• Website: www.pchrgaza.ps
  • Founded in 1995; "An independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories."
  • Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and is an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, the Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l´Homme (FIDH), and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. Recipient of the 1996 French Republic Award for Human Rights.
  • Primary activities are political; pressing anti-Israel agenda in media and international organizations. Reports condemning Israel policy often lack credibility.
  • Also active in criticizing Palestinian Authority´s failure to promote human rights.
  • Affiliated with political NGOs such as International Commission of Jurists, Christian Aid.
  • According to its 2008 Annual Report, PCHR is funded by the European Commission;  Oxfam NOVIB- Holland; Open Society Institute; Christian Aid (U.K.);  Dan Church Aid-Denmark; Grassroots International;  the Representative Office of Norway; Irish Aid; Kvinna Till Kvinna- (Sweden); Al Quds Association Malaga- Spain; Trocaire- Ireland; CARE International West Bank and Gaza; the Royal Danish Representative Office; NGO Development Center- NDC; and Denis O’Brien-Ireland.
  • For NGO Monitor´s latest report including PCHR, click here