Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

1.2.5) 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 Field workers collated documents, including statements by political factions,
medical reports, recordings and personal identification details.
o These documents were transferred to other PCHR’s unit.
1.2.6) Writing reports on Human Rights Violations
Field workers write detailed reports on human rights violations, in which
eyewitnesses’ testimonies and the field workers’ notes are included, to give a
comprehensive description of violations.
Means of Verification
o Field workers wrote at least 1,000 reports on human rights violations.
1.2.7) Creating Files of Specific Violations Perpetrated by the Palestinian
National Authority for Transfer to Other PCHR Units
The unit creates files on human rights violations that are classified according to the
type of violation, such as sentences issued by civil and military courts, arbitrary
arrests, misuse of weapons, medical negligence, honor killings. Files were also
created on the unit's experience in monitoring the presidential election and the local
council elections in some communities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Means of Verification
o Files are included in research and publications by other PCHR units.
o Files are included in research and publications by other human rights
organizations.
1.2.8) Monitoring the Presidential Election
The unit head and field workers were accredited as members of PCHR’s observation
team to monitor the Palestinian presidential election, which were held on 9 January
2005. Field workers also supervised PCHR observers, who monitored the second,
third and fourth stages of the local council elections in the Gaza Strip.
Means of Verification
o Field workers supervised PCHR observers who monitored the elections.
o Field workers wrote important notes, when completing the forms designed for the
purpose of monitoring the registration of voters.
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