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'Volume 57, February 2009
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International Criminal Law

Adalah Attorney Fatmeh El-'Ajou writes a legal position paper on the question of whether Israeli military attacks on the civilian police force and government buildings and institutions of Hamas in Gaza constitute war crimes under international criminal law
Dr. Hala Khoury-Bisharat, an international law expert and a member of Adalah’s Board of Directors, speaks about the groundbreaking January 2009 decision by the Spanish National Court to probe Israel’s killing of Salah Shehadeh and 14 Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2002
Roundtable discussion at Adalah on enforcing international law – The Case of Israel
The Siege on Gaza
Adalah to Attorney General: Seizure of Lebanese ship bound for Gaza by Israel violates international law which prohibits prevention of delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians
Employment Rights
Following Adalah’s petition, municipal regulations preventing Arab business owners in Akka from opening their shops on Saturdays is cancelled
Economic Rights
Adalah and the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab: Ministry of Agriculture lacks authority to condition the granting of land for grazing cattle to Arab Bedouin farmers on provision of tax statements
Freedom of Expression
National Labor Court upholds suspension of Arab employee for participating in a demonstration against the siege on Gaza
Prisoners’ Rights
Adalah to Justice Minister: Holding court hearings on prisoners’ cases inside prisons violates their rights
Health Rights
Adalah to Health Minister: Excluding MRI scans for breast cancer from basket of health services violates National Insurance Law and has very harmful effect on Arab women
New Publication
Adalah’s Annual Report 2008
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Upcoming Court Hearings
Tuesday, 03.03.09 and Wednesday, 11.03.0912:00 p.m. (1769/08, Beer el-Sabe Mag. Ct.)Seeking cancellation of home demolition orders issued against Bedouin families living in Al-Sura, an unrecognized village in the Naqab Thursday, 05.03.0915:30 p.m. (1998/08, Tel Aviv Dist. Ct.)Demanding that the Arab town of Jisr al-Zarqa be connected via roadway to the Tel Aviv-Haifa coastal highwayMonday, 09.03.098:30 a.m. (H.C. 10532/04,Sup. Ct.)Demanding recognition for Muslim holy sites in Israel in name of religious leadersTuesday, 10.03.0910:30 a.m. (Hearing before the Northern District Planning and Building Committee)Appeal against Kamoun and planning authorities for refusing to issue a building permit to Arab family living on their privately-owned land in caravanSunday, 15.03.0910:00 a.m. (H.C. 466/07, Sup. Ct.)Challenging a racist law prohibiting family unification of Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians from the OPT and other "enemy states"Tuesday, 17.03.098:30 a.m. (1152/09, Tel Aviv Mag. Ct.)Representing protestors arrested in Tel Aviv during demonstrations against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza Tuesday, 24.03.099:00 a.m. (H.C. 2028/08, Sup. Ct.)Demanding the annulment of a law, which blatantly violates the basic rights of detainees suspected of committing security offenses
Interview
Rights Protections for Native Peoples: Interview with Rene Antezana from "Poder Local" on Bolivia’s new constitution
Blog
Guantanamo blog by Attorney Jamil Dakwar of the American Civil Liberties Union
New Report
The Arab Association for Human Rights: "Health Discrimination"
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