Position Papers – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

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On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty is Not a Solution, Only an Illusion of Deterrence to Avoid Liability

October 10, 2020

10 October 2020 Position Paper Introduction On World Day Against Death Penalty, marked on 10 October of every year, the...

Position Paper by Human Rights Organisations’ on the Independence of the Palestinian Judicial System

August 12, 2020

12، Aug 2020 Palestinian human rights organisations are following, with concern, the rapidly unfolding developments in the Palestinian Judicial Authority,...

PCHR Strongly Condemns Israeli Knesset’s Approval of the first preliminary reading of Bill to expel families of Palestinians involved in attacks

Position Paper: Constitutional Court’s Decision to Dissolve PLC is Political and Illegal

March 21, 2019

Introduction On 22 December 2018, the Palestinian President declared that the Constitutional Court decided to dissolve the Palestinian...

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (10 – 16 May 2018)

Accountability Guarantees End of International Law Violations Against Peaceful Demonstrators

May 17, 2018

Position Paper Recently, violations of international law have escalated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), particularly after several political developments...

Position Paper: A Grant of Recognition from those who do not own to those who do not deserve: Baflour Declaration Recurs The Palestinian Right to Jerusalem is An International Law that Cannot be taken away by Political Measures and Statements

December 7, 2017

In a dangerous precedent that violates the international law, on Wednesday, the US President, Donald Trump, declared that Jerusalem is...

Position Paper: Unleashing Media Freedoms Should be Priority in Reconciliation Table Agenda

November 5, 2017

In light of the Palestinian reconciliation, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) preferably focused on media freedoms...

Position Paper Issued Following Workshop on Media Freedoms in Light of PCHR’s Legal Review of Electronic Crimes Law

September 20, 2017

19 September 2017 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop on media freedoms in...

Withdrawing ESCAW Report is Complicity: Rima Khalaf, Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley and the New Approach to End Occupation

March 22, 2017

Position Paper: Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) The UN Secretary General António Guterres withdrew a report presenting detailed...

Position Paper on al-Aqsa University Crisis in the Gaza Strip

September 27, 2016

Introduction The crisis of al-Aqsa Governmental University in the Gaza Strip, the major governmental university, has jeopardized the future...

Position Paper: Palestinian Unity Government Calls for Local Council Elections

July 19, 2016

Introduction On 03 May 2016, the Palestinian Unity Government's Council of Ministers issued a decision to hold the elections of...

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The center is an independent Palestinian human rights organization (registered as a limited non-profit company) based in Gaza City. The Center enjoys consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It is a subsidiary of the International Commission of Jurists - Geneva. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) - Pairs; Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network - Copenhagen; Member of the International Legal Aid Association (ILAC) - Stockholm