Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

1.1.5) Collating Other Documentation Related to Human Rights Violations
Documents, including medical reports, ownership documents, personal photographs
and maps, are also necessary evidence for the legal and historical recording of
incidents.
Means of Verification
o Hundreds of documents were filed and transferred to other PCHR's units.
o Many of these documents were used by PCHR’s Legal Aid Unit.
1.1.6) Writing Reports on Human Rights Violations
Field workers wrote detailed reports on human rights violations, in which eyewitness
testimonies and the field workers’ notes were included, in order to give a
comprehensive description of violations.
Means of Verification
o Field workers wrote at least 1,500 field reports on human rights violations.
1.1.7) Creating Files on Specific Violations Perpetrated by the Israel Military
for Transfer to PCHR’s Legal Unit
The unit creates individual files on specific violations perpetrated by IOF. This
includes killings, injuries, land leveling and house demolition. Human rights
violations are classified according to the type of violation and these files include
documentation and physical evidence, such as testimonies, maps, photographs and
medical reports.
Means of Verification
o All human rights violations are filed.
o Files were transferred to other PCHR’s units.
o The unit answered at least 120 inquiries by human rights, development and other
organizations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip using these files.
1.1.8) Monitoring IOF Redeployment from the Gaza Strip and the Evacuation
of 4 Settlements in the West Bank
The unit closely monitored the IOF redeployment from the Gaza Strip and the
evacuation of 4 settlements in the West Bank, including attacks on Palestinian
civilians and the siege imposed on Palestinian communities that accompanied the
implementation of the Israeli Disengagement Plan.
Means of Verification
o The unit wrote 10 detailed reports (Live from the Field).
o These reports were used by journalists and other interested people.
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