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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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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Thousands March in Tel Aviv for Human Rights
December 9, 2012
People from all over Israel came together in Tel Aviv on Friday (7 December 2012) for the fourth annual Human … Read more
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Taking to the Streets: The Human Rights March 2012
November 26, 2012
On Friday, 7 December 2012, we will march together in the annual Human Rights March – with all the causes, … Read more
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ACRI in the News: September – October 2012
November 1, 2012
Defending the Rights of Bedouin in the Negev The Bedouin of the Negev – October 1, 2012 (Jerusalem Post) (Op-Ed … Read more
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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
Legal Work
In the Knesset
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Netanyahu’s Spin on the National Housing Committees Law
July 25, 2011
The Association for Responsible Planning and the Affordable Housing Coalition, in response to today’s discussion at the Joint Knesset Committee … Read more
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The Affordable Housing Crisis: Good Solutions, Bad Solutions
July 20, 2011
Last Thursday, dozens of people pitched their tents at a central square in Tel Aviv, in protest of the soaring … Read more
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New MRI Tender Favors Hospitals in Periphery
August 11, 2009
Health Ministry tender incorporates ACRI’s standards for equality in health, clearly prioritizing bids that include “the improvement of availability of … Read more
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Problematic Welfare-to-Work ‘Wisconsin Plan’ will not be Expanded
July 23, 2009
The Knesset voted against the expansion of the program, thus accepting the organizations’ position that changes need to be made … Read more
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Human Rights Groups to Finance Minister: Don’t Expand Wisconsin Plan
April 28, 2009
ACRI and partner oragnizations urge new minister to reconsider expanding Wisconsin Plan,. Four organizations – ACRI, Community Advocacy, Mizrahi Democratic … Read more
Publications
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ACRI Presents: What Happened to Us?
August 8, 2011
What’s behind the expanding social protest across Israel? The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) presents facts and … Read more
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The Affordable Housing Crisis: Good Solutions, Bad Solutions
July 20, 2011
Last Thursday, dozens of people pitched their tents at a central square in Tel Aviv, in protest of the soaring … Read more
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Social and Economic Rights in Israel 2011
May 14, 2011
Since 1985, successive Israeli governments have taken a neo-liberal approach to social and economic policy, steadily yet significantly reducing the … Read more
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ACRI Publications 2006-2010
October 27, 2010
ACRI’s Shadow Report regarding Israel’s Third Periodic Review by the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, October 2010 “Unsafe … Read more
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ACRI’s 2008 Annual Report
April 7, 2009
Presenting ACRI’s legal, educational and public outreach work, the Annual Report brings personal stories and highlights the orgnization’s activities To … Read more