Protect and Realize the Socioeconomic Rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and their Right to the City

General

The project is designed to hold Israel as the occupying power accountable to respect, protect and fulfill the socioeconomic rights of the Palestinian population in East Jerusalem and to halt all measures aimed at weakening the Palestinian presence in the city. In particular, the project goal is to prevent the settlement of title/land registration processes from infringing on Palestinian property rights and leading to further dispossession, Likewise, the project seeks to improve governmental programming designed to increase labor market participation among Palestinian women and to advance recommendations to promote the adequate construction of public buildings.