State of Palestine

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Overview

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in State of Palestine is a field presence of the Office of United Nations the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). OHCHR is the only internationally-mandated entity to monitor and report publicly on the human rights situation, and is the official United Nations voice on human rights matters. The Office is based in Ramallah and has a sub-office in Gaza, and field offices in East Jerusalem and Hebron. Read more>

See also: Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region

Media coverage of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

News & Statements

Latest news

09 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

UN experts declare famine has spread throughout Gaza strip

25 Jun 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories concludes field mission

20 Jun 2024

Special Procedures

States and companies must end arms transfers to Israel immediately or risk responsibility for human rights violations: UN experts

19 Jun 2024

Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on his Global Update

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Latest statements & messages

11 Jun 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza

27 May 2024

Treaty bodies

Palestinians with disabilities subject to unbearable consequences of the ongoing hostilities and violence in the OPT

12 May 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Urgent call for ceasefire and release of hostages

06 May 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Rafah threat is inhumane, says UN Human Rights Chief

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Featured Stories

Winter scene in Gaza. © OHCHR
30 January 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Gaza is a massive human rights crisis and a humanitarian disaster”

Ajith Sunghay is the head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Back from a recent field visit to Gaza, Sunghay answers questions about the human rights situation there.
Palestinian human rights defender Shatha Odeh © Shatha Odeh
09 March 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Women fight the push back of their rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

While women human rights defenders in the occupied Palestinian territory continue to face threats and hate both online and offline, Shatha Odeh’s determination to end gender-based discrimination is stronger than ever.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Thematic report - Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks during the conflict in Gaza (October – December 2023)

A/HRC/55/28: Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Advance unedited version

A/HRC/55/72: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Flash report on the human rights situation in the West Bank including East Jerusalem, 7 October - 20 November 2023

A/78/554: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan - Report of the Secretary-General - Advance Unedited Version

A/78/502: Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem - Report of the Secretary-General - Advance Unedited Version

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Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/55/73: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 - Advance unedited version

A/78/545: Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

A/HRC/53/59: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

A/77/356: Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

A/HRC/49/87 : Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

A/76/433: Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

E/C.12/PSE/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine

CCPR/C/PSE/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine

Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined initial and second periodic reports of the State of Palestine

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine

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External Resources

Geneva Conventions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters:

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)

Middle East and North Africa Section
Email: ohchr-registry@un.org
Address: Avenue Giuseppe Motta 48, CH-1202 Geneva 10

Facebook:
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Field:

Ramallah Office
Tel: +972 2 296 55 34

Gaza Office
Tel: +972 8 282 7021

Photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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