Ref: 30 / 2010
On Tuesday morning, 10 March 2010, the Palestinian Center
for Human Rights (PCHR) received Dr. Franziska Hagedorn, First Secretary of the
Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, in its head office in
Gaza City.
The visitor met with Mr. Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director of
PCHR for Program Affairs, who briefed her on the deteriorating human rights
situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), especially in light of
continued Israeli violations of human rights and the ongoing Palestinian
fragmentation and its impacts on human rights. He stressed that most violations of human rights perpetrated at the
Palestinian level in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are attributed to the
ongoing fragmentation.
Mr. Shaqqura further surveyed the impacts of the Israeli
siege and the international boycott, stressing that Palestinian civilians are
the real victims of such measures, which have denied them their rights that are
ensured under international human rights instruments.
The visitor highly appreciated PCHR’s work, activities,
publications and efforts to show violations of human rights.
On Monday, 08 March 2010, PCHR received Dr. Sile Calusing,
Task Manager of Judiciary and the Rule of Law in the European Union (EU), AND
Mr. Mark Gallagher, First Secretary in the EU. The visitors met with lawyer Iyad Alami, Deputy Director of PCHR for
Legal Affairs, who briefed them on the status of the Palestinian judiciary
under the ongoing political fragmentation. He indicated that no mechanism are available to defend the rights of
victims of human rights violations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. He called for uniting the judiciary on both
parts of Palestinian, and for abstaining for politicizing the judiciary to
ensure its impartiality and independence.
PCHR further received Ms. Floresca Karanasou, Program
Manager in Christian Aid. She met with
Mr. Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director of PCHR for Program Affairs, who briefed
her on the human rights situation in the OPT. The meeting also discussed cooperation between PCHR and Christian
Aid.
PCHR received also Ms. Natacha Mathy, Institutional Funding
Manager in Oxfam Novib. The visitor met
with Mr. Jaber Wishah, Deputy Director of PCHR. The meeting discussed funding of some PCHR’s activities and programs by
the EU and Oxfam Novib. This visit came following the signing a contract
between PCHR on one side and the EU and Oxfam Novib to implement a project for
raising awareness in the field of human rights and gender issues in the OPT.