Al Haq (Palestine)

Al Haq

Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Ramallah (West Bank). The non-governmental organization was founded in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the Palestinian territories. Al-Haq has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Al-Haq has set itself the task of documenting individual and collective human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, regardless of the origin of the perpetrators, and to work towards an end to these human rights violations through networking at national and international level to hold the perpetrators accountable. Al-Haq has already received awards such as the Fayez A. Sayegh Memorial Award, the Rothko Chapel Award for Commitment to Truth and Freedom, the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation award and the Human Rights Award of the French Republic. The Al-Haq organization sees the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award as a tribute to their work and as a sign of solidarity, particularly in light of the recent attacks on Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations. Al-Haq uses the award as an opportunity to continue to campaign for the rights of Palestinians and to document human rights violations.

Al-Haq (English)

Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organization based in Ramallah, West Bank. Established in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the OPT, it has special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. Al-Haq documents violations of the individual and collective rights of Palestinians in the OPT, irrespective of the identity of the perpetrator, and seeks to end such breaches by way of advocacy before national and international mechanisms and by holding the violators accountable. The selection of Al-Haq by Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Human Rights to receive the award for 2022, is recognized by Al-Haq as an expression of solidarity, especially in light of the latest unprecedented attacks on Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations, and a contribution to the enhancement of shared human rights values globally. In light of the award, Al-Haq affirms to continue its determined fight for achieving the rights of the Palestinian people, documenting human rights violations, and to bring to an end Israel's prolonged occupation. For his outstanding work, Al-Haq had previously been awarded the Fayez A. Sayegh Memorial Award, the Rothko Chapel Award for Commitment to Truth and Freedom, the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation Prize and the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.