International Reports
27 January 2012
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This update is issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as coordinator of the Protection Cluster in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
It has been jointly prepared by members of the Protection Cluster Working Group in the Gaza Strip, including: UNICEF, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Dameer Association for Human Rights, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, UNESCO, UN Mine Action Team (UNMAT) and the Emergency Water and Sanitation Hygiene Group (EWASH).
The violence surrounding the conflict in the Gaza Strip has affected scores of civilians in many different areas.
This update highlights protection of civilian concerns in the Access Restricted Areas (ARA) in the Gaza Strip only – the sea and land areas in Gaza bordering Israel.
It covers the period of January to December 2011.
News Briefs
Diaries from the war
Schools visits
Press Releases
Israeli Attacks on Palestinians and Properties and Victims of Internal Violence, Monthly Statistical Report
Israel increases collective punishment measures by suspending goods exports from Gaza for the third consecutive day
Human rights organizations: Israel must immediately cease attacks on Gaza’s civilian population and re-open Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings
In parallel to its aggression, Israel closes Gaza crossings: Al Mezan warns of possible serious deterioration of humanitarian conditions
Al Mezan condemns Israel's ban on Gaza Christians from visiting West Bank holy sites for Easter
Israeli authorities at Erez arbitrarily arrested a cancer patient on his way back to Gaza from Jerusalem hospital