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This thematic report considers the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with a focus on Israel’s discriminatory administration there in violation of international law, including Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination (ICERD). The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has raised concerns of discrimination against Palestinians for decades, alongside other violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The report does not reflect the situation in Gaza, which is documented in other reports.

The UN Human Rights office in the OPT, in collaboration with the Sawasya Programme, the Palestinian Judicial Institute, and the Office of the Attorney General, conducted a two-day training session for 17 Regular Judges of the Civil Courts in the West Bank, on international standards, national law, policy and practice, relating to the prohibition and punishment of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. A big thank you to all the participants for their active engagement.