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Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (2006-2007)
Chapter Three: Assistance
Chapter Four: Protection
2.8.1 Women’s Health 67
2.8.2 Children’s Health 68
2.9 Violence against Women and Children 69
Annex 2.1: Notes for Table 2.1 70
Endnotes 72
3.1 National, Regional and International Humanitarian Assistance 79
3.1.1. Arab Host States 79
3.1.2. League of Arab States (LAS) 80
3.1.3. The Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO) 81
3.1.4. Assistance in/by Israel 81
3.1.5 The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) 83
3.1.6 Non-Governmental and Charitable Organizations 84
3.2 Main Forms of Assistance & Developments until 2006 87
3.2.1 Education 87
3.2.2 Health 89
3.2.3 UNRWA Relief and Social Services 91
3.2.4 Housing and Infrastructure 92
3.2.5 Economic Development 94
3.2.6. Emergency Assistance 94
Endnotes 100
4.1 Protection of Refugees and IDPs 107
4.2 Durable Solutions for Palestinian Refugees and IDPs 109
4.2.1 The Right of Return 111
4.2.2 The Right to Restitution 113
4.2.3 The Right to Compensation 115
4.3 Protection in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 118
4.3.1 Protection of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs in Israel 118
4.3.2 Protection of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory 120
4.4 Protection in Arab Host States 123
4.4.1 Instruments and Mechanisms of the League of Arab States 123
4.4.2 Protection Practice in Arab Host States 124
4.5 Protection in Countries Outside the Middle East 131
4.5.1 Instruments and Mechanisms 131
4.6 International Protection Agencies and Mechanisms 135
4.6.1 International Committee of the Red Cross 135
4.6.2 The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine 137
4.6.3 The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees 141
4.6.4 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees 144
4.6.5 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 146
4.6.6 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 147
4.6.7 The UN Collaborative Response to Situations of Internal Displacement 147
4.6.8 The International Court of Justice and the United Nations Register of Damage 148
4.6.9 Universal Jurisdiction 149
Endnotes 150