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| '''The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights''' (PCHR) is an advocacy group based in ]. Established in 1995 by a group of ] ] and ], it has consultative and affiliative status with a number of Arab, European and United Nations' organizations. It is a ] whose funding comes from governmental and non-governmental as well as religious sources. | '''The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights''' (PCHR) is an advocacy group based in ]. Established in 1995 by a group of ] ] and ], it has consultative and affiliative status with a number of Arab, European and United Nations' organizations. It is a ] whose funding comes from governmental and non-governmental as well as religious sources. | ||
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| ] an Israeli NGO watchdog group, in its '''Report: Palestinian Center for Human Rights''' says of the group : | |||
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| ''While PCHR does an important job of describing intra-Palestinian human rights abuses, it is blatantly one-sided in its removal of the context of terror and disregard of human rights abuses committed against Israeli civilians. PCHR also supports "all the efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights in regard to self-determination and independence," including calls for political, economic, and academic boycotts against Israel. '' | |||
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Revision as of 02:53, 2 October 2008
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an advocacy group based in Gaza City. Established in 1995 by a group of Palestinian lawyers and human rights activists, it has consultative and affiliative status with a number of Arab, European and United Nations' organizations. It is a NGO whose funding comes from governmental and non-governmental as well as religious sources.
The Centre's founding principles are to be found on its website:
- Protect human rights and promote the rule of law in accordance with international standards.
- Create and develop democratic institutions and an active civil society, while promoting democratic culture within Palestinian society.
- Support all the efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights in regard to self-determination and independence in accordance with international Law and UN resolutions.
Philosophy
In it's philosophy statement , PCHR repudiates the Oslo Accords as 'fatally flawed' and adds,
Moreover, the Oslo accords failed to address the essential elements of the Palestinian question -- the right to self-determination, the right to an independent Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem, the right of return for Palestinian refugees and the removal of Israeli settlements from the OPT. In light of this wide-ranging disregard for the human rights of the Palestinian people, the Centre resolved to continue its work to protect human rights from ongoing violations by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
Major funding organizations:
According to the site's funding page, the following list comprises the Centre's major funding organisations:
- International Commission of Jurists, Sweden Chapter
- Ford Foundation (USA)
- NOVIB (Holland)
- Open Society Fund (USA)
- Christian Aid (UK)
- Dan Church Aid (Denmark)
- Grassroots International (USA)
- European Commission
- Ireland Aid
- Kvinna Till Kvinna – Sweden
- Al Quds Association Malaga – Spain
- Royal Danish Representative Office
- Representative Office of Norway
Criticism
NGO-Monitor an Israeli NGO watchdog group, in its Report: Palestinian Center for Human Rights says of the group :
While PCHR does an important job of describing intra-Palestinian human rights abuses, it is blatantly one-sided in its removal of the context of terror and disregard of human rights abuses committed against Israeli civilians. PCHR also supports "all the efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights in regard to self-determination and independence," including calls for political, economic, and academic boycotts against Israel.