Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
المركز الفلسطيني لحقوق الإنسان
FormationApril 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04)
FounderRaji Sourani
Founded atGaza City
Region
State of Palestine
Official language
English, Arabic
Websitepchrgaza.org/en

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR, Arabic: المركز الفلسطيني لحقوق الإنسان) is a Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City. It was founded in 1995 by Raji Sourani, who is its director. It was established by a group of Palestinian lawyers and human rights activists and receives funding from governmental, non-governmental, and religious sources.[1]

The PCHR was set up in April 1995 to monitor and document the practices of Israeli military forces in the Gaza Strip, and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The PCHR describes its objective as to monitor and document “human rights violation committed by the Israeli military forces and other abuses associated with Israel’s continuing legal and absolute occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem”.[2]

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