Non-profit organization focusing on Palestinian refugee issues
BADIL |
Native name | مركز بديل |
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Founded | 1998 |
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BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights is an independent, human rights non-profit organization committed to protect and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons. BADIL was established in January 1998.
BADIL has special consultative status with UN ECOSOC[1] and is also part of a large number of Palestinian organisation networks.[2]
BADIL's efforts were inspired by the work Professors Susan Akram, Guy Goodwin-Gill and John Quigley, as well as the work of Salman Abu-Sitta. It "pursued a solid campaign for publicizing refugee rights in various international fora" and was considered prominent among NGOs and research center working in this area in the post-Oslo period.[3]
BADIL publishes al-Majdal, an English language quarterly magazine about Palestinian refugee issues.[4]
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