ending an ugly chapter in Israel’s … Read more
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ACRI Sets Precedent: No Discrimination in Tel Aviv Tenders
November 2, 2009
Following ACRI petition, Housing Project Cannot be Marketed only to Hi-Tech and Finance Employees Following an ACRI petition paired with … Read more
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Demanding Accountability of Schools’ First Aid Services Privatization
July 13, 2009
“The Education Ministry’s decision to proceed with the privatization of first aid services without formulating a suitable monitoring system is … Read more
In the Knesset
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Privatizing the Courts – Denying Access to Justice
September 3, 2012
Tomorrow, the Knesset Constitution Committee will discuss a bill promoted by Minister of Justice, Yaakov Neeman, according to which courts … Read more
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Knesset Conference – the Struggle against Poverty
February 12, 2012
To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Forum for the Struggle against Poverty – of which … Read more
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Proposed Basic Law: Social Rights Tabled in Knesset
December 11, 2011
Members of Knesset from the coalition and the opposition have joined forces to support a new Basic Law that seeks … Read more
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Knesset Winter Session Begins: Trends and Concerns
October 31, 2011
Two contradictory main trends are likely to be at the center of the Knesset’s winter session, which opened yesterday: the … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
Publications
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ACRI’s State of Human Rights Report 2012
December 16, 2012
ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house … Read more
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How Israeli Governments Drained Social Services – New ACRI Report
July 11, 2012
“Between Realization and Dehydration” – a comprehensive report published by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) – presents … Read more
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State of Human Rights Report 2011: Far from Sight, Liberty in Israel Is Diminishing
December 8, 2011
To mark International Human Rights Day, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is publishing its annual report on … Read more
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ACRI’s Shadow Report to the UN Committee on Economic and Social Rights
November 2, 2011
On 30 October 2011, ACRI presented a shadow report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. … Read more
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The Writing is on the Wall: Posters for Social Justice
October 3, 2011
In the past two months, hundreds of people took part in ACRI’s “Writing on The Wall” campaign and hung thousands … Read more
Media
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Private Medical Service Is off the Negotiations Agenda
April 11, 2011
ACRI and the initiators of the “physicians’ letter” expressed their satisfaction at the Israel Medical Association announcement to physicians that … Read more
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Victory for Rights Groups: Privatization Tender Cancelled
August 22, 2010
Following petition by ACRI and Physicians for Human Rights, Health Ministry Reneges Decision to Privatize Methadone Distribution Centers On August … Read more
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ACRI: Privatization of Court Interpretation Services Impedes Justice
November 20, 2008
The Honorable Judge Moshe Gal Director of the Courts Courts Administration Re: Proper Supervision of Privatized Court Interpreting Dear Justice … Read more
Policy Advocacy
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“Heading to Work” – An Exact Replica of Past Bill Rejected By Knesset
May 30, 2013
The Special Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs Regarding Economic Plans will today discuss the draft law of the “Heading … Read more
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The Wisconsin Plan Returns… with the same problems
May 7, 2013
A preliminary analysis by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel reveals that even in its updated … Read more
Knesset Roundup
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Knesset Roundup | November 12
November 17, 2013
To receive the Knesset Roundup directly to your email, click here. … Read more
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Knesset Winter Session Begins: Trends and Concerns
October 31, 2011
Two contradictory main trends are likely to be at the center of the Knesset’s winter session, which opened yesterday: the … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
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Knesset Roundup – Social and Economic Rights | July 13
July 13, 2011
June 26 – July 10 2011 A special roundup of non-anti-democratic Knesset work from the past couple of weeks, … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | July 4
July 4, 2011
June 27 – July 10 2011 Recent Anti-Democratic Legislation June 27 | Preventing Harm to the State … Read more