Position Paper

The Jordan River Basin contains some of the most historically important bodies of water in the world. In addition to being important water sources, the Jordan River and the Dead Sea have a long religious history documented in both the Old and New Testaments. Also part of the Basin, Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee) and the Yarmouk River have been major sources of water for the region for centuries. In such a dry climate, these water sources have been fuel for conflict and disagreement since the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

The Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian people have for too long been suffering from the occupation and systematic destruction. As a result of the political regime implemented by the occupying state of Israel, including a dismal human rights record with regards to, among other things, access to services and resources and demolitions of homes and other structures, the conditions of the Occupied Palestinian Territories are facing immense difficulties.

The death penalty is one of the most outstanding issues that have the attention of human rights defenders and international legal and human rights organizations. It violates one of the fundamental human rights, which is the cornerstone of other rights, that is the right to life, and constitutes the most severe degree of torture and cruel and inhuman treatment.

One month after the deadly attack on the humanitarian flottilla heading to Gaza, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) releases a new position paper on the illegality of the closure imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip and its alleged ‘easing’.

The Housing Demolition Policy in Occupied Jerusalem is a War Crime and a Crime of Persecution Against Humanity

This paper primarily examines the Second Draft NGO Law and forms the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ submission to the consultation process on the Second Draft. Included is official English translation of the First Draft in Appendix III, and a Precis of the First Draft Law in Part I of Section Two of the report. This Report is part of a series of studies on the legislation proposed by the Palestinian Authority, and analyzes the proposed legislation from a human rights

This publication provides a critical analysis of the chapter on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the US State Department's annual report on human rights conditions in countries receiving US economic and military assistance covering 1984.