Adalah

“The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel”

What it means…

• Adalah- Arabic for “justice”.

• NGO- Nongovernmental organization.
• OPT- Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• Impact Ligation- Lawsuits that concern the rights of certain groups
of people.
• UN ECOSOC- United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Who are they?

• Adalah is the first Palestinian run legal center in Israel.

• Began as a joint project by two Arab NGOs in 1996 and became
independent the following year.
• Work in court to defend the rights of Palestinians living in Israel
and OPTs.
• They have worked in cases concerning land, planning, civil,
political, economic, and social rights.
Public Action and Results

• Work to make their legal issues known through published reports

and worldwide media outreach.
• They have brought more than 250 impact ligation cases to the
Israeli Supreme Court and other, lower courts.
• Have caused numerous landmark changes.
• Won multiple awards and UN ECOSOC Consultative Status.