Support to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

Projekt abgeschlossen
Women selling different food products at Bab El-Amoud, East Jerusalem, photo by Fadi Amirah, 2015, © SDC

SDC engagement in the occupied Palestinian territory focuses on the respect and promotion of International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. SDC support to the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory will allow the institution to strengthen its capacities in terms of legal analysis, communication and advocacy, particularly on East Jerusalem, and to fully implement its mandate, entrusted by the Human Rights Council.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Palästinensische Behörde
Menschenrechte
Governance
Rechtsstaatlichkeit - Demokratie - Menschenrechte
Menschenrechte (inkl. Frauenrechte)
Weiterentwicklung von Recht und Rechtsprechung
01.10.2012 - 31.12.2017
CHF 1'865'000
Hintergrund

Forty four years of Israeli military occupation of the oPt has created a wide range of violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law, including severe restrictions to the right to security of Palestinian women and men. The intra-Palestinian split between Hamas, in control of Gaza, and Fatah dominant in the West Bank, has also exacerbated international human rights law violations by Palestinian duty bearers (arbitrary detention, torture, extra judicial executions, increased restrictions on freedom of expression and association).

Ziele

To increase the human security of women, men and children living in the oPt by strengthening the human rights protection regime.

Zielgruppen

The Palestinian Authority, International, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs will benefit from improved technical assistance and strategic advice. The media will benefit from clear, pro-active and strategic communications from OHCHR The UN system in oPt will have improved access to in-house human rights expertise and finally the member States will benefit from OHCHR legal analysis and human rights reporting in the context of their own engagement with duty-bearers.

Mittelfristige Wirkungen

 

  • Human Rights legal capacity of partner organisations (UN, local NGOs, and PA) is strengthened through OHCHR provision of legal advice, technical assistance and monitoring & reporting.
  • Policy development by duty bearers and other relevant actors increasingly reflect human rights concerns as a result of increased OHCHR outreach and public advocacy.
  • Human rights reporting on East Jerusalem is strengthened through continuous OHCHR monitoring.
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    Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
    Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
    Projektpartner Vertragspartner
    Organisation der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
    • UNHCHR
    • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right, occupied Palestinian territory (OHCHR)


    Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   1'865'000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF   1'775'944
    Projektphasen

    Phase 1 01.10.2012 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)