Participated in anti-semitic U.N. World Conference Against Racism
Founded in 1979 and located in Ramallah in the West Bank, Al-Haq describes itself as "an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists - Geneva." Holding special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Al-Haq's goals are: "protecting and promoting human rights and respect for the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, … the uniform application of universal principles of human rights regardless of the identity of the perpetrator or victim of abuse, … [and] legal and human rights research based on international and humanitarian law, as well as on human rights principles and standards."
Al-Haq is organized into three separate units: (a) the Research and Advocacy Unit works to produce reports, papers, books, and legal analyses regarding alleged Israeli human rights abuses committed against Palestinians; (b) the Legal Unit provides "free legal aid and counseling for individual victims of human rights violations"; and (c) the Monitoring and Documentation Unit records accounts of human rights violations reported by Al-Haq's fieldworkers, who are geographically dispersed across the West Bank.
Accusing Israel of perpetrating "grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, war crimes, [and] crimes against humanity" in the "Occupied Palestinian Territories," Al-Haq publishes a quarterly newsletter and regularly submits its reports to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Al-Haq was also an active participant in the United Nations World Conference against Racism held at Durban in 2001.
