Legal Work

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  • High Court refuses to rule on the denial MK Zoabi’s parliamentary rights

    High Court refuses to rule on the denial MK Zoabi’s parliamentary rights

    February 14, 2013

      An expanded panel of seven Supreme Court Justices yesterday (February 13, 2013) dismissed a petition filed by MK Hanin … Read more

  • ACRI Petitions Court to Stop Water Corporations from Disconnecting Poor Families

    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

  • Denial of Academic Studies for Security Prisoners

    Denial of Academic Studies for Security Prisoners

    December 25, 2012

    In July 2011, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decided to discontinue studies at the Open University for prisoners classified as … Read more

  • Do Israeli courts adequately defend the right to adequate housing?

    Do Israeli courts adequately defend the right to adequate housing?

    December 25, 2012

    Do Israeli courts adequately defend the right to housing? Attorney Gil Gan-Mor explained why not at the TAU & Minerva International … Read more

  • High Court to State: Explain Use of Private Guards in E. Jerusalem

    High Court to State: Explain Use of Private Guards in E. Jerusalem

    December 13, 2012

      The High Court of Justice today (13 December 2012) issued an order nisi instructing the state to explain the deployment … Read more

  • ACRI: Racist Campaign by Otzma Leyisrael Should not be Banned

    ACRI: Racist Campaign by Otzma Leyisrael Should not be Banned

    December 13, 2012

    The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) disagrees with the decision of Central Elections Committee Chairman, Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, … Read more

  • High Court Orders State to Justify Legality of Anti-Boycott Law

    High Court Orders State to Justify Legality of Anti-Boycott Law

    December 11, 2012

    High Court issues order nisi demanding the government explain why the Boycott Prohibition Law should remain in effect.   Yesterday … Read more

  • Panel of 9 Justices to Hear Petitions Against Acceptance to Communities Law

    Panel of 9 Justices to Hear Petitions Against Acceptance to Communities Law

    December 3, 2012

    Petitioners claim there is no place for screening procedures in small communities, which lack unique characteristics that would justify such … Read more

  • Ruling: Municipality Cannot Evict Homeless from Public Spaces

    Ruling: Municipality Cannot Evict Homeless from Public Spaces

    November 19, 2012

    Tel Aviv District Court in a precedent-setting ruling: municipal inspectors are not allowed to evict homeless people from public spaces; … Read more

  • “Closed Military Zone” Orders Delivered to Activists’ Homes; ACRI Protests

    “Closed Military Zone” Orders Delivered to Activists’ Homes; ACRI Protests

    November 13, 2012

    In letter sent yesterday to the Advocate General, ACRI says “closed military zone” orders served to Israeli activists in their … Read more