Legal Work

For a full list of pending legal cases that ACRI is involved in, click here.

  • ACRI: Jerusalem Municipality Is Responsible for Its Residents beyond the Barrier

    ACRI: Jerusalem Municipality Is Responsible for Its Residents beyond the Barrier

    December 15, 2011

    In response to the remarks of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, as reported yesterday by the newspaper Ma’ariv (14 December 2011), in … Read more

  • Illegal Use of Closed Military Zone Orders to Restrict Legal Protest

    Illegal Use of Closed Military Zone Orders to Restrict Legal Protest

    November 7, 2011

    ACRI has written to the Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division and to the Commander of the Judea and … Read more

  • Petition: Deployment of Private Security Guards in East Jerusalem Is Unalwful

    Petition: Deployment of Private Security Guards in East Jerusalem Is Unalwful

    October 31, 2011

    The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem petitioned the High Court of Justice … Read more

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    Rescind Directives to Settlers Regarding Use of Live Fire in September

    August 31, 2011

    ACRI calls on military to rescind directives to settlers regarding the use of live fire in September.   Following a … Read more

  • High Court: Military Investigations into Killing of Civilians Are Essential in Protecting the Right to Life

    High Court: Military Investigations into Killing of Civilians Are Essential in Protecting the Right to Life

    August 23, 2011

    The High Court of Justice rejected the B’Tselem and ACRI petition because it became redundant, but stressed: the army must … Read more

  • ACRI Demands That Municipal Authorities Refrain from Harassing Protest Encampments

    ACRI Demands That Municipal Authorities Refrain from Harassing Protest Encampments

    August 15, 2011

    Following recent threats published in the media regarding intentions to evict protest encampments, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel … Read more

  • From Beit She’an to Jerusalem, ACRI Protects the Rights of Tent Protesters

    From Beit She’an to Jerusalem, ACRI Protects the Rights of Tent Protesters

    August 3, 2011

    Since the eruption of the current “tent protest,” which has grown from a few tents in Tel Aviv to a … Read more

  • ACRI Condemns Efforts to Suppress Tent City Protesters

    ACRI Condemns Efforts to Suppress Tent City Protesters

    July 26, 2011

    The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) condemns recent efforts by the police and authorities to violate freedom of … Read more

  • High Court Rules on Petition Against “Hot Returns” of Asylum Seekers

    High Court Rules on Petition Against “Hot Returns” of Asylum Seekers

    July 10, 2011

    On Thursday, 7 July 2011, the High Court of Justice gave its ruling on the petition against the “Hot Returns … Read more

  • ACRI to Government Press Office: “Retract Warning to Foreign Journalists Boarding Flotilla to Gaza”

    ACRI to Government Press Office: “Retract Warning to Foreign Journalists Boarding Flotilla to Gaza”

    June 27, 2011

    The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) urged the Director of the Israeli Government Press Office to retract statements … Read more