NGO #14955

The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) is a Palestinian non-governmental human rights organization based in Jerusalem. It was established in 1997 by lawyers and members of the Palestinian community of Jerusalem. JCSER provides legal assistance and representation to Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem subjected to discriminatory policies by the Israeli authorities. JCSER makes use of the Israeli legal system to assist Palestinian Jerusalemites to survive on a day-to-day basis in the city. It seeks to find ways to take the initiative to proactively fight discrimination and improve conditions of daily life in the short term without conferring political legitimacy on Israel and its illegal annexation of East Jerusalem. JCSER is one of the only institutions specifically devoted to providing representation and other legal services on social and economic rights to the Palestinian community in Jerusalem.