Al-Haq is a Palestinian non-governmental organization founded in 1979 by Palestinian lawyers to promote and protect human rights. It monitors Israel's actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and condemns violations of international human rights law. Al-Haq works to create policies that comply with human rights, seek justice for victims, serve as a model for other organizations, and improve its own effectiveness. Since 2005, it has extensively documented human rights violations and participates in international peace efforts through the United Nations and other groups.
Al-Haq is a Palestinian non-governmental organization founded in 1979 by Palestinian lawyers to promote and protect human rights. It monitors Israel's actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and condemns violations of international human rights law. Al-Haq works to create policies that comply with human rights, seek justice for victims, serve as a model for other organizations, and improve its own effectiveness. Since 2005, it has extensively documented human rights violations and participates in international peace efforts through the United Nations and other groups.
Al-Haq is a Palestinian non-governmental organization founded in 1979 by Palestinian lawyers to promote and protect human rights. It monitors Israel's actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and condemns violations of international human rights law. Al-Haq works to create policies that comply with human rights, seek justice for victims, serve as a model for other organizations, and improve its own effectiveness. Since 2005, it has extensively documented human rights violations and participates in international peace efforts through the United Nations and other groups.
DEFINITIONS: • Al-Haq: (meaning “Law in the Service of Man”) Is a peace- keeping organization founded in 1979 by a group of Palestinian lawyers. • O.P.T.: Occupied Palestinian Territory. • E.M.H.R.N.: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. • Human Rights: Rights that are believed to belong to all people. • U.N.: (meaning “United Nations”) Is an international organization formed after WWII to promote global peace. AL-HAQ: A BRIEF HISTORY. Al-Haq was founded in 1979 during the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Accord. Before 1986, it was a private group that worked on how to solve the human rights issue in the region. In 1986, Al-Haq began it peace campaign, which was focused on securing the rights of the Palestinian people. Since it began the campaign, Al-Haq has been fighting against Israel and other groups peacefully by accusing the opposing organizations of inhuman treatment towards the people of Palestine. MISSION: Al-Haq is a organization based in Palestine founded in 1979. Al- Haq’s primary goal is help protect the rights of Palestinian families through various methods. Al-Haq, along with other organizations, mostly monitors Israel’s actions in the region and condemns them if Al-Haq believes Israel or other organizations violates human rights laws.
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PROBLEMS BEING FIXED BY AL-HAQ: • Since it’s founding, Al-Haq has been working to complete it’s four main goals.
1. Create laws and 3. Make Al-Haq a
policies that comply model for all human with international rights organizations. laws about human 4. Always improve Al- rights. Haq’s efficiency and 2. Seek justice for sustainability in the those who are victims region. of acts against human rights. MAJOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Since 2005, Al-Haq has extensively documented many violations of human rights in the region, allowing for these accounts to be known and learned from. • Al-Haq is also a avid figure on the world stage of the fight for human rights. – Al-Haq is greatly involved with the U.N. and other international peace- keeping parties. ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Al-Haq along with the U.N. and the E.M.H.R.N. have made many strides towards keeping the peace between Palestine and Israel. • Al-Haq has been a influential group within the O.P.T., helping to run and process elections. • Al-Haq has been able to greatly document and display acts that violate human rights in the region, bringing to justice those who committed the acts.