A national meeting via video-conference was held between the Gaza Strip and West bank on 14 September 2009 to launch the national Campaign to Defend Public Freedoms and Human Rights and to Promote the Restoration of National Unity in Palestine. Over 150 r more
On October 2nd, 2009, the Palestinian Authority withdrew of its draft resolution supporting the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Report, resulting in a deferral of a vote to endorse the report in the Human Rights Council to March 2010. The repor more
The university of Trondheim in Norway may become the first university in the West to adopt an academic boycott of Israel, if a majority of its board votes in favor of the move at a meeting on the subject next month. more
In November 2009, the jury of the French National Consultant Committee for Human Rights in France selected the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) as one of the five winners more
( statement by the Palestinian NGO'S Network - PNGO ) Yesterday morning, May 6, 2010 at 6 am the Israeli General Security Service and Israeli police raided Ameer Makhoul's home in Haifa and arrested him. Makhoul, serves as General Director of Ittijah more
On Tuesday May 11, the Consul General of France in Jerusalem, Frédéric esagneaux, handed over a more
The Free Gaza flotilla, carrying around 700 pro-Palestinian activists from various countries, as well as approximately 10,000 tones of humanitarian aid, was headed for Gaza on Monday May 31st, 2010. While still travelling on international waters, 65 km of more
Through its human rights organization members, PNGO started to organize the work in the human rights sector especially during the period of lawlessness in which violations of human rights and freedoms increased. Human rights organizations held several meetings and published a number of statements, asserting the enforcement of the rule of law and requesting the Authorities of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to respect and protect human rights and freedoms.
Aftermath of the military takeover in the Gaza Strip, followed by the dismissal of the national unity government, the announcement of the state of emergency and the formation of the emergency government in the West Bank, the Civil Society Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights and Freedoms was formed. This coalition´s specific role was to monitor and observe the Authority's practices, paying special attention to the emergency government in the West Bank, the presidential decrees and the violations against freedoms that followed the military takeover in the Gaza Strip. The coalition held a number of meetings with specific Ministers, in order to highlight the illegitimacy of the presidential decrees and their contradiction with respect to the Palestinian Basic Law.
Human rights organizations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip gathered to review the coalition's structure of work and formed the Council of Human Rights Organizations. Nine human rights organizations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip formed this Council and a Steering Committee was elected with the responsibility of the daily administration of the council.
Some of the most recent achievements of the Council are the formation of the following coalitions: