Al-Haq : A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization / Lynn Welchman.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Writing al-Haq -- Scholarship: Al-Haq and Human Rights -- Framing the Work -- Al-Haq Contributions -- Chapter 1. Context -- The Occupied Territories, Israel, and the PLO -- West Bank Legal Profession -- Camp David -- Human Rights Organizations -- International Law -- Human Rights in the Region -- Chapter 2. Beginnings -- Chapter 3. Founders -- Raja Shehadeh -- Jonathan Kuttab -- Charles Shammas -- LSM Steering Committee -- Chapter 4. Organization -- Who Are We? in 1983 -- The Politics of LSM -- Participation, Voluntarism, and Wednesday Evening Meetings -- Members and Staffers -- Into the Intifada: Twenty Years of Occupation -- Chapter 5. Interventions and Allies -- Interventions -- Allies -- The ICRC -- The Enforcement Project -- Chapter 6. Field and Legal Research -- Fieldwork Methodology -- The Risks of Fieldwork -- Intifada Expansion -- From Affidavits to Publications and Campaigns -- Affidavits and the Palestinian Audience -- Fieldwork and the Database -- Publishing on Prisons -- Structural Work -- Legal Advice and Know Your Rights -- Invoking the Law -- Chapter 7. Fallouts -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. The leadership and legacy of al-Haq, from its origins in Palestine to its international impact   Established in Ramallah in 1979, al-Haq was the first Palestinian human rights organization and one of the first such organizations in the Arab world. This inside history explores how al-Haq initiated methodologies in law and practice that were ahead of its time and that proved foundational for many strands of today's human rights work in Palestine and elsewhere. Lynn Welchman looks at both al-Haq's history and legacy to explore such questions as: Why would one set up a human rights organization under military occupation? How would one go about promoting the rule of law in a Palestinian society deleteriously served by the law and with every reason to distrust those charged with implementing its protections? How would one work to educate overseas allies and activate international law in defense of Palestinian rights? This revelatory story speaks to the practice of local human rights organizations and their impact on international groups.

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