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 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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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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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
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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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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