Informes

The Government of Austria, through the Austrian Development Agency, has contributed EUR 1.5 million (US$ 1,802,885) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the…

The One Stop Centre that was recently set up in Ramallah as part of a joint UN Women, UNDP and UNICEF programme, is one of a kind. The 24-hour facility provides various services that survivors of…

WCLAC contributes to the upcoming universal periodical review for Israel – This year, WCLAC contributed to the Human Right’s Council’s Universal Periodical Review for Israel by submitting a report on the situation in Israel/ Palestine regarding…

WCLAC’s director, Ms.Randa Siniora, participates in special side-event on Violence Against Women: The Case of Palestinian Women Under Occupation – During the 35th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva this month, WCLAC’s director co-organised…

HIGHLIGHTS The Gaza Strip faces regular power cuts and provision of electricity remains well below demand. The cuts affect critical services like health, waste water treatment as well as education, homes and businesses. To maintain a minimum…

HIGHLIGHTS In a statement issued over the weekend, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbühl marked 50 years of occupation of the Palestinian territory – the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza – and called on the international community…

Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6-23 June 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Note by the Secretariat This report contains the findings and recommendations…

HIGHLIGHTS On 20 May, as part of his continued outreach activities, the Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, Mr. Bo Schack, accompanied by the Chief of the UNRWA Gaza Area Office, Mr. Majed El- Bayed and the…

HIGHLIGHTS Due to the continued blockade on Gaza, which entered its tenth year in mid-2016, the tiny coastal enclave suffers from a chronic electricity crisis. According to a recent factsheet issued by the United Nation Office for…

HIGHLIGHTS In order to meet Palestine refugees in the occupied Palestinian territories, three cartoonists from Switzerland visited Beach Camp – one of the largest and most crowded of the eight refugee camps in Gaza - on 23…