Physicians for Human Rights–Israel

Physicians for Human Rights–Israel
Founded1988
TypeNon-profit
NGO
Location
ServicesHumanitarian Aid, Advocacy
FieldsMonitoring the Right to Health in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Members1,500
Key people
Ruchama Marton, Tzvi Bentewich, Professor Raphi Walden, Dr. Mushira Aboo-Dia, Ran Goldstein
Award(s)Right Livelihood Award
Websitewww.phr.org.il

Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHR-I or PHR-IL; Hebrew: רופאים לזכויות אדם-ישראל) is a non-governmental, non-profit, human rights organization based in Jaffa. Physicians for Human Rights–Israel was founded in 1988 with the goal of promoting "a just society where the right to health is granted equally to all people under Israel’s responsibility."

PHR-I states that "principles of human rights, medical ethics, and social justice are at the core of our worldview," and is against what it maintains to be the "ongoing occupation of the Palestinian Territory." In September 2010, PHR-I was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for their indomitable spirit in working for the right to health for all people in Israel and Palestine".

PHR-I founder and CEO, Ruchama Marton, supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and has received criticism from Israeli groups opposed to it. PHR-I's President is Professor Raphi Walden, a vascular surgery expert, board member of the Sheba Medical Center Tel HaShomer, and professor of medicine at Tel Aviv University, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee is Dr. Mushira Aboo-Dia, a gynecologist at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital and winner of the Gallanter Prize for Social Justice.