BADIL

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BADIL
Native name
مركز بديل
Founded1998

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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  3. ^ Hagopian, Elaine C. "Preface." In Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return, edited by Naseer Aruri, vii–x. Pluto Press, 2001.
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