This factsheet describes violations of children's rights in the Gaza Strip in accordance with the Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism on grave violations of children’s rights in situations of armed conflict, which was adopted by the Security Council in its Resolution No. 1612 (2005). This Mechanism requires monitoring and documentation of...
A panoramic view of “Har Homa” settlement between Jerusalem and Bethlehem where hundreds of settlement units will be built according to Israeli plans (photo by Mahmoud Olayan – Al-Quds Newspaper)Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) The Israeli Forces Continued to fire...
Ref: 156/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the General Attorney in Gaza to open a serious and thorough investigation into the circumstances of the death of the detainee Atef Khamis Derbas, 52, a resident of Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, and to publish the results...
Ref: 157/2012Four years ago today, on 27th December 2008, Israeli Forces launched a large-scale offensive against the Gaza Strip, code named Operation Cast Lead. This 23-day long offensive was the most violent offensive since the beginning of Israeli occupation in 1967.1167 Palestinian civilians, the so-called “protected persons” of International Humanitarian Law, were...
Ref: 155/2012 On 24 December 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Ms. Raquel Rolnik, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard...
Ref: 155/2012 On 24 December 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Ms. Raquel Rolnik, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on...
[embed]https://youtu.be/Cl07Mjv8jsQ[/embed] In February 2011 the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, together with UNDP and OHCHR, launched the first International Criminal Law Moot Court project in Gaza. In this unique pilot project, thirtylaw students from three Gaza based universities (Al Azhar University, IslamicUniversity, and the University of Palestine)...
Ref: 154/2012The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns an arson attack on the car of Sheikh Tayseer Rajab al-Tamimi, former Chief Justice of Palestine and Head of Freedom and Independence Party (Hares), by unknown persons in Hebron on Friday, 21 December 2012. PCHR sees this attack as part...
Ref: 101/2012 The Delegation of Legal Experts, hosted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), concluded their visit to the Gaza Strip, yesterday 19 December 2012. The delegation's visit started on Friday, 14 December 2012, upon PCHR’s request, to help in the investigations on war crimes committed by the...
Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers near Oufar Prison in RamallahIsraeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) A Palestinian civilian died of wounds he had sustained in the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. 5 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the...
