Ref: 35/2021 Date: 20 March 2021 Time: 09:30 GMT In a new crime of excessive use of lethal force, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian civilian during the suppression of a peaceful protest in Beit Dajan, northeast of Nablus, northern West Bank. The civilian died with...
Field updates A child was killed after sustaining a gunshot wound in his head while playing with a weapon at home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. This incident is part of the state of recklessness and irresponsible use of weapons in the occupied Palestinian territory...
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 11 - 17 March 2021 IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem: 23 Palestinians wounded, including 3 children and Palestinian minister One Palestinian sustained wounds after an explosive device left by...
Ref: 25/2021 Date: 18 March 2021 On Thursday, 18 March 2021, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on human rights targeting 24 female and male students from four universities in the Gaza Strip. The 20-hour training course was held over the course...
Ref: 24/2021 Date: 17 March 2021 On Wednesday, 17 March 2021, Mr. Iyad al-‘Alami, PCHR's Deputy Director for Legal Affairs, received a delegation representing the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. The delegation included the members of the Commission's Administration Committee in the southern governorates, Jamal Mukhahel and...
Ref: 23/2021 Date: 16 March 2021 On Tuesday, 16 March 2021, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a new report: "Social Determinants of Health in the Gaza Strip.” The report aims to address the social determinants of health and health inequalities...
On Tuesday, 16 March 2021, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a new report: "Social Determinants of Health in the Gaza Strip.” The report aims to address the social determinants of health and health inequalities in the Gaza Strip...
Ref: 22/2021Date: 15 March 2021 Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Raji Sourani, along with Head of PCHR's Economic and Social Rights Unit, Fadel al-Muzaini, hold a meeting with the International Labour Organization (ILO) mission. The meeting was headed by Frank Hagman, regional VP for Arab states in the International...
Ref: 21/2021 Date: 15 March 2021 Lawyer Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received last week 2 delegations from the Norway Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority and the Spanish Consulate and briefed them on the human rights situation in the occupied...
