Adalah Participates in Meeting with Ms. Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

On November 9, 2000, Adalah representatives Rina Rosenberg and Gadeer Nicola attended a meeting for Palestinian and Israeli NGOs to discuss the current crisis with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mary Robinson. Adalah presented Ms. Robinson with a statement outlining its concerns about mass arrests of and human rights abuses against Palestinian citizens of Israel.

The November 9 meeting represented the first time that Ms. Robinson met with Palestinian NGOs in Israel to hear about the current conflict. Adalah, Ittijah, the Mosawa Center and the Ilam Center were the NGOs present representing the Palestinian citizens of Israel. There were two important outcomes of the meeting: Ms. Robinson promised to maintain close contact with the newly-appointed Commission of Inquiry, and she will include information about human rights abuses against Palestinian citizens of Israel by the Israeli police in her report on her visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories.

Related:

Adalah's Letter to Ms. Mary Robinson: Remarks to the UN HCHR Visit Report-18/12/00