Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Position Paper on Trump’s 2025 Plan

- Trump’s 2025 Plan will entrench a new political-legal status quo that could eventually result in the separation of the Gaza Strip, consolidating it ...

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Israel’s Ongoing Killings in Gaza Reveal a Persistent Pattern of Genocide

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the escalating pattern of killings perpetrated by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the G...

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One Year On: Justice for the 15 Paramedics Killed in Gaza Must Not Be Delayed

Today marks one year since the killing of 15 Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics in Gaza—men who set out on 23 March 2025 to save lives a...

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Israel Kills 3 Palestinian Females, Including a Journalist and Two Girls, in Gaza

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the ongoing killings of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). The late...

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Genocide Against Gaza Updates Israel’s Ongoing Killings in Gaza Reveal a Persistent Pattern of Genocide March 30, 2026

Genocide Against Gaza Updates One Year On: Justice for the 15 Paramedics Killed in Gaza Must Not Be Delayed March 23, 2026

Genocide Against Gaza Updates Israel Escalates Killings and Siege in Gaza as Part of Ongoing Genocidal Acts March 15, 2026

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A Journey of Pain: From the Martyrdom of My Son to Torture and the Loss of My Mother and Sister

January 26, 2026

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Women in Gaza Enduring Compound Loss

January 19, 2026

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In Gaza, War Violates Women’s Bodies and Dignity

January 18, 2026

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Targeting Education in Gaza: A Systematic Crime of Genocide

January 17, 2026

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Left Alone to Face Their Grief with None to Lean on

January 15, 2026

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Genocide Against Gaza Updates Position Paper on Trump’s 2025 Plan March 30, 2026

Israeli Violations in West Bank Serious Escalation in Killings: Palestinian Couple and Their Two Children Killed by Israeli Forces’ Fire, and Another Person Killed by Settlers’ Fire in the West Bank March 15, 2026

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Israeli Violations in West Bank Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settler Fire in Ramallah and Hebron March 9, 2026

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Israeli Violations in West Bank Settlers’ Fire Kills Two Brothers and Injures Their Third Brother and Other Palestinians, Including a Child, in Nablus March 4, 2026

Press Releases Serious Escalation in Killings: Palestinian Couple and Their Two Children Killed by Israeli Forces’ Fire, and Another Person Killed by Settlers’ Fire in the West Bank March 15, 2026

Press Releases Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settler Fire in Ramallah and Hebron March 9, 2026

Press Releases Settlers’ Fire Kills Two Brothers and Injures Their Third Brother and Other Palestinians, Including a Child, in Nablus March 4, 2026

Press Releases Demolition of the UNRWA Headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah: An Israeli Step to Undermine International Protection for Refugees January 21, 2026

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Genocide Against Gaza Updates Palestinian Center for Human Rights Releases Report on Lack of Privacy and Safety for Women in Makeshift Camps May 18, 2025

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Genocide Against Gaza Updates Israel Kills Cancer Patients Through Deliberate Delay, Committing an Act of Genocide May 10, 2025

Genocide Against Gaza Updates PCHR Issues Study on ” Israeli Violations and International Inaction: Women in Gaza Shattered by Compound Violence” February 20, 2025

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Genocide Against Gaza Updates Children are Direct Victims of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, PCHR Confirms December 31, 2024

“Israel’s Policy of Starvation During its Genocidal Campaign: Impact on Women and Girls in Northern Gaza Strip” August 22, 2024

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“Israel Weaponizes Water in its Genocidal Campaign against Civilians in Gaza Strip” August 14, 2024

2nd Anniversary of the Great March of Return: Impunity Continues to Prevail. March 30, 2020

COVID-19 State of Emergency: Powers and Restrictions Under Palestinian and International Law March 30, 2020

Annual Report 2024 July 22, 2025

Annual Report 2023 March 22, 2024

Annual Report 2022 June 26, 2023

Annual Report 2021 June 2, 2022

Genocide Against Gaza Updates Position Paper on Trump’s 2025 Plan March 30, 2026

Position Paper: ICC Prosecutor Ought Respond Immediately to Escalating IOF War Crimes against Palestinians April 19, 2022

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Death Penalty On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty is Not a Solution, Only an Illusion of Deterrence to Avoid Liability October 10, 2020

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Position Paper by Human Rights Organisations’ on the Independence of the Palestinian Judicial System August 12, 2020

Main Obligations Owed and Not Demands to Negotiate: Legal Characterization of Palestinian Hunger Striking Prisoners’ Demands in the Israeli Jails May 23, 2017

Interview with Raji Sourani in Gaza “We are just soft targets: we are very cheap” July 17, 2014

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PHROC Open Letter to UN Secretary-General on Hostilities in the Gaza Strip July 16, 2014

End impunity in Palestine: calling for investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court December 10, 2012

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Impact of Israeli Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Right to Health of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, PCHR’s Submission to Professor Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights February 26, 2023

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Rights Groups submit to UN Special Procedures on the Abuse of Muhammad Al-Na’em by an Israeli Bulldozer and the Injury of Palestinians in Gaza March 6, 2020

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Press Releases Human rights organisations welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on racial segregation and apartheid on both sides of the Green Line December 21, 2019

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Press Releases Palestinian, regional, and international groups submit report on Israeli apartheid to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination November 14, 2019

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 27 September- 04 October 2023) October 5, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 21- 26 September 2023) September 27, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 14-20 September 2023) September 21, 2023

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 07-13 September 2023) September 14, 2023

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Press Releases Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute December 13, 2022

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Press Releases Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Submit File to the ICC, Urge Prosecutor to Open Cases from Attack on Palestinians in Gaza in May 2021 May 24, 2022

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Press Releases Al-Haq Joint Statement at the General Debate of the 20th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court December 21, 2021

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News Unwilling and Unable Israel’s Whitewashed Investigations of the Great March of Return Protests December 1, 2021

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ICC’s “Landmark Decision” Could Open Door to Prosecuting Israel for War Crimes in Palestine February 8, 2021

NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work January 28, 2021

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The Biden Administration Should Engage with the ICC – the Evidence Shows That It Saves Lives January 28, 2021

U.S.-ICC Relations Under a Biden Administration: Room to Be Bold January 22, 2021

Home Demolition / Destruction of Property Israeli Military Aggression on the Gaza Strip May 2021: House Demolitions November 17, 2021

Israeli Military Aggression on the Gaza Strip: Economic Sector Destruction September 3, 2021

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Press Releases In Light of Complete and Unprecedented Closure of Gaza Strip, PCHR Obtains Travel Permit for Treating Man Injured Upon Petition Filed to Court June 13, 2021

News PCHR Holds Conference on: The Humanitarian Conditions in Gaza Post-IOF Aggression June 9, 2021

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Updated Figures of Casualties in Israeli Strikes on Gaza Strip (05-07 August 2022) August 30, 2022

Filed Update 5: 4 Palestinian Civilians Killed August 8, 2022

Field Update 4: 7 Palestinians Killed, including 2 Women and Child, and 49 Others Wounded, including 14 Women and 21 Children August 7, 2022

Field Update 3: 2 Palestinians Killed and 11 Others Wounded, including 3 Women and 3 Children August 6, 2022

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Main Green Riding Hood… Pain Dwells within Her Ribs December 4, 2018

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Main Dreams Amputated.. Nazihah… Attempts to Adjust to Amputation November 27, 2018

Main Life under siege: Electricity cuts put dialysis patients at risk July 16, 2017

Main Life under Siege: Indiscriminate killing of farmers June 18, 2017

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In a Joint Submission to UN Special Rapporteur, Organisations Highlight the Role of Israel’s Colonial Settlements in the Entrenchment of its Settler-Colonial and Apartheid Regime May 8, 2021

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Publications Joint Parallel Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Israel’s Seventeenth to Nineteenth Periodic Reports November 14, 2019

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Field Updates Citizen Killed in Family Dispute in Qusin Village in Nablus September 26, 2023

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Field Updates PCHR Condemns Assault by Gunmen on Hebron Municipal Council Member, ‘Abdel Karim Farrah September 25, 2023

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Field Updates PCHR Condemns Assault by Unknown on Public Figures and Property September 21, 2023

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Closure Update State of the Gaza Strip Border Crossings (01 – 31 August 2023) September 19, 2023

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Women in Gaza Enduring Compound Loss

January 19, 2026

Mechanism for Registering Newborns in the Gaza Strip

Israel Escalates Mass Killings and Family Extermination in Ongoing Genocide in Gaza

Shattered Futures: Testimonies of Torture and Genocide in Gaza

The Suffering of Thalassemia Patients in Gaza Strip: When Treatment Becomes A Distant Dream

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