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• Litigation: ACRI takes selected cases to court in order to redress violations of civil and human rights and establish precedents that will prevent abuses in the future.
• Education: ACRI prepares curricula for Jewish and Arab schools and provides teachers with the information and skills they need to teach civil rights. Training programs help foster human rights awareness among police officers and prison personnel. ACRI publishes books and pamphlets on civil rights and maintains a civil and human rights library.
• Public Outreach: ACRI works to influence public opinion on issues of civil and human rights through public statements and works with the media and opinion-formers
• Intervention: ACRI brings rights violations to the attention of the responsible authorities, presses for investigations, and ensures that promises of corrective action are fulfilled.
• Counseling: ACRI attorneys counsel victims of rights violations at four offices in Israel's major cities.
• Legislative Consultation: Upon request from legislators, ACRI attorneys provide expert advice on drafting civil rights legislation and testify before Knesset committees. Since its establishment, ACRI has grown from a small group of volunteers into a national organization with approximately 1,000 members, who belong to regional chapters in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheva. A general assembly of the membership is held annually to elect a national board and to discuss ACRl's plans for the coming year. The 12 member board is assisted by committees which set strategy in specific fields and monitor the activities of the staff.