Title: B'Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Be-tselem; Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

URL: http://www.btselem.org/

Date Checked: 5/24/2012      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 4/23/2012

Topics: Human Rights Law

Other keywords: Israel; Occupied Territories; West Bank; Gaza Strip

Contents: B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories “was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset (the house of representatives of the State of Israel) members.” The site’s goal is to document human rights violations in the Occupied Territories and to change Israeli government policy to ensure it protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under ternational law. The group documents various categories of human rights violations (such as destruction of property, use of fire arms, beating, and restrictions of movement) by Israel in the Occupied Territories and provides statistics, photos, video, personal testimony and interactive maps to bolster its findings. Each year, B'Tselem takes over 1,000 first-person testimonies from victims and eyewitnesses of human rights violations. Testimonies are cross-checked and supplemented with photographic and video evidence and information gathered from medical records, press reports, other organizations, and extensive correspondence with governmental and military authorities. You can sign up to receive a regular update via e-newsletter, or follow B’Tselem on Facebook, Twitter, or via RSS feed.

Author of Annotation: S. Leers