Ref: 14/2017 On 31 Januarys 2017, the Palestinian Council of Ministers issued a decision to hold local elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on 13 May 2017. The decision assigned the Central Elections Commission (CEC) to carry out the necessary preparations to start the...
Elections UpdatesThis update aims to highlight the most significant developments on the local council elections that is part of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights' (PCHR) work in the field of election monitoring. This publication will be successively issued by PCHR to follow up the...
IntroductionThe Central Elections Commission (CEC) cancelled 5 electoral lists in the local councils of Beit Hanoun, Um al-Nasser, al-Zahra' and al-Nusairat in the Gaza Strip and Yatta in the West Bank following the CEC's approval of objections presented against some candidates on these lists. The...
Ref: 37-2016The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) continues its preparations to observe the local council elections to be held on 08 October in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PCHR also supports holding the local council elections and the legislative and presidential elections as...
IntroductionOn 03 May 2016, the Palestinian Unity Government's Council of Ministers issued a decision to hold the elections of the local councils (municipalities) on their due date, 08 October 2016, according to the Council of Ministers' capacity under article 4 of the Local Council Elections...
In its session held on 08 February 2011, the Palestinian government in Ramallah decided to organize elections in local councils on Saturday, 09 July 2011, and requested the Central Elections Commission (CEC) to initiate necessary technical preparations. This decision again opens the controversy over the elections,...
