Ref: 60/2007

Date: 28 October  2007

PCHR Receives a Delegation from Oxfam Novib

On Thursday, 25 October 2007, PCHR received a delegation from Oxfam Novib. The delegation consisted of: Bettina Huber, Field Humanitarian Coordinator – Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT); Anne Peter van Dijk, humanitarian coordinator from the Hague office; Suying Lai, the new policy advisor for the OPT; Elise Ford, from Brussels; and Nadine Hassassian, a new lobbyist in the OPT.

Members of the delegation met with Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, and directors of PCHR unit. The meeting mainly discussed the human rights situation in the OPT, especially in the Gaza Strip. Members of the delegation were also briefed on the impacts of the total siege imposed on the Gaza Strip on the Palestinian civilian population. The meeting further discussed PCHR’s activities in light of incidents in the OPT, especially in the Gaza Strip, since June 2007, and the subsequent developments.  

PCHR and Novib have a strong partnership in the context of the promotion of human rights.