Dispossession and Eviction in Jerusalem: the cases and stories of Sheikh Jarrah

The report presents a comprehensive overview of the events leading up to the eviction of four Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.  Following various agreements between the Jordanians, UNRWA, and the 28 families a long series of legal disputes have emerged.  The report details the competing claims as they have been presented through the Israeli courts and applies both a domestic and international legal analysis.  Additionally the report explores the humanitarian effects that previous and pending home evictions carry within Sheikh Jarrah.  Ultimately it concludes that under both domestic and international law the Palestinian families of Sheikh Jarrah have been denied several legal guarantees and rights amounting to violations of both international human rights and humanitarian law. 

Aggressive Urbanism:  Urban Planning and the Displacement of Palestinians within and from Occupied East Jerusalem

Aggressive Urbanism provides a detailed study of the use of urban planning as a political tool intended to facilitate Israel’s occupation and annexation of East Jerusalem.  The report explores the use of home demolitions, details the realities of ‘unlicensed construction’, and demonstrates how common planning prerogatives fall within the overarching objective of achieving and maintaining a ‘demographic balance’ intended to favour Jerusalem’s Jewish population.  The second part of the report continues to provide an international legal analysis based on its earlier findings.

42 Years of Occupation: The Jerusalem File

The Jerusalem File is a comprehensive study consisting of seven separate reports which detail different challenges facing the Palestinian population in Jerusalem.  Topics including the legal status of East Jerusalem’s Palestinian population, land confiscation and settlement development, forced displacement, home demolitions and illegal construction, the status of the education system, and the legal status of the annexation wall under international law are all explored in great detail. 

The Jerusalem Light Rail Train: Consequences and Effect

The report describes the stated intentions of the JLRT while providing a brief analysis of many of the most pertinent questions that have arisen since the projects inception.  Beginning with an overview of the general impact of the JLRT, the report discusses specific legal issues including the confiscation and destruction of property, the facilitation of settler infusion, and corporate complicity in violations of international law. 

Press Release: On the 61st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
East Jerusalem Has Little to Celebrate 

In 1948, 61 years ago on this very day, the General Assembly of the United Nations 
adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 
preamble of this historic act recognized the inherent dignity and the equality of 
all members of the human family founded on freedom, justice, and peace in
 the world.