Ref: 55/2007

Date: 10 October  2007

Several Lawyers and Diplomats Visit PCHR

Over the past two days, PCHR received several diplomats and lawyers to discuss the human rights situation in the OPT.

On 10 October, PCHR’s Director, Raji Sourani, received several lawyers from UNRWA, including Anna Segall (Chief of the International Law Division in the Department of Legal Affairs), Lance Bartholomeusz (Legal Officer in the Department of Legal Affairs), and Claire Mitchell (Field Legal Officer). And on the same day, Sourani met Jacquiline Coulon-Lascaux, the Social and Humanitarian Cooperation Attache in the French Consulate in Jerusalem.

On 9 October 2007, Sourani met the Deputy German Representative to the PNA, Ms. Gudruh Isphording, and the journalist Jorg Bremer.

These meetings are a continuation of the Center’s activities to highlight the human rights situation in the OPT, especially the situation in the Gaza Strip after the June events and the impact of the Israeli closure on the Strip since June 2006.