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Ref: 49/2005
Date: 07 April 2005
Director of PCHR Meets with EU Middle East Peace Envoy
On Thursday morning, 7 April 2005, Director of PCHR Mr. Raji Sourani received the EU Middle East Peace Envoy Mr. Kerstin Berger at PCHR’s offices in Gaza City.
Mr. Sourani discussed with the EU official a number of issues related the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT); the Israeli Disengagement Plan and its political, legal and humanitarian impacts; and the coming Palestinian parliamentary elections.
Sourani briefed the visiting EU official on the human rights situation in the OPT, especially in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that Israeli violations of human rights have continued despite the Palestinian commitment to the declaration of a truce. He asserted that facts on the ground strongly indicate that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have continued to perpetrate violations of human rights against Palestinian civilians, including incursions into Palestinian areas, land razing and confiscation, house demolition, construction of the annexation wall, arrests, curfews and closures, although the number of Palestinian deaths and casualties have decreased.
The meeting also discussed the Palestinian parliamentary elections, which will be held next July. In this context, Mr. Sourani detailed PCHR’s preparations to monitor these elections. He also indicated that the amended electoral law has not yet been ratified, although it was approved by the Palestinian Legislative Council in the first reading.
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