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Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Site -freedom, Democracy, Civil Rights And Libe
Personal site dedicated to the promotion of the freedom and the democracy around the world. Includes Category Society Politics Democracy ranked according their political freedoms and civil rights. Global Movement for Childreninternational Institute of peace between the State of israel and its
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/

Extractions: Maximiliano Herrera's Human Rights Site The Maximiliano Herrera's Site is dedicated to the promotion of democracy and freedom worldwide. It is a NONPROFIT site. NEW! MIRROR SITE AT WWW.MHERRERA.ORG INTRODUCTION Maximiliano Herrera's Human Rights Site is dedicated to the promotion of democracy and freedom worldwide. The Editor and his collaborators are always working on improving and upgrading our human rights resources and documents. We hope to provide a useful service to everyone who is interested in politics and human rights. The site includes these pages: Electoral Calendar , which is a full, complete and updated list of the past and next elections around the world, including presidential, legislative and local elections.It also includes popular referendums. It was created in 1999 and during the following months has improved and now it is recognized as one of the best electoral calendars on the WEB. Freedom in the World is a list of all the independent countries ranked according their political freedoms and civil rights. It was created in 1997 and it is often updated. It also includes an internal link to Freedom in the Territories which ranks the non independent territories.
US, Israel Come Under Fire Over Housing Rights Violations
out that israel through its actions has violated at least seven international treatiesincluding the international Covenant on civil and Political rights, the
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/twe296d.htm

Extractions: BACK TO MAIN ONLINE BOOKSTORE HOW TO ORDER US, Israel come under fire over housing rights violations Millions of people the world over - including in the richest country on the globe - lack a proper roof over their heads, according to an international housing rights NGO. by Kanaga Raja GENEVA: The United States and Israel, along with eight other countries, came under fire from a human rights NGO on 10 December for being guilty of most consistently abusing and defying international housing rights law. In conjunction with Human Rights Day on 10 December, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) identified the US, Israel, Myanmar, Colombia, Croatia, Guatemala, India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Zimbabwe for its Worst Housing Rights Violators Award. COHRE, an international NGO that campaigns on adequate housing and prevention of forced evictions, pointed out that in the US - the worlds richest country - 2.3 million adults and children each year experience homelessness. Housing is a right under international law. Article 11(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate ... housing ... and to the continuous improvement of living conditions.
Adalah: Search And Links
NGOs Palestinian israeli Legal Associations international NGOs Institutions Humanrights (HRA) Association for civil rights in israel The Association
http://www.adalah.org/eng/links.php

Extractions: Press Releases Background Legal Advocacy Int'l Advocacy ... Contact FEATURES Elections 2003: Threats to Arab Political Participation Occupied Territories Emergency Agenda Or Commission Jobs and Internships SEARCH ADALAH International NGOs Institutions Universities Publications ... U.N. Adva Al-Haq Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Al Nakba ... Women Against Violence TOP Arablawyers.org The Israel Bar TOP American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee American Friends Service Committee Amnesty International Derechos ... World Organization Against Torture TOP The Supreme Court of Israel Knesset (Parliament) TOP Al Quds University Birzeit University TOP Al Ahram Weekly (English) Al-Ahram (Arabic) Al Hayat Newspaper Al Karmel ... The Nation TOP Documents of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies United Nations: Question of Palestine UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... United Nations
The International Committee For The Defense Of Azmi Bishara
citizens of israel, as a national minority, to preserve their culture, basedon Article 27 of the international Covenant on civil and Political rights.
http://www.azmibishara.info/news/ad_20020726.html

Extractions: 26 July 2002 Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a historic 92-page decision on a petition filed in June 1999 by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), against the mixed Arab-Jewish cities of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ramle, Lod, Akka, and Natserat Illit. The petition demanded that these municipalities add Arabic to all traffic, warning and other informational signs in their jurisdictions. In the petition, Adalah Staff Attorney Jamil Dakwar and ACRI Staff Attorneys Yousuf Jabareen and Auni Bana argued that Arabic is an official language of the State and that as such, according to the right to equality, the mixed cities must include Arabic on public signs. In support of their arguments, the petitioners also cited the right to dignity, protected by the Israeli Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty; and the right of Palestinian citizens of Israel, as a national minority, to preserve their culture, based on Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Attorney General, who joined the case as a respondent, argued that although Arabic is the second official language of the State, Hebrew is the primary, leading language. As such, the Attorney General claimed, no obligation should be placed on the cities to use Arabic on public signs; rather, the use of Arabic should be left to the discretion of each city. The Attorney General recommended that Arabic be included on signs next to main roads in the mixed cities, and in neighborhoods with high Arab populations. The petitioners rejected this recommendation, however, arguing that such an approach would further aggravate the discrimination against, and inferiority of, the Arabic language.
The International Committee For The Defense Of Azmi Bishara
to garner more votes than ever in the upcoming electionsmeans depriving them oftheir basic civil rights. We call upon all democrats, in israel and around the
http://www.azmibishara.info/content.html

Extractions: sent the Israeli public the following message: We, the undersigned, are gravely concerned by the threat to ban Arab political figures, foremost among them MK Azmi Bishara, and his party, the National Democratic Assembly, from participating in the upcoming Israeli elections. We call upon the Israeli High Court of Justice not to sanction such a scandalous decision. MK Azmi Bishara's political program, which calls to democratize the State of Israel into a state for all its citizens-Arabs and Jews alike-is not a threat to democracy. It is legitimate not to agree with it, but it is not legitimate to forbid him from proposing it to the Israeli electorate within a democratic campaign. The Arab citizens of Israel, who comprise 20% of the population, have the right to a democratically elected leadership that will represent them, their needs, and their hopes. Banning one of their most outspoken leaders-re-elected consistently since 1996 and expected to garner more votes than ever in the upcoming elections-means depriving them of their basic civil rights.
Iranian Civil Rights Committee
international Committee against Stoning of fabricated charges of espionage for israel. IranianCivil rights Committee (IranCRC) Email info@iraniancivilrights
http://www.iraniancivilrights.com/main2.htm

Extractions: Website Iranian Civil Rights Committee (IranCRC) is an independent non profit, non-governmental organization that works for the establishment and defense of all fundamental and unalienable individual and civil rights and liberties- as defined by recognized international treaties, charters and declarations, as well as bills of rights in leading democratic countries- in Iranian society. Thursday 27 March 2003 - 3pm - Diversity Radio (101.4 FM) on the human rights in Iran. There you can hear a program that covers different aspects of human and civil rights in Iran - listen to extracts of the Interviews with IranCRC Sunday 30 March 2003 - 10pm - BBC Radio 4 (92 - 95 FM) - the program is called Westminster Hour, and includes an interview with me regarding the issues of civil rights in Iran and the War, its effects and the question of "iran is next?" . You can also listen to it after sunday on the net
Palestine: Israel's Internment Camps : "Reform" By Imprisonment
The international Covenant on civil and Political rights (ICCPR) and the ConventionAgainst Torture and Other These international norms do not faze israel.
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/palestine/20021030_394.html

Extractions: Even sadder is the fact that the Palestinian leadership itself has become consumed with reform and has forgotten that the finest of Palestinian political and community leaders are absent from the political reform process and will most likely, upon their release from Israeli detainment, disrupt any illegitimate political agreements that are implemented. Reforms offered by a one-party, one-leader, one-decision-maker system are doomed to failure. The U.S., of all nations, should be demanding comprehensive political reform and thus that Israel release all Palestinian political prisoners so they can participate in this historic turning point in the Palestinian struggle for independence. With every Palestinian arrested by Israel, entire families are being broken up, children are building up hatred and detainees are becoming more embittered. Why is the world community silent while Israel illegally detains Palestinians as political prisoners and uses them as political bargaining chips? Where is the Jewish tradition of support for human and civil rights when Palestinians are being tortured in Israeli jails? Is the world blind to the fact that the Middle East will never realize peace if Palestinians continue to be denied their basic inalienable rights? Does President Bush or any average Israeli citizen believe that the sons and daughters of those thousands of Palestinians that are detained will one day forget the turmoil caused when their loved ones are thrown behind bars for months or even years on end?
Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Site -freedom, Democracy, Civil Rights And Libe
around the world engaged in social change/human rights activity. international Instituteof Peace. full and genuine peace between the State of israel and its
http://www.mherrera.org/links.htm

Extractions: POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LINKS GUESTBOOK ABOUT THE EDITOR CONTACT THE EDITOR LINKS ... Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Site MIRROR SITE is located in a free based server. Their pages like Freedom in the World and World Rank are updated more often. -Institutions and organizations Amnesty International is a very important reference about human rights. Human Rights Watch also contains a lot of useful documents and human rights reports. Freedomhouse has very complete reports about human rights, as well as political, religious, labor and press freedoms. CIA World Factbook An annual report made by the CIA in which you can find every kind of general information about all the countries United Nations NATO IMF WORLD BANK ... Moody's offers economical rates and stats. OSCE World Trade Organization International Labour Organization International Committee of the Red Cross ... The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library is the largest online collection of International Treaties, Human Rights Documents, Bibliographies, links, and other human rights resources. The Changemakers is a site of articles on social change enterprises around the world with a complete Library collection of human rights materials Ashoka works in support of individuals around the world engaged in social change/human rights activity.
Freedom Of Religion
Representatives civil Liberties and civil rights Religion and international Coalitionfor Religious Freedom http//www Religious Freedom in israel http//www
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/rfreedom.htm
Palestinian Centre For Human Rights
law and that in allowing israel to violate provide a voice for leading civil societyrepresentatives and experts on international human rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org/special/ngo declaration.htm

Extractions: Home About Statistics Fact Sheets ... Links 29 Omar al-Mukhtar St PO Box 1328 Gaza City Gaza Strip via Israel Telefax: E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org DECLARATION OF THE NGO PARALLEL MEETING CONCERNING THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION 4 5 DECEMBER 2001 , Geneva We, the undersigned Palestinian, Israeli, Regional and International NGOs civil society groups and individual s state the following: Appalled by Israels systematic and persistent ongoing violations of the Convention and the right of Palestinian protected persons under that Convention, and gravely concerned by the ongoing failure of the High Contracting Parties to take any effective measures to put an end to these violations, we deplore the fact that at their meeting the High Contracting Parties issued a declaration which went no further than to reaffirm the obligations of the High Contracting Parties, including the Israeli occupying power under the Convention. Reaffirming that the obligations of the High Contracting Parties under Article 1 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 (the Convention) to respect and to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances requires them to take effective measures to ensure Israel, as the Occupying Power, applies the Convention
Report On International Religious Freedom-Israel
have included the Association for civil rights in israel Interreligious CoordinatingCouncil in israel, the Anti Annual Report on international Religious Freedom
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/relisrael99.html

Extractions: Report on International Religious Freedom Israel Section I. Freedom of Religion Israel has no constitution; however, the law provides for freedom of worship, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. The Government recognizes 5 religions, including 10 Christian groups. Each religion recognized by the Government has its own religious court system, which has considerable authority over issues of personal status. Government recognition is limited to religions present in the country before 1948. Approximately 80 percent of citizens are Jewish (with a significant secular majority), while approximately 16 percent are Muslims, 2 percent are Christians, and 1.5 percent are Druze. The non-Jewish population is concentrated in the north, east-central, and southern parts of the country. The population includes small but growing numbers of adherents of nonrecognized evangelical Christian groups and members of other faiths, such as Jehovah's Witnesses. The overwhelming majority of non-Jewish citizens are Arabs and they are subject to various forms of discrimination. It is not clear that whatever discrepancies exist in the treatment of various communities in Israeli society are based on religion per se. Israeli Arabs and other non-Jewish Israelis are, in fact, free to practice their religions. The Government does not provide Israeli Arabs, who constitute 20 percent of the population, with the same quality of education, housing, employment opportunities, and social services as Jews. In addition, government spending and financial support are proportionally far lower in predominantly non-Jewish areas than in Jewish areas. According to the press, an Interior Ministry report released during 1998 notes that non-Jewish communities receive significantly less government financial support than their Jewish counterparts. Israeli-Arab organizations have challenged the Government's "Master Plan for the Northern Areas of Israel," which listed as priority goals increasing the Galilee's Jewish population and blocking the territorial contiguity of Arab villages and towns, on the grounds that it discriminates against Arab citizens.
Report On International Religious Freedom: Israel
included the Association for civil rights in israel Interreligious Coordinating Councilin israel, the Anti 2000Annual Report on international Religious Freedom
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/relisrael00.html

Extractions: Report on International Religious Freedom: Israel Israel has no constitution; however, the law provides for freedom of worship, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report. The Declaration of Independence describes the country as a "Jewish and democratic state." The overwhelming majority of non-Jewish citizens are Arabs and they are subject to various forms of discrimination. It is not clear that whatever discrepancies exist in the treatment of various communities in Israeli society are based on religion per se. In June 2000, the Government proposed a plan to help redress some of the gaps in government spending for Arab communities. In March 2000, the High Court of Justice ruled that the Government's use of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to develop public land was discriminatory, as the JNF's by-laws prohibit sale or lease of land to non-Jews. Evangelical Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Reform and Conservative Jews suffered some incidents of harassment, threats, and vandalism during the period covered by the report; members of these religious groups complained that the police were slow to investigate these incidents. Relations between different religious groups often are strained, both between Jews and non-Jews, as well as among the different branches of Judaism. The U.S. Government discusses religious freedom with the Government in the context of its overall dialog and policy of promoting human rights.
International Conference Of Civil Society In Support Of The Palestinian People (
living side by side with israel in peace to the Division for Palestinian rights andother to enable the network of international civil society organizations to
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/576197fcca2d28a985256c3e00713e0d/2d9fc02aa5b476

Extractions: We come together as non-governmental and civil society organizations committed to the United Nations goal reflected in the theme of this conference: "End the Occupation". Our organizations, in Africa, in Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America, in the Middle East, together with our Palestinian and Israeli partners, work in our countries to bring this goal to fruition. · We look to the United Nations to bring an end to these violations. We believe that the United Nations, its Charter, its resolutions, as well as the Geneva Conventions and other sources of international law, provide the best framework for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and ending Israel's occupation, leading to conditions of justice and a comprehensive and lasting peace. · We hold Israel accountable to end the occupation, and to implement the Geneva Conventions' protections of Palestinians while it is ending the occupation.
Amnesty International - Library - Israel And The Occupied
The State of israel has effectively legalized torture despite being a StateParty to the international Covenant on civil and Political rights and the
http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/MDE150081997
Human Beams Magazine - International Politics - An Alternative To Oslo
Can israel annex lands and leave Palestinians in ghettos without civil rights? Wethink that this is how the Pilgrims thought when they first came to the US.
http://www.humanbeams.com/politics/osloalternative.html

Extractions: There seems to be little doubt that the peace process is coming to a dead end. Oslo proved to be no choice to the Israelis. Israel is not willing to give up any real concession. The government of Israel is very clear on its position concerning the independent Palestinian state. The answer that Palestinians get from the Israeli governments and the majority of the Israeli is a definite "no for a Palestinian state." At the same time, it does not appear that Palestinians will reconcile and live in ghettos surrounded by Jewish settlements. Autonomy does not provide groups with real independence and the pride derived from that independence as a sovereign country. Autonomy will hinder Palestinians from attaining the civil rights and dignity. So, it will not work in the future. Israelis realise this fact. My proposal is not unique indeed. It was originally presented by a group of Palestinian and Israeli people back in 1987, few months prior to the Intifada. The Palestinian street reaction was very angry. The Israeli government gave no comments on the proposal. But since I came to the United States, I have seen more and more Palestinians and Israelis who are willing to accept the proposal as a solution to the Arab Israeli conflict.
The Official Website Of The Palestinian National Authority
and especially cruel, the Association for civil rights in israel group was dumpedin southern Lebanon, israel faced so harsh an international outcry that
http://www.pna.net/new/deport.html

Extractions: Israel Oks Expulsion Undeterred by Int'l Furor Date: 13/8/2002 In an unprecedented, unequivocal measure of collective punishment of Palestinians, an Israeli military court Monday approved the expulsion of three Palestinian relatives of activists, Israel alleges are linked to so-called terrorism, from the occupied West Bank to the caged-in Gaza Strip. Three civilians, Intisar and Kifah Al-Ajouri, and Abdel Nasse Asidi face deportation, which Israel Radio said is slated to go into effect at 2pm Tuesday, solely for the fact that they are related to men Israeli authorities claim are on their 'wanted-list'. Meanwhile, the relatives await a petition to be filed Tuesday morning to Israel's Supreme Court on their behalf by human rights groups. Israeli military prosecutors have said the three helped their brothers plan attacks in Israel, but most of the state evidence was presented to the court under wraps for what authorities described vaguely as security reasons, Israel's daily, Ha'aretz relayed. According to the daily, the punishment of activists' kinfolk coincided with what a recent opinion poll showed was a slide in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's popularity in Israel. "The deportation orders...are illegal, immoral and especially cruel," the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Israeli Center for the Protection of Individual Rights meanwhile said in a joint statement.
B'Tselem - List Of Board Members
Hasan Abadi Lawyer, Board Member of Amnesty internationalisrael Section; Rafat LederfarbFinancial Administrator, the Association for civil rights in israel
http://www.btselem.org/English/About_BTselem/Board_of_Directors.asp
Israel / Palestine
and help create a human rights culture in israel. Peace Service IWPS Palestine isan international team of engaging in acts of nonviolent civil resistance in
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/israel.htm

Extractions: Alert! Palestine / Israel - what you can do Statements and articles: from Aotearoa/NZ ; from overseas current month February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 ... Links to websites with more information On-line petition to Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for an International protection force for the Palestinian people On-line petition to Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for an International Investigation Committee into Ariel Sharon's war crimes From Aotearoa/NZ War on Iraq Double Disaster for Palestinians, Ramzy Baroud, 5 February 2003 March For Justice And Peace - Synagogue To Church To Mosque, 2 February 2003 Free Palestine protest drapes Auckland's motorway, 27 September 2002 For a Just Peace in Palestine, Statement by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, 17 April 2002 Letter to Phil Goff, WILPF (Aotearoa), 11 May 2002 Fax to US Ambassador, Patrick Mulholland, 17 April 2002 Nelson Peace Group media release, NPG,
International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now To Stop War & End Racism!)
globalization activists, students, and civil rights organizations (see and againstthe bloody war israel is waging codirector of the international Action Center
http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/040702nypaldemo.html

Extractions: Protestors Say U.S. Can't be "Neutral Broker" in Conflict MORE PHOTOS OF NYC DEMO (April 5, NYC) Today 10,000 people demonstrated in New York City to demand an end to Israel's U.S.-financed war against the Palestinians. Organizers with the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, which called the rally, said today's action launched a national campaign, the high point of which will be the convergence at the White House of thousands on Saturday, April 20. Other demonstrations in the region included Patterson and Jersey City, New Jersey, in front of the Israeli Mission to the UN and in Brooklyn, New York. Thousands marched through midtown Manhattan from Times Square to the Israeli consulate. Friday's Times Square rally - endorsed by a wide spectrum of organizations, including Arab and Muslim groups, anti-globalization activists, students, and civil rights organizations (see below for endorsers) - ends a week of massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations throughout the Middle East, that have been joined in by rallies across the U.S., which have been organized by a variety of groups and coalitions, including in Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington DC (one initiated by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and another by Black Voices for Peace), and many more.
SOAS Stop The War
newspaper international Solidarity Movement international volunteers campaigningto to websites on israel's actions Jewish for human and civil rights in israel
http://www.soasstopwar.org/l_israel.htm

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