Family Unification – Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel in December 2011. This human rights body monitors State Party compliance with the...

(Haifa, Israel) On 29 July 2010, the UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), issued its Concluding...

Adalah: The Citizenship Law is the Most Racist Law in Israel and has no Parallel in any Democratic State in the World On 2 March 2010, an expanded 11-Justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel...

On Sunday, 15 March 2009, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on petitions filed by human rights organizations demanding that the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law – 2003 and its...

Adalah Submits Expert Opinions by Specialists in International and Constitutional Law from the Open Society Justice Initiative, the UK and South Africa The Legal Experts: The Citizenship Law, which...

On 1 July 2008, a 21-8 majority of the Israeli Knesset approved an extension to the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) for an additional year until July 2009. The Knesset...

In practice, the Citizenship Law creates three hierarchical paths for receiving citizenship in Israel: The first, the highest rung on the hierarchical ladder, is reserved for Jews under the Law of...

Today, 6 May 2008, the Israeli Supreme Court issued an order nisi (order to show cause) on a petition filed by Adalah challenging the constitutionality of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law....

MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008, 16:00 (4:00 P.M.) (Shafa'amr, Israel – 1 May 2008) - On Monday 5 May 2008 at 4 pm, an expanded panel of seven justices of the Israeli Supreme Court will hear four...

In this short article, I will discuss the legal culture of the state’s agents, who represent the official positions of Israel in cases regarding discrimination against the Arab national minority....

On 31 May 2007, Adalah petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of two Arab families against the Interior Ministry and the Attorney General (AG), demanding the cancellation of the...

On 25 January 2007, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the cancellation of the extension of the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) (2003) for...

On 11 January 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed two petitions filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in 2002 demanding the cancellation of Government...

Question 1: What are the implications of this verdict for future decisions of the Supreme Court regarding human rights issues? Question 2: How, in your opinion, should human rights organizations...

In this short article, I will discuss the rulings rendered in this case by the female justices of the Supreme Court in an attempt to understand whether their participation brought added value to...

In this short article, I will discuss the rulings rendered in this case by the female justices of the Supreme Court in an attempt to understand whether their participation brought added value to...

In any case, there is a strong connection between Cheshin's heteronormativity and the conclusion he reaches in the ruling: the concept of the family is limited in his ruling, including only the...

“Americans understand now what Israelis have felt for years.”2 In the days following 11 September 2001, it became quite common to hear statements like this one made by Moshe Fox of the Israeli...

On 22 May 2006, Adalah held an informational briefing at the office of the Heinrich Boll Foundation in Tel Aviv for representatives of foreign embassies on the Supreme Court of Israel's recent...

n the Supreme Court’s ruling on H.C. 7052/03, Adalah, et al. v. Minister of Interior, et al., delivered on 14 May 2006, which stretches over 263 pages and includes eleven separate opinions of the...