ICHR Palestine 2023-2025

As part of being a state mandated body ICHR has partly the function of a duty bearer, responsible for protecting and promoting the full range of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. At the same time, it also acts on behalf of the rights holders in monitoring the performance of the government and to provide recommendations. Through these dual functions, ICHR has a unique role in mediating and bridging the gap between the government and the civil society, which cannot be done without good relations to both of them, while at the same time upholding the independence of its positions and interventions based on international human rights principles and standards and best practices, in particular the Paris Principles governing national human rights institutions. ICHR is regularly accredited by GANHRI, the international body responsible for reviewing national human rights institutes. ICHR is receiving Aratings from GANHRI, meaning that ICHR fulfils the international criteria. In 2023 ICHR has continued holding Palestinian duty bearers to account through the complaints system, presidential decrees, shrinking space etc., ICHR efforts towards UN mechanisms (i.e. shadow reports), cooperation with OHCHR and civil society actors etc, should also be mentioned. With the support of DIHR there is a notable improvement in ICHR's capacity to report on indicators and statistics/numbers.

The new strategic plan 2023-2027 includes four major objectives defined as "purposes": 1. To promote measures of prevention, protection, accountability and redress; 2. Promote a national legislative, policy and institutional framework upholding human rights, in conjunction with sustainable development goals (SDGs); 3. Promote and consolidate the culture of human rights; 4. Promote ICHR's institutional development and sustainability.