IRAC aims to defend equality, social justice, and religious pluralism within Israel, through the Israeli legal system, lobbying and publications.
Author Elana Maryles Sztokman calls IRAC "the preeminent civil and human rights organization in Israel," advocating for a broadly inclusive democracy and promoting social justice.
As of May 2024[update] the executive director is civil rights attorney Orly Erez-Likhovski, who has served with IRAC since 2004.
[2] Anat Hoffman, the executive director of IRAC for over 20 years until November, 2022,[3] is also the director and a founding member of Neshot HaKotel, also known as "Women of the Wall" or WoW, an organization of women who pray at the Western Wall in an egalitarian manner.
Rabbi Noa Sattath, a leader in gay rights and in Jewish-Palestinian relations, also served in IRAC leadership.