{{Short description|Israeli lawer}} '''Hassan Jabareen''' (born 1964) is a lawyer operating in Israel. He is particularly known for taking on cases of injustice against members of the [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab minority]] and is General Director of [[Adalah (legal center)|Adalah]], which he founded in November 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adalah's Staff and Board 2026 - Adalah |url=https://www.adalah.org/en/content/view/8300 |website=www.adalah.org |access-date=30 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Hassan Jabareen was born in [[Umm al-Fahm]] on 9 April 1964. He is the eldest of seven siblings born to his mother Afaf and father, Rafiq, who is also a lawyer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jabareen, Hasan (1964–) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/jabareen-hasan-1964 |website=www.encyclopedia.com |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref>
His university education has included studying philosophy at [[Tel Aviv University]], [[International Human Rights]] at [[American University Washington College of Law]], and a doctorate in law from [[Hebrew University]]. Academic positions he has held include that of Yale World Fellow, a Senior Robina Law Fellow at [[Yale Law School]], and a research fellow at the [[Berlin Institute for Advanced Study|Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hassan Jabareen |url=https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/hassan-jabareen/ |website=Georgetown University in Qatar |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=jabareen |first1=hassan |title=Dr. Hassan Jabareen - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |url=https://huji.academia.edu/HassanJabareen |website=huji.academia.edu |access-date=30 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
==Work== In his professional career Hassan Jabareen has specialised in Arab minority rights. He founded Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, whose goals are "achieving individual and collective rights of the [[Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel]]" and protecting "the human rights of [[Israeli-occupied territories|Palestinians living under occupation]], based on [[international humanitarian law]] and [[international human rights law]]",<ref>{{cite web |title=About Adalah |url=http://adalah.org/eng/?mod=cat&ID=95 |publisher=Adalah |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> in November 1996, and is an author for The Nakba Files, a joint project of Adalah and Columbia University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hassan Jabareen - The Nakba Files |url=https://nakbafiles.org/author/hassan-jabareen/ |website=nakbafiles.org |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/jabareen-hasan-1964 Jabareen, Hasan (1964–)] *[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X33YTKJ0VIs Al Jazeera interview with Hassan Jabareen] via YouTube *[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hassan-Jabareen Hassan Jabareen] at researchgate
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