The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) warned from catastrophic consequences on the health and education services provided to the Gaza Strip population that are already deteriorated by the Israeli closure for 12 years. PCHR believes that impact of these sanctions affected the health sector in the Gaza Strip, added to the various crises which the health sector suffers from and would negatively affect the quality of health service and risk the life of patients who receive their treatment in the Intensive Care Unit and Oncology Departments , particularly that of those employees whose salaries were cut are doctors in the European and Shifa hospitals and Naser Pediatric Hospital in addition to the other clinics and healthcare centers.
PCHR Called upon the Palestinian Government to extricate the health and education sectors from the political bickering, respect the Palestinian law, and end all measures that lead to the deterioration of the humanitarian conditions and to fulfill its legal and administrative obligations towards the Gaza Strip.
PCHR Called upon the PA to respect its legal obligations upon Palestinian’s accession to the International Covenant on Economic and Social rights in 2014, especially respecting and protecting he right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and also the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights, especially every person’s right to have access to public service in his country.
Where the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) follows with deep concern the Palestinian government measures regarding the suspension of salary payments to public sector staff and financial allocations to health sector employees. The ICHR is of the view that these measures violate the rights of public servants and undermine legally guaranteed social protection for many community groups.
The ICHR has found out that suspension targeted persons on the basis of their political affiliation. This practice is in violation of the provisions of Article 26 of the Basic Law, which ensures citizens’ right to political participation. And finally ICHR called for resuming payment of salaries to public sector staff and allocations to the families of martyrs, injured citizens and prisoners of the Gaza Strip.