HaMoked
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| Founded | 1988 |
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| Type |
Non-profit NGO |
| Focus | "the enforcement of the standards and values of international human rights and humanitarian law" |
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Area served
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Israel and the Palestinian territories |
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Key people
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Lotte Salzberger |
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Employees
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"39 Jewish and Palestinian workers" |
| Mission | "to assist Palestinians subjected to the Israeli occupation", "to introduce policy changes and implement legislative amendments that would improve the status of human rights in the Occupied Territories" |
| Website | http://www.HaMoked.org.il/links_en.asp |
HaMoked (Hebrew:המוקד, Center for the Defence of the Individual) an Israel based human rights organization founded by Dr. Lotte Salzberger with the stated aim of assisting "Palestinians subjected to the Israeli occupation which causes severe and ongoing violation of their rights." HaMoked states that it works for the enforcement of the standards and values of international human rights and humanitarian law. According to Israel's Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked, HaMoked engages in "apartheid rhetoric" and supports what she described as the anti-Israel boycott movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
HaMoked's aims, as registered with Israel's Registrar of Non-profit Organizations, are to: "Provide assistance to persons who have fallen victim to acts of violence, abuse or deprivation of basic rights by governmental authorities (including local government), especially those needing assistance in conveying their complaints to these authorities, and also to protect basic rights in any other manner, including application to legal instances and among them - petitions to the Supreme Court of Israel in its capacity as High Court of Justice, whether in the name of an individual who claims that his basic right was harmed and whether as a "friend of the court."
As Palestinians from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem turned to HaMoked with additional issues, the organization expanded its activities to handle human rights violations in other spheres as well. These include Detainee Rights; Residency Rights and Family Unification; Freedom of Movement; Violence by security forces and settlers toward Palestinians; and Punitive House Demolition.
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