NGO Documents

• International Day against Racial Discrimination Poster March 2008

• Letter to Ms. Louise Arbour High Commissioner for Human Rights March 2008

• END THE SIEGE ON GAZA    International Day of Action Inside the Global Day of Action of the World Social Forum  -Events in Italy -

• Oxfam Press Release: For aid to be effective, donors need to insist Israel changes its policies towards occupied Palestinian Territories 14 December  2007

• END THE SIEGE" The Palestinian-International Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza  November 07

• Humanitarian Monitor Report for Continued closure of Gaza crossings; impact on economy July 07

• FIDH Hamas – Fatah : FIDH's mission calls for Dialogue 17 July 2007

• FIDH New Decree seriously infringes freedom of association 26 June 2007

• AIC Israel’s Continuing Legal Responsibilities in the Gaza Strip 21 June 2007

• B'Tselem Act of Vengeance: Israel's Bombing of the Gaza Power Plant and its Effects September  2006

• Intervention of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Second Special Session of the Human Rights Council Geneva, August 11, 2006

• MDM Situation in the Middle East 03 August 2006

• B'Tselem Almost half the fatalities in the Gaza Strip in July were civilians not taking part in the hostilities August 2006

• personal letter from Ameer Makhoul: keep looking toBeirut and Gaza not to Haifa 19 July 2006

• European citizens must raise their voice  Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker, Electronic Lebanon, 18 July 2006

• Govt must strongly condemn Israel's 'State-sponsored terror campaign' against civilians - Allen 14 July 2006

• IADL Statement on Israel's Aggression in Lebanon 15 July 2006

• FDIH BRIEFING NOTE Failing the Palestinian State : The human rights impact of the economic strangulation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory 06 July 2006

• Haaretz A black flag By Gideon Levy 03 July 2006

• URGENT ACTION - CRISIS IN GAZA July 2006

• EMHRN and ICCO STATEMENT Severe violations of human rights in the Gaza Strip 04-July 2006

• Justice or jungle  JUSTICE OR JUNGLE Notes on the primacy of international law 27-28 June 2006

• Ireland and EU Must Act to End Gaza Escalation 14-June 2006

• THE GAZA STRIP AS LABORATORY: NOTES IN THEWAKE OF DISENGAGEMENT  DARRYL LI  June 2006

• Violations of the Rights of Human Rights Defenders in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories ICCO, Novib, Cordaid, 29th of March 2006

• Letter to President Bush, President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert from Church Leaders 02 May 2006

• AIDA  Press Release Humanitarian Situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate six months after Israeli redeployment 04 May 2006

• Amnesty International concerned about Jericho Prison events and their aftermath March 20056

• FIDH The Israeli military incursion in Jericho: elections not to be won by force! March 20056

• GCMHP High Profile European Parliamentarians Visit November 2005

• MDM voices its concern regarding the current situation in the Gaza strip and its
  impact on health. October 2005

• The Pinheiro Principles UN Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced  Persons'. October 2005

• Statement from Jeremy Corbyn MP  16 September 2005 (pdf)

• Executive Committee of European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP) 15 September 2005

• FIDH Letter to Attorney-General at UK 15 September 2005

• MP demands investigation into botched arrest of “War Crimes General” Office of Emily Thornberry MP 13th September 2005

• Amnesty International United Kingdom/Israel-OT: Amnesty International deplores failure to arrest Israeli war crimes suspect (September 2005)

• HRW Israel: Bill Would Deny Compensation for Rights Abuses Palestinians Would Be Excluded from Seeking Remedies in Israeli Courts (June 2005)

• HRW Israel: Failure to Probe Civilian Casualties Fuels Impunity  (June 2005)

• Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2004 Israel and the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian National Authority

• Amnesty International Israel and the Occupied Territories Conflict, occupation and patriarchy Women carry the burden (31/03/05)

• HAMOKED One Big Prison - Freedom of Movement to and from the Gaza Strip on the Eve of the Disengagement Plan (29/03/05)

• HRW Press Release Caterpillar Should Suspend Bulldozer Sales (23/11/04)

• FIDH Open Letter To Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of State of Israel  (22/11/04)

• Adalah Press Release Chief Justice Barak to Attorney General: Entire World Reads International Reports about Home Demolitions in Rafah and Thus for Israel’s Interest State Should Respond to Petition in Detail. (26/10/04).

• FIDH Press Release The FIDH Calls for the Immediate End of the Ongoing Incursion in the Gaza Strip (15/10/04)

• ICJ's Advisory opinion on Israeli Annexation Wall in West Bank (06/08/04)

• Amnesty International Israel/Occupied Territories: Call for independent investigation into Rafah killings (21/05/04)

•    The ICRC is Deeply Concerned over House Destructions in Rafah (18/05/04)

• Amnesty International ISRAEL/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: Palestinian civilians in Rafah refugee camp (18/05/04)

• Amnesty International Israel and the Occupied Territories: Under the rubble: House demolition and destruction of land and property  (18/05/04)

• Amnesty International Israel/OT: Open letter to President George W. Bush (29/04/04)

• Amnesty International Israel/Occupied Territories: The fence/wall violates international law 19 February 2004

• ICRC: Israel/Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories: West Bank Barrier causes serious humanitarian and legal problems
  Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian impact of the West Bank Barrier on many Palestinians living in occupied territory.Press Release  18-2-2004

• Letter to PLC from NGOs: An Advisory Opinion on the Presidential Decree to "Declare a State of Emergency and to Form an Emergency Cabinet"

• NGO Letter  Open letter regarding the EU-Israel Association Council on 17-18/11/2003

• Statement by Six leading international human rights organizations- ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: International Rights Groups Decry Increased Harassment of Monitors. (Copenhagen, Geneva, London / New York / Paris 27 May 2003)

• Amnesty International Shielded from scrutiny: IDF violations in Jenin and Nablus 

• Amnesty International "Broken Lives: A Year of Intifada" -- Amnesty International, October 2001 (.pdf)

• LAW "Israel's Brand of Apartheid: The Nakba Continues" -- LAW (with assistance from PCHR), August 2001

• Palestinian NGO Position Paper: "Ending the Ongoing Nakba" -- Palestinian NGO Position Paper for the World Conference Against Racism, August 2001

• Defence for Children International: "A Generation Denied: Israeli Violations of Palestinian Children's Rights in 2000" -- Defence for Children International, May 2001

• The Universality of Human Rights "The Credibility of International Protection Mechanisms in Danger (9 April 2001)

• Pax Christi International "Beyond Oslo: How to Reconstruct the Middle East Peace Process?" -- Pax Christi International, April 2001

• Amnesty International “The Right to Return: The Case of the Palestinians” (Policy Statement) --Amnesty International, 30 March 2001

• LAW “Indiscriminate Use of Force: Serious Israeli Breaches of Duty as Occupier” -- LAW, 25 January 2001

• National Lawyers Guild: “The Al-Aqsa Intifada and Israel’s Apartheid: The US Military and Economic Role in the Violation of Palestinian Human Rights" -- National Lawyers’ Guild, January 2001 (pdf format)

• LAW “The Israeli Media and the Intifada: A Critical Study” -- LAW, December 2000

• Physicians for Human Rights “Evaluation of the Use of Force in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Medical and Forensic Investigation” -- Physicians for Human Rights (USA), 3 November 2000

• Amnesty International Findings of Amnesty International's delegation, October 19, 2000

• Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network fact finding mission demands establishment of international inquiry, October 2000

• Statement by International Service for Human Rights, October 9, 2000

• Statement by Amnesty International, October 9, 2000

• Statement by Hamoked - Center for the Defence of the Individual & Physicians for Human Rights, October 6, 2000

• Statement by Abigail Abrash, Harvard Law School, October 5, 2000

• Statement by OMCT, October 3, 2000

• Statement by CFDJ, October 3, 2000

• Arab Commission for Human Rights, Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 2, 2000

• Council on Foreign Relations "Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions", June 1999

• UN Report of the high-level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun established under Council resolution S-3/1 September  2008

• UN Press statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 April  2008

• UN The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Prof.John Dugard, issued the following statement  29 May 2007

• UNOCHA Environmental emergency: Beit Lahia Waste Water Treatment Plant 28 January 2004

• UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard* (24-January 2007)

• UN Statement on Gaza by United Nations Humanitarian Agencies working in the occupied Palestinian territory 03 August 2006

• UN Gaza Strip Situation Report 12 July 2006, 12 pm

• UN Statement by the United Nations Agencies working  in the occupied Palestinian territory  8th July 2006

• UN Protection of Civilians - Weekly Briefing Notes 21-27 June 2006

• UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Professor John Dugard (21-June 2006)

• UN Economic and Humanitarian Impact of the Karni Crossing Closure (31 January 2006)

• UN Statement by UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, Hina
  Jilani (October 2005)

• UN Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem Note by the Secretary-General (August 2005)

• UN The Gaza Strip: Access Report. (March 2005)

• UN  Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, John Dugard, (03/03/05)

• UN  Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, John Dugard, on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967  (07/12/04)

• UN  A Statement by John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the OPT, to the 59th Session of the General Assembly.(28 Oct. 2004)

• UN Press Release UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERTS APPEAL TO ISRAEL ON HOUSE DEMOLITIONS (28/05/04)

• UN Press Release UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ECHO CONCERNS ABOUT EVENTS IN RAFAH, GAZA STRIP (21/05/04)

• UNHCHR ACTING HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEEPLY DISTURBED BY RECENT ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA  (21/05/04)

• UNRWA Press Release House Demolitions in Rafah Resume (20/05/04)

• UN Press Release SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES "HORRIFIED" AT ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA (18/05/04)

• UN Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, John Dugard, on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967* February 27, 2004

• UN A Statement by John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the OPT, to the 59th Session of the General Assembly.28 Oct. 2004

• UN  UESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE
  Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights,John Dugard, on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967* (27 February 2004)

• UN  Report of Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Mr. Miloon Kothari, on his visit to the occupied Palestinian territories (10 June 2002), pdf format)

• UN  Conclusions on Israel by UN Committee Against Torture (November 2001, .pdf format)

• UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the OPT, Interim Report (October 2001)

• UNSCO Reports on the Palestinian Economy

• UN Human Rights Commission Resolution on the situation in the OPT (E/CN.4/RES/2001/7, 18 April 2001)

• UN Human Rights Commission Resolution on Israeli Settlements (E/CN.4/RES/2001/8, 18 April 2001)

• Report by UN Human Rights Enquiry Commission (E/CN.4/2001/121, 16 March 2001, .pdf format)

• Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on torture in Israel/OPT (E/CN.4/2001/66, 25 January 2001)

• Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (E/CN.4/2001/114, 29 November 2000)

• Report by UN Special Rapporteur on Israel human rights violations in the OPT (E/CN.4/S-5/3, 17 October 2000)

• UN Human Rights Commission Resolution adopted in its fifth special session

• UN Security Council Resolution on the situation in Israel/Palestine (S/RES/1322, 7 October 2000)

• The comments from the Swedish government to ICJ on its advisory opinion on the construction of the wall.

• Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories  By House of Commons International Development Committee

• THE JERUSALEM POST Israel battles Spanish arrest warrants Aug 9, 2008

• Shameful humanitarian tragedy at Rafah - thousands of Palestinians stuck without humanitarian assistance  By LUISA MORGANTINI MEP Vice President of the European Parliament June 2007

• Palestinians 'terrorised' by sonic boom flights  By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem 03 November 2005

• Birzeit University Barriers to Education: The Israeli Military Obstruction of Access to Schools and Universities in the West Bank and Gaza (July 2004)

• "A Wall as a Weapon" By NOAM CHOMSKY February 23, 2004

• A teacher from the Netherlands writes letter to the Israeli Ambassador, concerning the occupation (January 2004) Read letter

• To the people of Gaza From the Family of Rachel Corrie
• Photos of the late Rachel
• Rachel's Writings

• The UN General Assembly Requests a World Court Advisory Opinion On Israel’s Separation Barrier By Pieter H.F. Bekker  December 2003

 PCHR International Activities

Mr. Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR delivered a lecture at a seminar at the World Social Forum, which was attended by 15,000 members of the forum. Read it here

PCHR granted Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize

The international and independent jury of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Outstanding Achievements in the Area of Human Rights unanimously decided to grant one of two awards for 2002 jointly to PCHR and well-known Israeli journalist Amira Hass.  Read more...

See photos from the award ceremony here

Read Amira Hass' speach for the Bruno Kreisky award ceremony here