This report documents the conditions of the commercial border crossings related to the movement of persons during October 2016. This report emphasizes that Israeli closure imposed on the Gaza Strip has been intensified during the reporting period as the quantity of goods that were allowed...
Ref: 42/2016 Tomorrow, 25 November, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on which the UN launches a 16-day campaign with activities confronting violence against women. The campaign starts on 25 November until 10 December that marks the Human Rights Day. The campaign...
Ref: 42/2016 On 23 November 2016, the Training Unit at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law in Gaza City for Somow Youth Tam. The 20-hour course was held at PCHR's Head...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (17 – 23 November 2016) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded at the eastern borders of...
Field Update A Palestinian civilian was killed yesterday in al-Ein refugee camp near Nablus while two others were wounded, one of whom was seriously wounded, by unknown persons in Nablus city. This is considered part of the state of proliferation of weapons and assault on the...
A short documentary by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Al-Haq, and Aldameer illustrating the impact of the closure on daily life in Gaza, 22 November 2016.[embed]https://youtu.be/ymVXef_C97k[/embed]...
22 November 2016, The Hague: Today, Palestinian human rights groups urged the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to examine the Israeli closure of the Gaza Strip, which has denied two million Palestinians a panoply of fundamental rights for nearly a decade, as the...
Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, and Issam Younis, Director of Al Mezan. Palestinian human rights organizations (Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Haq and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Aldameer) held today, 22 November 2016, a press conference to announce presenting the third legal...
https://pchrgaza.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/22-Nov-GAZA-CLOSURE-FOR-UPLOAD.pdf ...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (10 – 16 November 2016) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt 6 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.House demolitions on grounds of collective punishment. A room...
