Arab Network Magazine 2021-E-Version

Activities & Events
Under the Corona pandemic in Palestine;
The Independent Commission works according to contingency
plans to meet the challenges of protecting human rights
The Palestinian territories face a
threat to the human rights
system, in addition to the problems
and challenges it suffers as a
result of the occupation measures
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
This risk is represented in the
spread of the Corona virus, "Covid-19",
which is an invisible enemy
this time, and to which thousands
succumbed in various parts of the
world. The disease has had a
great impact on the Palestinian
Territory, as it is one of the poorest
areas in medical facilities
compared to other countries of
the world. Because it is under the
Israeli occupation, which directly
affects the balance of political,
economic, cultural and educational
forces in the region, prompting
the authorities to take precautionary
and rapid measures to combat
the spread of the virus among the
Palestinian people requires vigorous
monitoring and special measures
to ensure that citizens enjoy
their rights in light of this situation
of emergency.
a "pandemic", meaning that it is
spreading worldwide.
Being the National Institution for
Human Rights, the Commission
has played its role in promoting
and protecting human rights in
accordance with the Palestinian
Basic Law, national legislation, the
Declaration of Independence and
international human rights standards,
so it worked to monitor
human rights violations to ensure
that human rights standards are
respected by Palestinian
duty-holders.
The Commission expressed its
grave concern over the Palestinian
Authority’s declaration of a
state of emergency, and immediately
issued a press statement
stressing the need to adhere to
Article 111 of the Basic Law, which
In this context, the Independent
Commission for Human Rights,
the Bureau of Grievances, in Palestine
has developed an emergency
plan to confront this emerging
situation, in which it focused on
continuing to present its basic
mission in the context of the state
of emergency that was
announced in April 2020, which
has been extended more than
once, to meet the challenges
emerging from the presence of
the virus that was classified by
the World Health Organization as
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