STUDY GUIDES:

Israeli Law

Israeli Military Orders

International Law

International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Wall

UN Resolutions & Misc. Documents

BASIC CATEGORIES OF ISRAELI LAWS RELEVANT TO CIVIL RIGHTS: Basic Principles of How They Operate

• I. LAWS COMPROMISING DEMOCRACY - Israel compromises the democratic nature of its government ...
  • 1. Lopsided Government - Legislature-dominated government. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 2. Influential government positions for non-government Jewish organizations. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 3. Inhibiting Basic Civil Rights Such As Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Association. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
• II. LAWS LEGALIZING DISCRIMINATION & EXPLOITATION - laws that legalize discrimination against non-Jews within Israel, and oppression and exploitation of Palestinian Arabs living in the adjacent occupied Paletinian territories ...
  • 1. Land Laws - Discrimination in Housing. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 2. Immigration and Citizenship (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 3. Veterans' Benefits - Discrimination in awarding of benefits. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 4. Preferential Treatment for Jewish Organizations & Events. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 5. Racist Harassment in Daily Life. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 6. Unlawful & Inhumane Military Occupation. (please see the 'Military Orders Study Guide')
• III. LAWS & OTHER MEASURES SUPPRESSING REBELLION - methods and laws (which often violate international laws and standards of human and civil rights) by which the Israeli government suppresses Palestinian rebellion against Israeli discrimination, oppression and exploitation ...
  • 1. Inhibiting Free Speech of Legislators & Non-Profit Organizations. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 2. Limited Judicial Protection. (details how this one works, and what international law says)
  • 3. Legalizing Human Rights Violations. (details how this one works, and what international law says)

INTERNATIONAL LAW ON LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION SUCH AS THAT FOUND IN ISRAEL:

• I. The Applicability and Enforcement of International Human Rights Law against internal systems of legalized discrimination as found in Israel.
• II. What different International Human Rights Laws say about internal systems of legalized discrimination such as is found in the State of Israel:
  • 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) (what this law says about discrimination)
  • 2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) (what this law says about discrimination)
  • 3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) (what this law says about discrimination)
  • 4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) (what this law says about discrimination)
  • 5. International Covenant on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1976) (what this law says about discrimination)

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(C) Israel Law Resource Center, February, 2007.