On 23 January, two Palestinian families comprising of 52 people, including dozens of children, were forcibly removed from their homes in East Jerusalem by Israeli forces who then demolished the homes with the pretext that they lacked a building permit. Yousef Muhammad ...
27 Palestinian Political Officials Held Without Charge or Trial To: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton;The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights. As an organ...
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-MoonUnited Nations Secretary-General760 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017 Negotiations Must Adhere to International Law Dear Mr. Secretary General, The Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations (PCHRO) would like to welcome you to the Occ...
It is with great disappointment that Al-Haq commemorates a third year since ‘Operation Cast Lead’ resulted in the death of more than 1400 Palestinians in Gaza, and the victims continue to wait for justice. In the aftermath of the Israeli offensive, which was characteris...
As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations (PCHRO) condemn in the strongest possible terms the recent assault on Mahmoud Abu Rahma, who was attacked and stabbed multiple times by unknown assailants on Friday 13 January in Gaza city.
In response to the publication by the Israeli human rights organisation Gisha of a position paper, ‘Scale of Control: Israel’s Continued Responsibility in the Gaza Strip’ in November 2011, Al-Haq has prepared a rejoinder to the paper in order to clarify the applicable legal framework setting out Israel’s responsibilities towards the population in the occupied Gaza Strip.
