[1] Also known as LAW (as in Law Society) (Arabic: al-qanoun), this legal society is an affiliate to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and is a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network.
They also defend victims of alleged human rights abuses in both Israeli and Palestinian courts.
The organization seeks to further the cause of Palestinians through the law courts rather than through violence, but some Israelis accuse the group of selectively ignoring alleged crimes committed by the Palestinian Authority and presenting a unilateral position of a propagandist nature.
[1] The group was funded by European countries, Austria also provided a conscientious objector performing community service.
A 2004 investigation by some donors found that financial aid was misappropriated by LAW's Board.