NGO #13176

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) established the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center –formerly known as the Quaker Service Information and Legal Aid Center – in 1974 in Jerusalem. Preliminary steps were taken in 1993, to transfer governance of the Center to a local body. By October 1997, the process was completed and the local Board of Trustees assumed full responsibility for the Center’s activities.In 2000, the center was registered as non profit, public interest law center by the Palestinian ministry of Interior under Number QR/146/B dated on 28/10/2000.