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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

28 Dec 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN report: Türk warns of rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank, calls for end to violence

22 Dec 2023

Special Procedures

Israel working to expel civilian population of Gaza, UN expert warns

21 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

Gaza Strip: States are obliged to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide, UN Committee stresses

19 Dec 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Gaza: Türk urges ceasefire as civilians pushed to frontier amid escalation

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Latest statements & messages

26 Dec 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango on continued bombardment of Middle Gaza

17 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Protection of civilians is absolutely top priority” - Türk briefs UN General Assembly on Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

16 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk briefs States on his visit to the Middle East

10 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israel and the OPT at a press conference in Amman, Jordan

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Featured Stories

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03 January 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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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

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

A/HRC/52/76: 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

A/HRC/52/75: 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

A/77/493: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan - Report of the Secretary-General

A/HRC/49/83: Implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1 - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Special Procedures

Reports

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

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

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

A/HRC/47/57: 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

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: registry@ohchr.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

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