Ref: 03/2014 The Training Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) organized 2 training courses this week on human rights and mechanisms of access to justice and judicial remedy for Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the central Gaza Strip. Each one-day course took 4 hours. The first training was...
Israeli forces detain 4 Palestinian children at the entrance of Halhoul town, north of HebronIsraeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces have continued to open fire at border areas in the Gaza Strip.A Palestinian civilian was wounded in...
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...
Field Update On Monday evening, 13 January 2014, a young man from al-Eizariya village near Jerusalem residing in Jericho was shot dead on the ground of a family revenge. This attack is part of the phenomenon of misuse of weapons and violations of the rule of law prevailing...
Ref: 01/2014 On 14 January 2014, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received with Mr. Mlungisi W. Makalima, the South African Representative to the Palestinian National Authority, and Mr. Goodman Molate, Political Advisor, at PCHR's head office in Gaza City. The two visitors met with Mr. Jaber Weshah, PCHR's...
Nablus – Israeli forces arrest Palestinian young man near "Kedumim" settlementIsraeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces have continued to open fire at border areas in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian child was killed in the northern Gaza Strip.3...
Ref: 02/2014 Since the first days of 2014 Israeli navy forces further escalated their attacks against Palestinian fishermen at sea. One fisherman got arrested while another one narrowly escaped when his boat was hit by 9 bullets. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli...
Ref: 03/2014 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) demands the Attorney General in Gaza to seriously investigate the killing of a woman and 2 children in 2 familial disputes yesterday in Gaza and Jabalia. All were killed as a result of the use of firearms. PCHR calls upon...
Ref: 01/2014 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights strongly condemns arresting a patient from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing while he was heading to receive medical treatment at “Sergie Care” Hospital in the West Bank. PCHR calls upon the international community to stop the...
Following disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel unilaterally and illegally established a so-called “buffer zone”, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders of the Gaza Strip. The precise area designated by Israel as a “buffer zone” is not...
