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Al Mezan Center for Human Rights [English][Arabic].
The center aims to promote, protect and prevent violations of human rights in general and economic, social and cultural rights in particular.

Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights [English][Arabic][French].
The association is concerned with presenting legal services to detainees inside Israeli jails, along with its activities in defending the victims of violations, whoever perpetrates them.

Al-Haq [English][Arabic].
Is a Palestinian human rights organization located in Ramallah, West Bank . It is an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Al-Zahra - Palestinian Arab Women's Organization .
The organization aims to ameliorate the status of Arab women in their own society on the national level (as members of a non-recognized minority in a Jewish state). It also aims to raise awareness about women's issues among women themselves and in the Arab community.

AMAN - Coalition for Accountability and Integrity [English][Arabic].
Is a non-profit organization that seeks to contribute to good governance through enhancing and fostering principles of integrity, transparency and accountability in the political system as well as in all sectors of Palestinian society.

American Near East Refugee Aid [English].
ANERA is a non governmental organization with a mission to improve refugees communities throughout the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, and Jordan. ANERA works with local institutions, schools, universities, health facilities, cooperatives, municipalities, grassroots committees, and charitable associations, and assists them to improve their community services.

Applied Research Institute Jerusalem [English].
ARIJ is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over their natural resources, it also monitors colonization activities in the west bank and Gaza.

Arab Thought Forum: Palestine [English][Arabic]. 1977.
The Arab Thought Forum (ATF) was established in Jerusalem in 1977 as an independent Palestinian organization. Its focus is mainly on the future of Jerusalem, the democratic process and nation building, promoting development awareness and the peace process.

Association of Forty [English][Arabic].
The association is a grassroots non-governmental organization in Israel. It has committed itself to the promotion of social justice in the Arab sector in Israel, and to gaining recognition for the unrecognized villages in this sector.

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights [English][Arabic].
BADIL, aims to provide a resource pool of alternative, critical and progressive information and analysis on the question of Palestinian refugees and displaced persons.

Center for the Message of Rights [Arabic].
An independent legal Palestinian organization that works towards ensuring that the Palestinian people enjoy their legitimate rights as guaranteed by international conventions and holy religious doctrines, especially their right to independence and self-determination . The center contributes to the spread of legal culture by means of lectures, seminars workshops, and by conducting research on human rights, democracy building, rule of law, and independence of the judiciary.

Defence for Children International -Palestine Section [English][Arabic].
DCI/PS, is affiliated with the Geneva-based Defense for Children International, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip .

Democracy and Worker's Rights Center [Arabic].
DWRC is a non-governmental, non-profit worker’s rights organization unaffiliated with any political party. DWRC works to promote worker’s direct experience of democracy through the advancement of labor education and democratic unions.

Early Childhood Resource Centre [English][Arabic].
(ECRC) is a non- governmental Palestinian institution, that was founded by a group of Palestinian educationalists in 1985, as a leading initiative to address the urgent needs of the local Palestinian community in the field of Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED).

East Jerusalem Young Men’s Christian Association Rehabilitation Program [English].
This center provides temporary residential accommodations for people with disabilities, both male and female, who participate in the Rehabilitation Program for periods of three to six months. It provides psychosocial counseling, vocational evaluation and counseling, house or school building modification, and self-employment opportunities.

Electronic Intifada [English].
Is a focused network of pro-Palestinian activists with a history of Internet and media activism. The project aims to focus on just one aspect of the struggle, the war in the media for a representation of the Palestinian point of view and countering the distortion from the Israeli media war machine.

Gaza Center for Rights and Law .
Works to defend human rights and promotes the respect of the rule of law. It also enhances the principals of democracy and the independence of the Judiciary in Palestine in addition to raising the awareness on the International Standards for Human Rights.

General Union of Palestinian Women [English][Arabic].
GUPW is the official representative body for Palestinian women around the world. It aims to mobilize women within Palestinian communities to participate in various social, economic and political processes.

Human Rights Information Network in Palestine [Arabic].
The network is a central repository for human rights information and websites in Arabic throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

Itijah - Union of Arab Community based Organizations [Arabic].
Ittijah is the network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Israel. It strives to strengthen and empower the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel by promoting the development of Palestinian civil society and advocating for political, economic and social change.

Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights [English][Arabic].
The JCDHR is an independent Palestinian NGO, it aims to raise awareness of international human rights and humanitarian law and to monitor and document all violations and war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces, and works on filing lawsuits in this regard before the relevant international courts.

Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights [Arabic].
The Center works to prevent the strategies of discrimination and Israeli violations in the City of Jerusalem. It also aims to defend the rights of its Palestinian residents in accordance to the International standards and conventions on Human Rights issued by the United Nations.

Jerusalem Center for Women [English].
JCW supports the empowerment and involvement of women in all aspects of Palestinian civil society and development.

Mandela Institute for Human Rights [English].
Mandela is a Palestinian human rights organization focusing its efforts on the plight of political prisoners.

Palestine Behind Bars [Arabic].
A Private and independent site for the Freed detainee Abed Al Naser Farawne. It is specialized with the issues of the detainees and prisoners in the Israeli detention camps and prisons, and in monitoring violations against human rights in Palestine.

Palestine Right to Return Coalition [English].
Al-Awda for "Return" in Arabic, is a broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists, students and organizational representatives. The objectives of the Palestine Right for Return (PRRC) are educational and charitable and relate to Palestinian Refugees' human rights.

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights [English][Arabic].
PCHR is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and is an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists.

Palestinian Commission for Refugees Right Protection (PCRP) [English][Arabic].
The PCRP works in light of the Human Rights Declaration, Geneva Conventions and all related Humanitarian Laws which are concerned with the significant needs of Palestinian Refugees in terms of advocacy, development, training and research issues.

Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group [English][Arabic].
The PHRMG documents human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, regardless of who is responsible. In effect, the PHRMG has dedicated much of its work to the monitoring of human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority.

Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights [English].
PICCR mandate is concentrated on ensuring respect for citizens' rights in Palestine through constantly striving to uphold respect for the rule of law by all official bodies.

Palestinian NGO Network [English][Arabic].
The Palestinian NGO Network is a civil and democratic body, which seeks to support and strengthen the Palestinian civil society on the basis of the principles of democracy, social justice and sustainable development. It also envisages the establishment of an independent and democratic Palestinian state based on the rule of law, social justice and the respect for human rights

Palestinian Prisoners Society [English][Arabic][French].
The society supports Palestinian Prisoners' Human Rights.

Shaml Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center [English][Arabic].
Shaml is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to the research of issues related to Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian Diaspora. Shaml aims to raise public awareness, regionally and globally, about the conditions of Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian Diaspora, their basic rights and the problems and the difficulties they face.

Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture [English][Arabic].
The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC), is a Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization, which was established to provide psychosocial services to survivors of politically motivated torture and violence, to their families and to their communities.

Women Affairs Technical Committee .
WATC aims to promote for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women's rights and to foster for a civil democratic community where justice and equality prevail.

Women’s Affairs Center - Gaza [English][Arabic].
promotes Woman’s rights and gender equality within Palestinian society.

Women's Studies Center .
The center aims to achieve gender equality and women’s rights.