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		<title>Position Paper on Trump&#8217;s 2025 Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Paper in Brief: Key Criticisms of the Plan Introduction This position paper aims to provide a legal and human rights analysis of the situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on 29 September 2025 to end the war in the Gaza Strip (the “Comprehensive Plan [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Position Paper:  ICC Prosecutor Ought Respond Immediately to Escalating IOF War Crimes against Palestinians</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[19 April 2022&#160;While the western world in Europe and the United States are focused on the Ukrainian crisis, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used the past two months to upscale its crimes against Palestinian civilians, amidst complete international silence that bares the double standards in applying international law. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty is Not a Solution, Only an Illusion of Deterrence to Avoid Liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[10 October 2020 Position Paper Introduction On World Day Against Death Penalty, marked on 10 October of every year, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reiterates its position against the death penalty and emphasizes its ongoing efforts, which started since its establishment, to abolish this inhuman punishment. The occasion comes this year while 134 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Position Paper by Human Rights Organisations’ on the Independence of the Palestinian Judicial System</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[12، Aug 2020 Palestinian human rights organisations are following, with concern, the rapidly unfolding developments in the Palestinian Judicial Authority, coinciding with additional serious challenges facing the Palestinian people. In addition to the so-called “Deal of the Century”, the Israeli occupying authorities continue to advance and entrench their annexation, emboldened and supported by the United [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Position Paper: Constitutional Court&#8217;s Decision to Dissolve PLC is Political and Illegal</title>
		<link>https://pchrgaza.org/position-paper-constitutional-courts-decision-to-dissolve-plc-is-political-and-illegal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Introduction  On 22 December 2018, the Palestinian President declared that the Constitutional Court decided to dissolve the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and called for legislative elections, confirming he will be committed to implement the decision. The following day, the Minister of Justice, Mr. ‘Ali Abu Diak, explained that the Constitutional Court issued was the explanatory [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Accountability Guarantees End of International Law Violations Against Peaceful Demonstrators</title>
		<link>https://pchrgaza.org/accountability-guarantees-end-of-international-law-violations-against-peaceful-demonstrators/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PCHR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 13:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Position Paper Recently, violations of international law have escalated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt),  particularly after several political developments that have threatened of ending Palestinians&#8217; right to self-determination and return along with tightening the closure on the Gaza Strip which is on the blink to collapse. These developments led to a popular march started [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Position Paper: A Grant of Recognition from those who do not own to those who do not deserve: Baflour Declaration Recurs  The Palestinian Right to Jerusalem is An International Law that Cannot be taken away by Political Measures and Statements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a dangerous precedent that violates the international law, on Wednesday, the US President, Donald Trump, declared that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the American Embassy will be removed to it, signing an order of this.  The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the irresponsible statements by the US President and emphasizes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Position Paper: Unleashing Media Freedoms Should be Priority in Reconciliation Table Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[   In light of the Palestinian reconciliation, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) preferably focused on media freedoms through organizing a panel discussion titled as, &#8220;The Future of Media Freedoms in light of National Reconciliation&#8221;. The panel discussion was attended by experts, decision-makers, journalists, politicians, civil society representatives, academics and new media activists. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Position Paper Issued Following Workshop on Media Freedoms in Light of PCHR&#8217;s Legal Review of Electronic Crimes Law</title>
		<link>https://pchrgaza.org/position-paper-issued-following-workshop-on-media-freedoms-in-light-of-pchrs-legal-review-of-electronic-crimes-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[i  19 September 2017 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop on media freedoms in light of PCHR&#8217;s legal review of the Electronic Crimes Law.  The workshop titled as &#8220;Legal Review of 2017 Electronic Crimes Law in light of International Standards on Freedom of Expression&#8221; was attended by Members of the Palestinian [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Withdrawing ESCAW Report is Complicity: Rima Khalaf, Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley and the New Approach to End Occupation</title>
		<link>https://pchrgaza.org/withdrawing-escaw-report-is-complicity-rima-khalaf-richard-falk-and-virginia-tilley-and-the-new-approach-to-end-occupation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Position Paper: Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) The UN Secretary General António Guterres withdrew a report presenting detailed evidence that asserts Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people although it was issued by one of the UN bodies and prepared by renowned international experts. This is considered as connivance and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Position Paper on al-Aqsa University Crisis in the Gaza Strip</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Introduction The crisis of al-Aqsa Governmental University in the Gaza Strip, the major governmental university, has jeopardized the future of this academic edifice in addition to the future of over 27,000 students and over 1,000 academics and employees. This development made thousands of students avoid joining the University, which endangers the University&#8217;s future and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Position Paper: Palestinian Unity Government Calls for Local Council Elections</title>
		<link>https://pchrgaza.org/position-paper-palestinian-unity-government-calls-for-local-council-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction On 03 May 2016, the Palestinian Unity Government&#8217;s Council of Ministers issued a decision to hold the elections of the local councils (municipalities) on their due date, 08 October 2016, according to the Council of Ministers&#8217; capacity under article 4 of the Local Council Elections Law no. 10/2005. This calling for the local council [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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