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Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in August 2025
September 2, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Settler in Nablus
August 14, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Five Palestinians Killed in Less Than a Month: Alarming Escalation in Settler Attacks Backed by Israeli Occupation Forces
August 4, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in July 2025
August 3, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Human Rights Defender Killed in Shooting Attack by Israeli Settler in Hebron, as Israeli Judiciary Is Complicit in His Release
July 31, 2025
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Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza Strip August 2022
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Genocide Against Gaza Updates
“We Will Leave Them Nothing”: New PCHR Report Reveals Israeli Destruction of Gaza’s Agricultural Sector and Food Systems Aims to Erase Palestinian Existence
May 5, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank April 2025
May 5, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field Report: “Violence Under Protection… Settler Attacks as a Tool of Forced Displacment in Hebron”
April 20, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Serious Escalation in House Demolition Policy in West Bank: Israeli Occupation Forces Carry out 15 Demolitions, Destroy 24 Houses and 58 Facilities in Just 10 Days
April 11, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank – March 2025
April 6, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in February 2025
March 5, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Tool for Palestinian Land Appropriation: A Field Report on Accelerating Pastoral Settlement Expansion in Sebastia, Nablus
February 25, 2025
Genocide Against Gaza Updates
PCHR Issues Study on ” Israeli Violations and International Inaction: Women in Gaza Shattered by Compound Violence”
February 20, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israeli Occupation Forces Escalate House Demolitions and Continue Forced Displacement in the West Bank amid Accelerated Settlement Activity
February 13, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
PCHR Condemns Israeli Occupation Forces’ Killing of 2 Women, including 9-month Pregnant, and Injury of Her Husband in the Continued Military Assault on Nur Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkarm
February 10, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field report: Israel’s Brutal Assault Surges in West Bank
February 9, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in January 2025
February 3, 2025
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Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Tool for Palestinian Land Appropriation: A Field Report on Accelerating Pastoral Settlement Expansion in Sebastia, Nablus
February 25, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israeli Occupation Forces Escalate House Demolitions and Continue Forced Displacement in the West Bank amid Accelerated Settlement Activity
February 13, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
PCHR Condemns Israeli Occupation Forces’ Killing of 2 Women, including 9-month Pregnant, and Injury of Her Husband in the Continued Military Assault on Nur Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkarm
February 10, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field report: Israel’s Brutal Assault Surges in West Bank
February 9, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in January 2025
February 3, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field Report: Israeli Occupation Forces Strangle West Bank with Hundreds of Checkpoints and Metal Detector Gates, Turning it into Isolated Cantons.
February 1, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Brutal Assault Surges in West Bank, Including East Jerusalem: PCHR Condemns Ongoing Policy of Killings and Forced Displacement
February 1, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field Report: Israeli Occupation Forces is Building New Wall to Further Isolate and Besiege Sinjil Village in Ramallah
January 14, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Field Report on Accelerated Settlement Activities in Hebron
January 11, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in December 2024
January 4, 2025
Israeli Violations in West Bank
Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in November 2024
December 3, 2024
Israeli Violations in West Bank
PCHR Condemns Settler Attack on Two Villages and Burning of 19 Vehicles in Ramallah
November 6, 2024
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Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
February 17, 2019
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
January 13, 2019
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
December 6, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
November 12, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
October 11, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
September 10, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
August 16, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
July 9, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
June 13, 2018
Fact Sheets
State of the Gaza Strip Border Crossings (01 – 28 February 2018)
March 22, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
March 7, 2018
Fact Sheets
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences
February 21, 2018
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Annual Reports
Annual Report 2013
April 3, 2014
Annual Reports
PCHR launches 2012 Annual Report
March 14, 2013
Annual Reports
PCHR Publishes Its Annual Report 2011
May 6, 2012
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2010
May 9, 2011
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2009
June 3, 2010
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2008
December 31, 2008
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2007
December 31, 2007
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2006
December 31, 2006
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2005
December 31, 2005
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2004
December 31, 2004
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2003
December 31, 2003
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2002
December 31, 2002
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Position Papers
Justice Slaughtered by Politics;PCHR Shocked by Israel’s Election by UN General Assembly as Vice-Chair of UN Special Committee on Decolonization
July 7, 2014
Position Papers
Position Paper: PCHR Warns of Prejudice of Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return
September 7, 2011
Position Papers
Position Paper: Palestinian Elections in Light of the Ongoing Fragmentation
February 10, 2011
Death Penalty
Position Paper: Death Penalty under the Palestinian National Authority
October 12, 2010
Position Papers
PCHR Position Paper on the Easing of the Closure of the Gaza Strip
July 1, 2010
Position Papers
Position Paper on Aggravation of Electricity Crisis in the Gaza Strip
June 30, 2010
Position Papers
Position Paper: On the Call for Local Elections in Palestinian Authority Territories in July 2010
February 18, 2010
Position Papers
Position Paper : On General Elections in the Palestinian National Authority: No Elections without Reconciliation
January 24, 2010
Position Papers
Reconciliation Is a Prerequisite for Elections; Presidential Decree is Constitutionally Sound, But Inappropriate and Impossible without Reconciliation
October 25, 2009
Position Papers
PCHR has Reservations about Regulations Adopted in the Context of Ongoing Political Fragmentation
June 23, 2009
Position Papers
Controversy over End of Presidential Term in Office
September 25, 2008
Position Papers
PCHR Calls On the International Community to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
January 21, 2008
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Interventions
Intervention at the Human Rights Council’s follow-up session to Resolutions S-12/1 & S-9/1
March 23, 2010
Interventions
Intervention at the Human Rights Council under Agenda Item 7
March 23, 2010
Interventions
PCHR open letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Ashton.
March 18, 2010
Interventions
PCHR’s submission to the 13th session of the Human Rights Council
February 17, 2010
Interventions
Open Letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
June 2, 2009
Interventions
Letter to Ms. Louise Arbour High Commissioner for Human Rights
March 6, 2008
Interventions
Joint Written Statement Submitted by Human Rights Organization to UN Human Rights Council
February 27, 2008
Interventions
Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council
January 22, 2008
Interventions
Letter from Sourani to Scottish Parliament on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip
October 30, 2007
Interventions
Letter from PCHR’s Director, Raji Sourani, to the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Resala Newspaper
October 22, 2007
Interventions
Subject: Concern over some violations by members of the Executive Force and Izzedeen El-Qassam Battalions.
September 13, 2007
Interventions
“Enforcement of International Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The Only Real Roadmap for Peace” Paper presented to the UN Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace,
August 31, 2007
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UN Interventions
PCHR Participated in the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council
April 15, 2013
UN Interventions
PCHR submits an Individual Complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
February 4, 2013
UN Interventions
PCHR’s shadow report for the Universal Periodic Review of Israel in the Human Rights Council on 29 January 2013.
January 29, 2013
UN Interventions
PCHR submits an Individual Complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
December 24, 2012
UN Interventions
PCHR submits an Individual Complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
November 12, 2012
UN Interventions
PCHR submits an Individual Complaint to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
October 16, 2012
UN Interventions
PCHR Submits Memorandum to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
September 25, 2012
UN Interventions
PCHR Submits Written and Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the Human Rights Council
September 24, 2012
UN Interventions
PCHR Submits Memorandum to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
September 10, 2012
UN Interventions
Memorandum to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
August 27, 2012
UN Interventions
Written statement to the 20th session of the HRC
June 24, 2012
UN Interventions
Memorandum to the UN Special Rapporteur for the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence:
April 27, 2012
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Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 06-12 July 2023)
July 13, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 22 June – 05 July 2023)
July 6, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 15-21 June 2023)
June 22, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 08 – 14 June 2023)
June 15, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 01-07 June 2023)
June 8, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 25 – 31 May 2023)
June 1, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 18-24 May 2023)
May 25, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 May 2023)
May 18, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 04– 10 May 2023)
May 11, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 27 April – 03 May 2023)
May 4, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 13-26 April 2023[1])
April 27, 2023
Weekly Reports
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 06-12 April 2023)
April 13, 2023
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ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Joint Open Letter to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: Time to Investigate Crimes in Palestine, Time for Justice
April 30, 2020
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Publish Detailed Review Paper on Submissions Made to International Criminal Court on Territorial Jurisdiction
April 30, 2020
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
After Five Years the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Finally Advances the Situation of Palestine from Preliminary Examination to the Pre-Trial Chamber for questions on Territorial Jurisdiction
December 20, 2019
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Five Years and Waiting: No Investigation in the Report of the Office of the Prosecutor on Preliminary Examinations 2019
December 8, 2019
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit File to ICC Prosecutor: Investigate and Prosecute Pillage, Appropriation and Destruction of Palestinian Natural Resources
October 28, 2018
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
ICC Chamber Orders Outreach To Palestinian Victims and Affected Communities
July 16, 2018
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Four Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Submit File to the ICC Prosecutor: Israel is Unable and Unwilling to Conduct Genuine Investigations and Prosecutions
December 21, 2017
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Hold Press Conference to Declare Submission of Forth Substantive Communication to ICC on Israeli Settlement Activity in oPt
September 20, 2017
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit Evidence to the ICC Prosecutor on Crimes Committed in West Bank
September 20, 2017
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
When the Law Fails Women
September 7, 2017
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations & Victims’ Communication to the International Criminal Court Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute Requesting Investigation and Prosecution of The Illegal Closure of the Gaza Strip: Persecution and Other Inhumane Acts Perpetrated against the Civilian Population as Crimes against Humanity
November 22, 2016
ICC / Universal Jurisdiction
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations & Victims’ Communication to the International Criminal Court Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute Requesting Investigation and Prosecution of High-level Israeli Officials for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes, Committed in Gaza, Palestine in the course of “Operation Protective Edge”
November 10, 2015
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External Publications
2020 o el comienzo de una década para la justicia en Palestina
January 14, 2020
External Publications
The Rights Forum calls for broad protest against passive ICC
December 8, 2019
External Publications
Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the OPT
February 28, 2019
External Publications
UN human rights expert urges action to stop Israel’s annexation in West Bank
October 25, 2018
External Publications
Al-Haq Issues Briefing Paper on Palestinian Sovereignty over East and West Jerusalem
October 23, 2018
External Publications
Assessment of core funded HR CSOs supported through IHL/HR Secretariat
February 5, 2018
External Publications
Standing up for survivors in the Shari’a court every day: Ayah al-Wakil is determined to leave no woman behind
November 23, 2017
External Publications
TRT World spoke with Raji Sourani, Head of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza who talked about the humanitarian aspect of the violence in Jerusalem.
July 22, 2017
External Publications
Gaza on Verge of Collapse as Israel Sends 2.2M People “Back to Middle Ages” in Electricity Crisis
July 19, 2017
External Publications
Raji Sourani: “La situación en los territorios ocupados palestinos es crítica”
September 13, 2015
External Publications
UN experts urge Israel to halt legalization of force-feeding of hunger-strikers in detention
July 30, 2015
External Publications
Ramadan i krigets ruiner
July 3, 2015
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Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
In Excessive Use of Force and Suppression of Protests in Solidarity with Gaza and Jerusalem, IOF Kill 4 Palestinians, Including Child, and Wound 194 Others, Including 3 Journalists, in the West Bank
May 19, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
Day 9 of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Houses Bombarded and More Civilians Displaced
May 18, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
Day 8 of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Non-Stop Bombing and Systematic Infrastructure Destruction
May 17, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
On Seventh Day of Israeli Offensive on Gaza, Residential Area Destroyed over People’s Heads; Airstrikes Cause Earthquake-like Destruction
May 16, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
In Excessive Use of Force during Suppression of Protests in Solidarity with Gaza and Jerusalem, IOF and Settlers Kill 11 Civilians and Wound 109 Others with Bullets in West Bank
May 15, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
On Sixth Day of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Houses Destroyed over Its Residents and More Civilians Displaced
May 15, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
IOF Target Journalists: 3 Journalists Wounded and 17 Media Offices Destroyed
May 14, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
On Fifth day of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: State Terror and Displacement Recalling Nakba Scenes
May 14, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
IOF Airstrikes Severely Damage Gaza’s Electricity Distribution Network: Power Plant Shutdown Threatens Basic Services for the Gaza Population
May 14, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
IOF Escalate their Offensive on Gaza: Massive Destruction of Houses and Infrastructure
May 13, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
Israeli Offensive and Intense Airstrikes on Gaza Continues for the Second Day: Residential Buildings and Houses Targeted and Destroyed on their Residents
May 12, 2021
Israeli Offensive on Gaza May 2021
Serious Escalation in Gaza Strip: 26 Palestinians Killed, including 9 Children and Woman and her Child with Disability, and 75 Others Injured, including 22 Children and 7 Women
May 11, 2021
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Main
Life under siege: A girl’s post war struggle
March 5, 2017
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Life under siege: A farmer’s struggle with the occupation
February 26, 2017
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Life under Siege: Artist of War
February 19, 2017
Narratives
“My faith sees me through!”
July 14, 2014
Narratives
“They confiscated my only source of livelihood”
August 26, 2013
Narratives
“What is a new home without the sight of my children?”
August 14, 2013
Narratives
“I will keep trying to see my daughter until the day I die”
August 1, 2013
Narratives
“Sometimes, I have to risk my life to survive”
July 24, 2013
Narratives
“My hope is that my children will one day be allowed to visit their father”
July 3, 2013
Narratives
“Israeli-imposed restrictions punish the people of Gaza”
June 26, 2013
Narratives
“It’s as if we are living on another planet”
June 19, 2013
Narratives
“Whatever you take from the sea, the sea takes back from you
June 12, 2013
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