The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) testified before the UN committee to investigate Israeli crimes against Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.
PCHR's representatives, Samir Zaqout and Mervat El-Nahal, reviewed the human rights situation and violations against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, pointing out to the victims’ anger towards UN inability and silence in light of the Israeli violations of human rights and international law.
PCHR reviewed statistics of the Israeli crimes and violations of humanitarian law during the reporting period from July 2011 until July 2012, the period between the Committee's two meetings.
The center's representatives addressed the occupation's violations against the Palestinian civilians and their properties and lands, highlighting the excessive use of force by IOF since the Palestinian Intifada (uprising). They shed light on investigations conducted by PCHR in each crime and explained that some crimes showed that IOF deliberately targeted civilians. They also pointed out to the UN inability to sue Israeli soldiers who are involved in human rights violations, noting the Israeli siege imposed on the people of Gaza for over six years in a row that worsened the humanitarian conditions in Gaza strip.
