AIC-Project for Palestinian
Residency & Family Reunification
1993 Activity Report
Information
ARTICLE 74, bulletin for
information on Palestinian residency issues (English), 3 issues, 1,000
copies each, distribution locally and abroad;
GUIDELINES for Palestinians
who Wish to Reside in the Occupied Territories (Arabic), 2,000 copies,
distribution locally;
URGENT ISSUES OF PALESTINIAN
RESIDENCY IN JERUSALEM (study, English), 500 copies, distribution locally
and abroad;
Press conference on Palestinian
residency issues in Jerusalem: Nov. 2, 1993;
Legal Aid Program
(started in June 1993)
25 field days in the southern
West Bank
2 public lectures on how
to solve residency problems (Hebron, Ar-Ram)
Advice to approximately
1,000 persons
Total of 146 cases
filed for legal procedures
Inside Israel: |
5 cases, all family reunification; |
Jerusalem: |
16 cases, all family reunification; |
West Bank: |
120 cases |
120 West Bank Cases:
Family Reunification: |
69 |
Visit Permits |
12 |
"Lost IDs" |
39 |
Cases solved: |
5 (inside Israel) |
Cases open: |
141 |
Lobbying in the Knesset
Knesset Committee for Law
and Constitution: Suggestions for amending Israeli Law of Entry to provide
the right to permanent residency for spouses of non-Jewish citizens (being
discussed)
UN Human Rights Commission,
49th Session, June 1993: “Preliminary Evaluation of the November ‘92 Agreement
Regarding Urgent Issues of Residency in the Occupied Territories”
Campaigns
US-campaign for Palestinian
residency rights (in cooperation with AFSC-Chicago); started in October
1993;
Campaign against denial
of family reunification to wives of Jerusalem ex-political prisoners; started
in November 1993;
Consulting the Palestinian
Delegation
First meeting between Dr.
Salim Tamari, head of the Multilateral Working Group of Refugee Affairs
and the local Coalition of human rights institutions working in support
of Palestinian residency rights, initiated by the AIC (September 1993);
since then regular meetings. |