This year on 22 March, the United Nations marks World Water Day, under the theme: leveraging water for peace. However, in the occupied Gaza Strip, this day is marred by the severe water restrictions...
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‘Flour Massacre’: Impunity Persists as Israeli Forces Open Fire On Starving Palestinians Seeking Vital Aid [EN/AR]
Gaza, 29 February 2023 – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan, and Al-Haq condemn in the strongest terms the “flour massacre” committed by the Israeli occupying forces (IOF)...
One Month after the ICJ Order, Israel Continues its 142 Day-Long Genocide on Gaza
On 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) determined the plausibility that Israel is carrying out genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and ordered Israel to: 1.\ prevent the...
Palestinian Organisations Send Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions on Israel’s Continued Oppression of Palestinians Beyond Their Killing
On 6 February 2024, in response to a call for input issued by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions for his upcoming report on the protection of...
PCHR Condemns the Killing of Nour Abu Nour, PCHR’s lawyer, and her Family by an Israeli Airstrike on Rafah [EN/AR]
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of our dear colleague, Nour Naser Abu Al-Nour and seven of her family members, including her two-years-old...
Deadly Assault on Rafah and Imminent Forced Expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza in Continuing Nakba, Requires Urgent International Intervention [EN/AR]
Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) warn the international community that Israel’s plans to expand its ground assault on Rafah would result in...
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Warn of Food Insecurity and Widespread Hunger in the Gaza Strip [EN/AR]
Date: 1 February 2024 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al-Haq, and Al Mezan warn of the increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continue to obstruct...
Palestinian Organisations Welcome Landmark ICJ Provisional Measures Order Finding That Israel’s Actions in Gaza are Plausibly Genocidal [EN/AR]
Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcome the provisional measures order issued today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of South Africa v...
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Sound Alarm on Escalating Threat of Epidemics and Diseases Among Internally Displaced Population in Gaza [EN/AR]
Updated translation of a joint statement originally published in Arabic on 13 January 2024. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan, and Al-Haq voice profound apprehension regarding...
100 Days of Ongoing Genocide in Gaza Amid the International Community's Failure to Protect Palestinians [EN/AR]
Today, 14 January 2024, Israel’s genocidal military campaign against Gaza enters its hundredth day. Over this period, Al Mezan, Al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) have...
Israeli Occupying Forces Killed Eleven Palestinians, Including Two Children, in the West Bank Within 24 Hours [EN/AR]
12 January 2024 Updated translation of a joint statement originally published in Arabic on 8 January 2024. According to our documentation, the IOF have killed 24 Palestinians since the beginning of...
Palestinian human rights organizations demand an end to Israel’s deliberate attacks on internally displaced persons [EN/AR]
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan, and Al-Haq, vehemently condemn and demand an end to the repeated Israeli attacks against internally displaced persons forced to seek shelter...
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Serious Israeli Violations at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza [EN/AR]
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan, and Al-Haq, strongly condemn the serious violations committed by Israeli forces inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza...
Israeli Occupying Forces and Settlers Continue to Commit Crimes in the West Bank; the International Justice System is at Stake
(Updated translation of a joint statement, originally published in Arabic on 16 December 2023) Since the beginning of the year, the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers have continued...
Civilians trapped under the rubble: medical and rescue teams denied access to IOF-deployed areas
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Haq and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights demand an end to the devastating human rights and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where thousands...
We reaffirm that there is no safe place in the entire Gaza Strip, from its north to its south [EN/AR]
Following the forced evacuation of hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians by Israeli occupying forces to Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip, as supposedly “a safe area”, military attacks...
Widespread hunger in the Gaza Strip, and families are becoming increasingly desperate in their search for food [EN/AR]
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan and Al-Haq warn of a real and unprecedented famine in the Gaza Strip, which began in northern Gaza and Gaza City as a result of the 69-day...
On Human Rights Day; Palestinian human rights organizations call for an immediate ceasefire and demand accountability and justice [EN/AR]
10 December 2023 On Human Rights Day, observed annually on December 10th, Palestinian human rights organizations—The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al Mezan, and Al-Haq—call on the...
Initial reporting on the ongoing Israeli retaliatory attacks on Gaza: (Reporting Period, 7-28 October 2023) based on preliminary documentation [EN/AR]
Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights have concluded the first official initial reporting covering the period up to and including 7-28 October 2023. The...
Palestinian human rights organizations call on ICC to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders for genocide and incitement to genocide
Paris, 9 November 2023 – Late last night, three leading Palestinian Human Rights organisations, Al Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR),...