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Adalah (legal center)

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “lawyer hassan jabareen”. Today it says “human rights organization and legal center”.
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Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel ( , Arabic : عدالة - المركز القانوني لحماية حقوق الأقلية العربية في اسرائيل ") is a human rights organization and legal center. Its goals are "achieving individual and collective rights of the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel" and protecting "the human rights of Palestinians living under occupation, based on international humanitarian law and international human rights law". "Adalah" means "Justice" in the Arabic language.1 Adalah conducts the following activities to achieve these goals: Brings impact litigation cases and legal interventions to Israeli courts and state authorities Provides legal consultation to individuals, NGOs, and institutions Appeals to international institutions and fora, including the UN, EU, and national governments Organizes legal seminars and conferences Publishes reports and analysis of critical legal issues Conducts extensive media outreach in Israel and abroad Trains legal apprentices and new lawyers in human rights advocacy and litigation.2 The organization was founded in November 1996; it is non-partisan and not-for-profit. Adalah's founder and General Director is lawyer Hassan Jabareen.

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lawyer hassan jabareen

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human rights organization and legal center

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