Date: 19 July 2020On 16 July 2020, Professor Michael Lynk, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, introduced his annual report to the 44th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, addressing Israel’s illegal policies and...
During the reporting period, the Israeli authorities continued to impose closure on the Gaza Strip for the 13th consecutive year and placed tightened restrictions on movement of Gaza Strip residents. The Israeli authorities continued to control entry and exit for pedestrians from and into the...
Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory 09 – 15 July 2020 A civilian shot dead by IOF in Kifl Haris village in Salfit; A woman succumbed to wounds she sustained in Israel's 2014 military offensive in Rafah; 9 Palestinians shot and wounded,...
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Ref: 30/2020Date: 14 July 2020 On 14 July 2020, PCHR released its latest report of its series on the “Israeli Blockade and Atacks on Fishermen in the Gaza Strip,” from 01 May 2019 – 30 June 2020. It should be noted that PCHR has documented Israeli...
Introduction This report addresses the Israeli–imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip and highlights the suffering of Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the Gaza Sea, in addition to the daily Israeli attacks against them. Through this, Israeli naval forces aim at restricting and preventing fishermen from practicing...
Ref: 31/2020Date: 14 July 2020The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded on Monday, 13 July 2020, a training course on “Human Rights and Mechanisms to Promote Right to Health” , taking all the preventive and health safety measures for the trainers and trainees. The...
Joint Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: 13 July 2020 On Monday, 13 July 2020, 83 Palestinian, regional, and international civil society organisations from across 16 countries submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the extrajudicial execution and wilful killing of Ahmad...
Ref: 29/2020Date: 13 July 2020 On 12 July 2020, the Women’s Rights Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a 25-hours training course on "intervention and legal protection mechanisms to combat gender based violence (GBV)" for the female staff at the Social Affairs...
Ref: 64/2020Date: 13 July 2020Time: 12:00 GMT The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns with the strongest terms the terrible crime that occurred on Sunday, 12 July 2020, in Rafah, and led to the murder of a Jaber Fadel 'Abed al-Rahman al-Qeeq (57), formerly imprisoned...
