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government. In this context, PCHR asserts that Israel has legal obligations towards Palestinian civilians under international law. PCHR also demands compensation for the families of 2936 Palestinian civilians, including 651 children, who were killed by IOF between September 2000 and the end of 2005, and thousands of families whose houses were destroyed or damaged. 49
Impunity On Tuesday, 15 November 2005, the Israeli military southern command court acquitted an IOF officer of charges relating to the killing of 13-year-old Iman al- Hams; the illegal use of his weapon; and the obstruction of court proceedings. Iman al-Hams, 13, from Rafah, was killed on 5 October 2004, when IOF positioned in a military post on the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire at her, as she was walking with her schoolbag. The case received wide-spread attention when an Israeli soldier, working in the aforementioned post, confessed that his officer had "confirmed the kill" and shot the girl multiple times from a close range, after she had already been hit by IOF gunfire and was lying on the ground. Consequently, the Israeli military prosecutor initiated an investigation into the case. Moshe Ya'lon, the former Israeli military Chief of Staff, supported the officer's claim that the shooting of the girl had coincided with shooting at the military post by Palestinian gunmen. As the Israeli newspapers published more details about the case, however, the officer was arrested under charges of providing false testimonies. On 22 November 2004, the Israeli military prosecutor presented an indictment against the officer and the military court and extended his detention for two months in an open military post. On 23 November 2004, the Israeli media showed a video tape in which the officer was seen moving towards the child, who was lying on the ground, and shooting at her multiple times. On 9 December 2004, the officer was charged with the illegal use of his weapon. The Israeli military court released the officer on 6 February 2005, when the witness and other soldiers held back their testimonies, which had stated that they saw the officer shooting at the child. The witnesses and other soldiers claimed that they had lied during the investigation in order to get rid of this officer. This Israeli court ruling strongly evidences the lack of justice in the Israeli judiciary system, especially the military judiciary. Investigations are usually conducted by IOF and cases are referred then to the military judiciary, thus undermining the credibility of investigations and court rulings on them. Since the outset of the current Palestinian Intifada in September 2000, 2908 Palestinians, including 651 children, have been killed by IOF. Hundreds of complaints submitted to the Israeli courts by human rights organizations, including PCHR, on behalf of victims have been ignored, and only a few cases have been seriously investigated. In this context, B'Tselem, the Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, published on 27 June 2005, statistics which demonstrated that the Israeli police conducted investigations into 108 cases of killing and injuring Palestinians in the OPT out of thousands of similar cases, and that bills of indictments were submitted in just 19 cases. Only two soldiers were convicted of killing Palestinians. One of the significant examples that indicates how investigations into cases of killing or injuring civilians in the OPT are dealt with by IOF was a decision taken by an Israeli military judge in April 2005, acquitting an Israeli soldier of charges relating to the killing of James Miller, a British journalist. The military claimed that there was not "enough evidence to prove his connection to the killing." Miller was killed by IOF in May 2003 in Rafah, while he was working in the area. In 2003, an Israeli soldier was acquitted of charges related to the killing of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist, who was run down by an IOF bulldozer in Rafah in March 2003, while she was attempting to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes 50
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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Page 13 and 14: state. Although killings committed
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Page 19 and 20: As mentioned above, there were hope
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Page 25 and 26: Recommendations to the PNA 1. PCHR
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Page 29 and 30: Diagram (4): Causes of Palestinian
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Page 33 and 34: failure to act against such crimes
Page 35 and 36: Settlement Activities and Attacks b
Page 37 and 38: was an Israeli settler called Ashir
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Page 49 and 50: Torture and Ill-Treatment of Palest
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Page 59 and 60: Efforts to Prosecute Israeli War Cr
Page 61 and 62: Election Year in the PNA: Achieveme
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1.5) Contribution to PCHR's Interve
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4. 4 May The importance of election
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Means of Verification o The unit or
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including the Palestine Bar Associa
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5.2.6) Monitoring of the Elections
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Economic, Social, and Cultural Righ
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1.5) A Report on Israeli Attacks on
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o A number of academics demonstrate
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cooperation between the two sides.
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• On 14 February 2005, the unit h
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Means of Verification o Field worke
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1.2) Documentation of Palestinian V
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o Completed forms were transferred
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20 June Palestine News Agency (Wafa
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3.1) Weekly Report on Israeli Viola
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Activities as Set out in 2005 Annua
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1.1) Training Courses in Coordinati
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• Three human rights committees w
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Women’s and Children’s Rights U
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4. On 24 July, the unit head was in
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3) Lobbying for the Incorporation o
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International Unit Introduction As
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1. Intervention at UN Bodies Activi
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Palestinian civilians who suffered
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5. Donors and Funding Activity: Mai
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Outcome: • See section 1 on UN in
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humanitarian law and the Palestinia
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Conference of Solidarity with the P
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the protection of civilians in Pale
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Annual Meeting of the Coalition for
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epresentative office. The delegatio
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An American Church Delegation On 24
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challenges facing the OPT following
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1 March Kate Maynard, Solicitor, H
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2 June Tetsuya Nakamura, Campaign f
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6 October Ramani Leathard, Regiona
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PCHR’s Publications in 2005 PCHR'
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54. 16 November Economic, Social an
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58. 24 November Democratic Developm
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A delegation from YMCA in Norway an
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Participants in the first workshop
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