Ref: 50/2015 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern over the deaths of 4 civilians, including a child, and injury of 40 others, including 18 children and 4 women, as well partial damage into 20 houses, due to an internal explosion in a house in...
Ref: 50/2015 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern over the deaths of 4 civilians, including a child, and injury of 40 others, including 18 children and 4 women, as well partial damage into 20 houses, due to an internal explosion in a house in...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (30 July – 05 August 2015) Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A Palestinian toddler was burnt to death and his parents and brother were injured by settlers in Douma...
Ref: 48/2015The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the burning of two Palestinian houses in Douma village, southeast of Nablus, by a group of Israeli settlers, when their occupants were asleep inside. As a result, a toddler, Ali Sa'id Dawabsha, was killed and his...
Ref: 49/2015 In another crime involving use of excessive force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and wounded another civilian after directly firing at them when they were near the coastal border fence, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human...
GENEVA (28 July 2015) – Two United Nations human rights experts today reiterated their call on the Israeli authorities to stop the process of legalizing force-feeding and medical treatment of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike against their will. Their call comes after the current Knesset...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (15 – 29 July 2015) Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. 10 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a photojournalist, were wounded in different shooting incidents. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against...
Ref: 47-2015 On Thursday, 30 July 2015, the Israeli Knesset passed in the second and third readings an amendment to the so-called "Law to Prevent Harm of Hunger Strike" allowing force-feeding of prisoners. This step came in challenge of all international warnings to Israel to prevent passing the law which...
Ref: 40/2015 On Tuesday, 28 July 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded the International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition. The final hearing was held between the 2 best prosecution and defense teams that achieved the highest scores on the first day of the competition.In the concluding ceremony, 6...
Ref: 39/2015 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) opened today morning, 27 July 2015, the activities of the first day of the International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition in presence of lawyers, academics, journalists and interested personsDr. Riyadh al-Za'noun, Chairman of PCHR's Board of Directors, delivered...
