What’s wrong with the “override clause” for High Court of Justice rulings? The "override clause" implies that the Knesset may preclude...

Update as of June 9, 2020: Following ACRI’s petition with Peace Now and Yesh Din from 2017, the Law for the Regularization of Settlement...

Politically, 2019 was a year of gridlock and instability due to the lack of a government. As a result, many important human rights issues...

Following the results of the September 2019 elections, pundits swiftly declared that the significance was, among other things, that there...

In anticipation of the hearing on the deportation of Omar Shaker, HRW's representative in Israel, at the High Court of Justice, today 20...

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), and the Israel Women's Network have...

The discussions surrounding the formation of the new government included reports of a long list of acts of legislation and policy plans...

Yesterday (26.3.2019) ACRI filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against the Haifa District Court's verdict regarding displaying the...

Shrinking Democratic Space in Israel November 2018 update In recent years, Israel has been undergoing a process of "shrinking democratic...

Association for Civil Rights in Israel to High Court of Justice: Repeal the Nation-State Law The petition states that the law worsens...

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) published today (12/10/2018) its annual position paper regarding the state of human...

"The Loyalty in Culture Bill"; Prevention of Workplace Abuse; Transgender Rights; The Medical Institute for Road Safety’s Conduct; Death...

Dear Friends, The fact of the matter is that with every year, the democratic space in Israel is narrowing and the voices causing its...

State Education Law (Prevention of Activity in an Educational Institution of External Bodies Acting Against the IDF or the Goals of...

Dear Friends, This week, we once more witnessed the Shin Bet internal security agency attempt to intimidate a critic of government...

Over the past two months, several incidents have been reported involving the detention of workers in civil society organizations at Ben...

ACRI offers the following summary of the central issues that we addressed during the Knesset’s summer session that concluded in mid-July...

Raghad Jaraisy I was born to a family that loves language: my father is a politician, an engineer, and a bookworm, and my mother – a...

Discussions in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation was completed on Tuesday 18th July in the morning hours, and later on, the...

The Jewish Nation-State bill sends a powerful message that the State of Israel belongs only to the Jewish People, all the while ignoring...