Al Haq staff

Cases
Case status
Unknown
Location of case in SG report
2022-039-004
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2022
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 31.046051

Longitude: 34.851612

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Israel
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Special Procedures: Country
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
27 December 2021
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Gender
Gender unclear
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Type of rights defended
  • Accountability & impunity
  • Civil/political rights
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

Cooperating with the UN

Engagement with UN body
  • Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Unclear
Dates of mentioned reprisals
July 2021
Location of mentioned reprisals
Israel
Reprisal information
  1. In July 2021, the offices of Defense of Children International Palestine (DCIP) in Ramallah were allegedly raided (ISR 8/2021) as well as the offices of Bisan Center for Research and Development, and one staff in each of the NGOs – Addameer (See Annex II), Al-Haq and Bisan Center for Research and Development – were surveilled and had their phones hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. (ISR 11/2021).
Types of reprisals suffered
  • Surveillance
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
Yes
Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0