Summary of the Knesset’s summer session
ACRI offers the following summary of the central issues that we addressed during the Knesset’s summer session that concluded in … Read more
Nation-State Law
Discussions in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation was completed on Tuesday 18th July in the morning hours, and later on, … Read more
Changing the Method for Appointing Legal Advisers
ACRI: The proposed bill will harm the independence and professionalism of the civil service, the protection of the rule of … Read more
Updates from ACRI
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ACRI to Mayor Barkat: Don’t Demolish Homes of Terrorists
June 10, 2009
“Demolishing a home constitutes a severe violation of several fundamental protected rights of the family who lives there.” 9 March … Read more
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ACRI Protests Immediate Expulsion of Nearly 10,000 Migrant Workers
June 9, 2009
ACRI: It is the responsibility of the State to allow migrants working in agriculture to complete their employment period, enabling … Read more
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Health Ministry Triples Budget for Schoolchildren’s Dental Treatment
June 9, 2009
The announcement was made in response to a petition demanding all schoolchildren be provided with free-of-charge dental checkups. On June … Read more
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‘No Forwarding Address’: New Report on Policy toward the Homeless
June 7, 2009
Report by ACRI and Tel Aviv University portrays violations of the rights of the homeless in Israel, and proposes new … Read more
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New Prison Regulations Restrict Numbers of Books and CDs Per Inmate
June 4, 2009
ACRI petitions on behalf of female inmates after Prison Authority prevents prisoners from receiving books and CDs from visitors and … Read more
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Banning Nakba Commemoration Violates Everyone’s Freedom of Speech
May 25, 2009
The approved draft bill would make it illegal to hold public events or ceremonies marking Israel’s Independence Day as a … Read more
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Jerusalem 42 Years Later: Where East and West Are Worlds Apart
May 22, 2009
Listening to all the pompous rhetoric about Jerusalem, one might be convinced to believe that this is a city inhabited … Read more
