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| Media Monitoring Organizations |
I'LAM – Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel
I'lam is the only non-for-profit Palestinian Media Center in Israel. With its commitment to media democracy in Israel, I'LAM plays a key role in invigorating civil society and promoting democracy and human rights in Israel, and make it more inclusive and balanced towards its Palestinian citizens. The center aim to empower the Palestinian media landscape and society by promoting equal access to the Israeli media, encouraging a fair information-flow, fostering professional standards, and to strengthen the commitment of Palestinian media institutions towards the Palestinian society addressing their real media needs.
Media Diversity Institute
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that mobilizes the power of media to lessen inter-group conflict, advance minority and human rights, and support deeper public understanding of all types of social diversity. It is based in London and has offices in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. MDI focuses on regions where news media have played a destructive role in exacerbating ethnic and religious conflicts and violations of human and minority rights. MDI works with media organizations, journalists, journalism educators, NGOs and governments to prevent and reconcile conflict, promote tolerance of vulnerable groups, and stimulate balanced and non-partisan journalism.
MIFTAH - The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy
a non-governmental non-partisan Jerusalem-based institution dedicated to fostering democracy and good governance within Palestinian society through promoting public accountability, transparency, the free flow of information and ideas, and the challenging of stereotyping at home and abroad. Established in December 1998, with Hanan Ashrawi as its Secretary-General, MIFTAH's aim is to serve as a Palestinian platform for global dialogue and cooperation guided by the principles of democracy, human rights, gender equity, and participatory governance.
The Seventh Eye Journal
A critical eye on the Israeli media - periodcal. Issued by the Israel Democracy Institute.
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| Israeli Organizations for Human Rights & Social Change |
Adalah
The first Arab-run nonprofit legal center in Israel. The organization was established in November 1996 and its main goal is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protection for Arab citizens of Israel.
ADVA Center – Information on equality and social justice in Israel
The Adva Center conducts policy analysis, advocacy work, and public outreach to inform policy makers and the general public in Israel and abroad about equity and social justice issues in Israeli society. Adva analyzes equality and inequality in Israel in a way that integrates gender, ethnicity and nationality.
Agenda - Israeli Center for Strategic Communications
Agenda - the Israeli Center for Strategic Communications is the first organization of its kind that works for social and conceptual change in the Israeli media. Agenda’s goal is to impact the way social issues are presented in media discourse and to help organizations working for social change to promote their goals more effectively.
Amnesty International -Israel Section
The Israel section of Amnesty International participates in the organization's campaigns to prevent human rights violations around the world. In accordance with Amnesty International's guidelines, the Israel section does not deal with human rights violations within Israel, the Palestinian Authority, or other countries in the Middle East.
Arik Institute for Reconciliation Tolerance & Peace
The institute believe that peace is an ideal, that should be the foundation for the activities and ambitions of all nations as well as individuals. As a Utopian ideal, however, its ambiguity often obscures the practical political and cultural means for its achievement. The paths to resolution of conflicts are well accommodated by the ideas of reconciliation and tolerance. Following successful models which have been utilized around the globe, the Arik Institute aim to facilitate a resolution for political conflicts, particularly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by generating and promoting mechanisms of reconciliation and attitudes of toleration.
Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights
The organization was established in May 1999 by planners and architects with the goal of strengthening the connection between human rights and spatial planning in Israel. As a professional organization, Bimkom strives to achieve the right to equality and social justice in matters of planning, development, and the allocation of land resources, and assists communities and minorities affected by social and economic disadvantage and by civil rights' discriminations to exercise their rights in this area.
Bizchut
Israeli nonprofit organization working to advance the rights of people with physical and mental disabilities as well as the mentally ill and to achieve their full integration in Israeli society.
B'TSELEM - The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
The organization was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel. As an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law.
Commitment to Peace and Social Justice (Mechuyavut)
Commitment to Peace and Social Justice (Mechuyavut in Hebrew) focuses on the crossroads where the peace and social justice agendas meet. We believe that the interdependence between these agendas in the struggle for a better and just society is vital for the success of each issue. A just and long lasting peace agreement with our neighbors must entail a just social and economic solution for the weakest groups within Israel. Any social-economic plan that will include the right of all citizens of Israel to live in dignity must also include a just reconciliation with our Palestinian neighbors.
DCI – Israel children’s right monitor
DCI Israel was founded in November 1987 by a group of Arab and Jewish educators, psychologists, lawyers and social workers to promote and protect the rights of the child of children in Israel and under the effective control of the State of Israel in the occupied territories. The International Association for Children's Rights (AVI) as the Hebrew name of this NGO reads, became the Israeli Section of DCI (Defence for Children International) an International NGO for the rights of the child, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual
An Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to offer legal and administrative assistance and advocacy to Palestinians of the Occupied Territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies. These include Detainee Rights; Residency Rights and Family Unification; Freedom of Movement; Violence by security forces and settlers; House Demolitions and Deportations. HaMoked’s site contains information relating to these human rights violations: Israeli laws and regulations; international conventions; petitions to the Israeli High Court of Justice; claims for compensation for damages; decisions by Israeli and other courts; and other official documents and reports.
Kav La'Oved
Non-profit organization established by a group of volunteers in 1990 dedicated to protecting the rights of disadvantaged workers in Israel.
Machsom Watch - Women for Human Rights
Founded in 2001 by a group of Israeli women in response to reports on violations of the Human Rights of Palestinian civilians at military and police checkpoints. The group conducts daily surveillances at various checkpoints, observes the procedures at the checkpoints, challenges wrongdoings, assists the local population and provide updated web reports.
Mada al-Carmel - Arab Center for Applied Social Research
Mada al-Carmel is a non-profit, independent research institute founded in 2000 and located in Haifa, Israel. Inspired by concern for its human and national development, Mada al-Carmel aims to promote theoretical and applied research on the Palestinian community in Israel. Mada al-Carmel focuses on the social, educational, and economic needs of Palestinians in Israel, as well as on national identity and democratic citizenship. Broader issues of identity, citizenship, and democracy in multi-ethnic states are also addressed.
Mossawa - The Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens of Israel
The organization was established in October of 1997 as a Non Governmental Organization. Mossawa works to promote equality for Arab\Palestinians within the borders of Israel. Mossawa utilizes advocacy methods to change the social and political status of Arab/Palestinians in Israel in an attempt to gain minority recognition and rights, without sacrificing their national and cultural rights as Palestinians.
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
PHR-Israel, established in 1988, is dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. PHR-Israel opposes the subjugation of medical care to political considerations and fights against breaches of medical human rights by the Israeli authorities. PHR-Israel also works to rectify and prevent breakdowns in health care delivery in the West Bank.
Rabbis for Human Rights
The only organization in Israel today concerned specifically with giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. RHR has helped numerous individuals, publicized causes, engaged in civil disobedience, lobbied the Knesset and participated in a landmark high court case limiting the scope of the army to abuse human rights under the guise of security.
SHATIL
SHATIL, the New Israel Fund’s empowerment and training center was established in 1982 to promote democracy, tolerance, and social justice in Israel. Recognizing the need for building a strong civil society in Israel, SHATIL, Israel’s leading capacity building center for social change organizations, provides over 1000 non-profit organizations with consulting and training in organizational development, advocacy, media and PR, coalition building, resource development and volunteer management each year.
Sikkuy: The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality in Israel
Sikkuy ("a chance or opportunity" in Hebrew) is a non-partisan, non-profit, NGO in Israel that develops and implements projects to advance civic equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel in government budgets, resource allocation, hiring policy, land usage etc. Founded in 1991 as a Jewish-Arab advocacy organization, Sikkuy's actions are motivated by the right of every citizen to influence government decisions and policies.
The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA)
The HRA was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles. It is an independent non-governmental organization registered in Israel.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
The organization was founded in 1972 as a non-political and independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control.
The Association of Forty
Formed in December 1988, the association represents the residents of so-called unrecognized villages and their problems and works to promote support locally and internationally.
The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development (CJAED)
CJAED is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to close the gaps between the Jewish and Arab sectors in Israel, thus building the foundation for sustainable economic development and peace.
The Forum for Coexistence in the Negev - Dukium
Arab and Jewish residents of the Negev (the southern part of Israel) established the Forum for Coexistence in the Negev in 1997. Its aim is to provide a framework for Jewish-Arab collaborative efforts, in the struggle for equal rights and the advancement of mutual tolerance and co-existence.
The Israel Religious Action Center
The Israel Religious Action Center is the public and legal advocacy arm of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. The Center's mission is to advance religious freedom and pluralism, tolerance, social justice and civil liberties in Israel, based on the belief that these values are intrinsic to and stem from a liberal understanding of Judaism. Since its establishment in 1987, the Center has been a leader in the struggle for freedom of religion and conscience in Israel.
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories. Since it’s founding, ICAHD's activities have extended to three interrelated spheres: resistance and protest actions in the Occupied Territories; efforts to bring the reality of the Occupation to Israeli society; and mobilizing the international community for a just peace.
The Israeli National Council for the Child
The Israel National Council for the Child (NCC), established in 1980, operates on several complementary fronts as it seeks change in legislation, policy, and practice. The NCC deals with the entire spectrum of issues concerning education, health, children at risk, abuse, police and delinquency, legislation and the law, media and consumerism and many other areas
The New Israel Fund (NIF)
The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel's citizens. For twenty-five years, NIF has been a leader in building a just and strong Israel, believing that Israel's strength depends as much on its commitment to democratic principles as on its ability to defend itself against physical and military threats.
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)
An apolitical organization dedicated to the elimination of torture as a means of interrogation by Israel's security forces. PCATI is the only organization in Israel exclusively devoted to the issue of illegal interrogation. PCATI documents, monitors and responds to cases of illegal interrogation, ill-treatment and police brutality within Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian National Authority.
The Wellspring for Democratic Education
The association named "The Wellspring for Democratic Education" was set up with the aim of reducing gaps in Israeli society, advancing social and democratic awareness among the country's population, and strengthening communal and social involvement in various areas of activity. "The Wellspring" feels it is right to allow everyone equally to receive the best tools that will lead them toward success, by providing them with the necessary skills for wider social, political and economic participation. The Wellspring therefore sets up and operates centers of activity in the neighborhoods, at which people of all ages - children, young people and adults - learn computers and English, and also experience the teaching of values and social activity.
YEDID – The Association for Community Empowerment
YEDID (“friend” in Hebrew) was established in 1997 to promote social justice in Israel by operating Citizen Rights Centers in poor communities throughout Israel. Through 20 Centers and Satellite offices, YEDID is changing the face of Israeli society by empowering individuals and communities to break the cycle of poverty in economically disadvantaged and disenfranchised areas. YEDID actively promotes the values of human dignity, individual and communal responsibility, equality, social action, voluntarism and tolerance in a multicultural society.
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| Palestinian Organizations for Human Rights & Social Change |
Addameer
A Palestinian organization concerned with prisoners and detainees.
Al-Haq
The West Bank affiliate of Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), is a Palestinian human rights organization founded in 1979 by Palestinian lawyers concerned with the protection and promotion of the principles of human rights and the rule of law.
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights
A non-governmental organization, with its main office located in Jabalia, the biggest refugee camp in the Middle East and home to over 100 000 Palestinians. Attempts to address the needs of the marginalized population, suffering most profoundly from a lack of basic human rights, on a grassroots level. The Center aims to encourage the protection, promotion and respect of human rights in the Occupied Territories, especially economic, cultural and social rights, through a wide range of activities.
Mandela Institute for Human Rights
Formed in 1990, Mandela focuses its efforts on the plight of political prisoners. Mandela seeks to minister to the prisoners and their families in a holistic manner, looking at the range of medical, physical, psychological, social, spiritual and educational needs. The Institute's website provides, among other things, data and analysis about detention and torture of Palestinians.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Based in Gaza City, it protects and promotes the rule of law, develops democratic institutions & an active civil society and supports Palestinians’ inalienable right to self-determination.
Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights (PICCR)
Founded in 1994, following a decree by Yasser Arafat, to serve as a human rights ombudsman. Site contains extensive information on Israeli and Palestinian abuses of human rights .
Society of St. Ives Catholic Human Rights Center for Legal Resources and Development (Palestinian/Israeli)
Provide legal resources and legal aid for the poor and the oppressed.
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Founded in 1996 by former B'Tselem fieldworker Bassem Eid. Monitors human rights violations by both Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.
Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
Working actively to establish equal rights for women in Palestinian society.
Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling
Established in 1991 in Jerusalem as an independent Palestinian organization they seek to promote the development of a social, political and legal order in which human rights are well respected and women’s rights are well protected.
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| International Human Rights Organizations |
Amnesty International
One of the most comprehensive sites on human rights around. Contains current human rights reports on most countries and articles on human rights violations worldwide. The object of Amnesty International is to contribute to the observance throughout the world of human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Amnesty International - Treaty Bodies Site
This Website involves Amnesty’s work regarding various UN committees. These UN committees were established pursuant to human rights conventions. An example is the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which derives its power from the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Website offers a general introduction about each committee, provides information on the countries to be discussed at committee hearings, and contains reports that countries submitted to the committee. The Website also encourages NGOs and private individuals to become involved in the committees’ work, and suggests ways to assist the committees in their efforts.
Center for Economic and Social Rights
Established in 1993 to promote social justice through human rights. Recognizing that poverty deprives countless millions of their fundamental right to live in dignity, equality, and freedom, CESR works to advance people's claims for just living conditions under international human rights law.
Human Rights First
Human Rights First works in the United States and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. The organization support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; help build a strong international system of justice and accountability; and make sure human rights laws and principles are enforced in the United States and abroad.
Human Rights Watch
Another excellent comprehensive human rights site. Monitors human rights violations worldwide and publishes country reports and issue-specific reports based on investigations
Physicians for Human Rights
Mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people. Using medical and scientific methods, PHR investigates and exposes violations of human rights worldwide and works to stop them.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Impartial, neutral and independent organization established in 1863 whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. Includes links to periodicals and publications.
United Nations Human Rights Page
Site contains up to date information on UN human rights initiatives, including the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Also has many country specific reports relating to various human rights treaties.
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