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PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Gaza Strip Access and Movement – April 2019
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
5 July 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
West Bank Access Restrictions – June 2020
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Occupied Palestinian Territory. Humanitarian Atlas.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
Occupied Palestinian Territory. 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
13 February 2020
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report: Palestinian Territories
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
15 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Gaza Strip. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 November 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
West Bank. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
24 November 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Responsiveness of the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme to Shifting Vulnerabilities in the Gaza Strip
Source:
Oxfam; Arab World for Research and Development
Date of Document:
May 2020
Author:
Nader Said-Foqahaa et al.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
21 November 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Occupied Palestinian Territories: Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
Territoire palestinien – Gaza: Situation sécuritaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
5 October 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Territoires palestiniens – Cisjordanie. Situation sécuritaire.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
10 September 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
Gaza: The Dead-Zone. How life in the Gaza Strip changed over 14 years of Israel's strangling blockade.
Source:
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza): Security and Humanitarian Situation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
Palestine (Sous occupation israélienne). L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission. Occupied Palestinian Territories: freedom of movement, security and human rights situation.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Territoire palestinien – Cisjordanie: Retour en Cisjordanie. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Territoire palestinien – Gaza: Retour dans la bande de Gaza. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
3 September 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
The Road to Annexation: Israel's Maneuvers to Change the Status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Israel: Discriminatory Land Policies Hem in Palestinians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 May 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Born Without Civil Rights: Israel's Use of Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians in the West Bank
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
November 2019
Author:
Omar Shakir et al.
Editor:
Eric Goldstein et al.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Assistance to the Palestinian people: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly; United Nations. Economic and Social Council.
Date of Document:
13 May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Israel, West Bank and Gaza. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
13 April 2021
Title:
Palestine (State of). Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
26 February 2020
Title:
West Bank. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Israel and Palestine. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2020
Title:
Implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
18 June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Gaza Strip. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, with a focus on access to water and environmental degradation. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 May 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2019
Title:
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 January 2019
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
The Impact of Israeli Settlements and Settlement Expansion on the Status of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Source:
Independent Commission for Human Rights of Palestine
Date of Document:
23 February 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 July 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Collapsing Prospects: Palestinians in Area C, West Bank
Source:
Gate48; Palestine Link
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Rachel Kurian et al.
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 March 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 March 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Coercive Environments: Israel's Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the Occupied Territory
Source:
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Six-Month Report on Demolitions and Seizures in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem Reporting Period: 1 July – 31 December 2019
Source:
European Union. Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA).
Date of Document:
28 May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan
Source:
United Nations. Economic and Social Council.
Date of Document:
13 May 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
State of Palestine: Alarming attack on Freedom of Expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Procedures to obtain a Palestinian passport in the West Bank; the documents to be submitted and whether the Palestinian Authority requires original identity documents or accepts photocopies; whether the passport applicant has to appear in person...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2010
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Title:
The Status of Palestinians in Jordan and the Anomaly of Holding a Jordanian Passport
Source:
University of Denver. Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
Date of Document:
5 February 2014
Accessed Date:
24 November 2014
Title:
Palestine/United States: Renewal of Palestinian Travel Document from within the United States; whether the control of the Gaza strip by Hamas would have an impact
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2010
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Title:
Palestine and Jordan: Passports issued to stateless Palestinians by the government of Jordan, including procedures, entitlements, differences between Jordanian passports issued to Jordanian nationals and those issued to stateless Palestinians...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2015
Accessed Date:
20 November 2015
Title:
Jordan/Palestine: Whether a person of Palestinian origin who lives in Jordan can return to Palestine and obtain a Palestinian passport
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 December 2010
Accessed Date:
26 August 2013
Title:
Israel and Palestine: Travel documents issued by the Israeli government to residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including procedure and issuing authority; restrictions, including validity period; whether entry can be refused upon ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 April 2020
Accessed Date:
2 December 2020
Title:
Egypt and Palestine: The status of a Palestinian with an Egyptian Travel Document for Palestinian Refugees in Egypt, including rights to residency, employment and education; ability to travel between Gaza and Egypt with this document (2009-2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2014
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Title:
Rights and obligations of Palestinians living in Jordan without Jordanian citizenship, not including Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria since 2011, including employment, mobility and access to social services (2013-May 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Title:
Jordan and Palestine: Whether a Jordanian citizen, who is married to a stateless Palestinian from East Jerusalem, can sponsor the Palestinian spouse to live in Jordan or in the West Bank; procedures and requirements (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Title:
Israel: Jerusalem Palestinians Stripped of Status
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Jordan and Palestine: Whether the acquisition of a Palestinian Authority passport or an Egyptian travel document by stateless Palestinians, including those who were born in Jordan, leads to the loss of the right to Jordanian citizenship or ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Palestinian Refugees: Access to registration and UNRWA services, documents, and entry to Jordan
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Country Office Palestinian Territories Country Report: Government in Contravention of National Unity
Source:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Forced recruitment by Hamas, Fatah or other organizations in the West Bank; whether forced recruitment by these groups occurs in universities; consequences for individuals who refuse to join these groups (2013- November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 November 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Title:
Treatment of family members of known collaborators with Israel by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas; treatment by society (2005-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 February 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Title:
Treatment of Palestinians collaborating or suspected of collaborating with Israel (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
Information on Tamarod, including treatment of members and supporters by the Palestinian authorities (2013-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Occupied Palestinian Territories. Election for Palestinian Legislative Council of 25 January 2006.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
29 October 2015
Title:
Is Hamas Rebranding with New Manifesto?
Date of Document:
2 May 2017
Author:
Aaron David Miller
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
CFR Backgrounders: Hamas
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
1 August 2014
Accessed Date:
24 November 2014
Title:
Territoires Palestiniens Occupés : Les persécutions du Hamas à l'encontre des membres du Fatah à Gaza
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Rebuilding the Gaza Ceasefire
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 November 2018
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
6 April 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist' Law Repealed.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 May 2018
Accessed Date:
6 December 2018
Title:
West Bank and Gaza Strip. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, on her mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territory/State of Palestine
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 November 2019
Accessed Date:
13 December 2019
Title:
Country synthesis note: Occupied Palestinian Territory. Now is the Time: Research on Gender Justice, Conflict and Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa.
Date of Document:
5 June 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Situation of and assistance to Palestinian Women
Source:
United Nations. Commission on the Status of Women.
Date of Document:
8 January 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Palestine: Israeli Police Abusing Detained Children
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
17 November 2016
Title:
Israel and the State of Palestine. 2017 Annual Report: Putting Children's Rights Up Front.
Source:
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Al-Haq submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the First Periodic Review the State of Palestine
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
6 December 2018
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure. Initial reports of States parties due in 2015. State of Palestine.
Source:
State of Palestine
Date of Document:
24 May 2017
Accessed Date:
6 December 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
25 July 2018
Accessed Date:
6 December 2018
Title:
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the State of Palestine
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 March 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Al-Haq submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the First Periodic Review of the State of Palestine
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Designing Safer Livelihoods Programmes for Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Gaza
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Information received from the State of Palestine on follow-up to the concluding observations on its initial report
Date of Document:
19 August 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of the State of Palestine
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
6 March 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Palestine (Gaza). State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities by society and authorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 November 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Palestine Whistleblowing Overview
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
17 May 2016
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Administrative Detention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: A Legal Analysis Report. Fourth Edition 2016.
Source:
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Date of Document:
1 November 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Presumed Guilty: Remand in Custody by Military Courts in the West Bank
Source:
B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Date of Document:
June 2015
Author:
Naama Baumgarten-Sharon; Yael Stein
Accessed Date:
30 October 2015
Title:
The Occupation's Fig Leaf: Israel's Military Law Enforcement System as a Whitewash Mechanism
Source:
B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
Title:
Public Perceptions of Palestinian Justice and Security Institutions in 2015
Source:
United Nations Development Programme; United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
1 November 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Annual Violations Report 2018
Source:
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Date of Document:
22 September 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Crime without Punishment: Law enforcement in cases of illegal construction and violation of judicial and administrative orders by Israelis in the West Bank
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Excessive Use of Force by the Israeli Army: Case Study
Source:
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Date of Document:
April 2017
Author:
Amaya al-Orzza; Lisa Auer
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Information pertaining to any cases of human rights violations committed by police officers or Fatah [Palestinian Authority] security forces in Gaza, including police officers in the division dealing with investigations related to narcotics...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 January 2014
Accessed Date:
24 November 2014
Title:
Law Enforcement on Israeli Civilians in the West Bank: Yesh Din Figures 2005-2019
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Strangulation Twice: Oppressive Practices of Palestinian Security Services
Source:
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
Law Enforcement on Israeli Soldiers Suspected of Harming Palestinians and Their Property: Figures for 2017-2018
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent: Arbitrary Arrest and Torture Under the Palestinian Authority and Hamas
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 October 2018
Editor:
Eric Goldstein et al.
Accessed Date:
13 December 2018
Title:
Palestine: No Letup in Arbitrary Arrests, Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Violations of freedom of expression continue unabated during covid-19 pandemic
Date of Document:
21 May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Violations of media freedoms in Palestine during the first half of 2020
Source:
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Israel – West Bank and Gaza. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Religious Freedom in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Selected Issues
Editor:
Omar Yousef Shehabi et al.
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Palestine: Christians. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
13 December 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Palestine. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined initial and second periodic reports of the State of Palestine
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
20 September 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Forced Population Transfer: The Case of the Palestine
Source:
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Date of Document:
February 2020
Editor:
Nidal Alazza; Melissa Yvonne
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Unclassified status of authorizations for entry of Palestinians into Israel, for their passage from Judea and Samaria into the Gaza Strip, and for their departure abroad
Source:
Israel. Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.
Date of Document:
2 August 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Kuwait and Palestine: residence status of stateless Palestinians, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country; the requirements and procedures to renew ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 November 2017
Accessed Date:
20 December 2017
Title:
Israel and Palestine: Whether a Palestinian who has lived outside of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) for a number of years can return to reside in the OPT; whether the returnee requires an Israeli-issued identity card and whether...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2016
Accessed Date:
16 December 2016
Title:
Palestine and Israel: Movement between Gaza and the West Bank; permits to exit Gaza; legal and other impediments to a resident of Gaza relocating to live in the West Bank (2007-2009)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 June 2009
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Title:
Unwilling or Unable: Israeli Restrictions on Access to and from Gaza for Human Rights Workers
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2017
Title:
Israeli Authorities Must End Collective Punishment of Palestinians in Hebron
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 February 2016
Accessed Date:
12 December 2016
Title:
Palestine and Saudi Arabia: Residence status of stateless Palestinians, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country; requirements and procedures to renew...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
26 April 2018
Title:
Palestine and United Arab Emirates: residence status of stateless Palestinians, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country; the requirements and procedures to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 November 2017
Accessed Date:
19 December 2017
Title:
Exit and entry procedures at airports and land borders (2017-September 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 September 2019
Accessed Date:
26 September 2019
Title:
Palestinians: Access and Residency for Palestinians in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Country of Origin Information on the Situation in the Gaza Strip, Including on Restrictions on Exit and Return
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
23 February 2018
Accessed Date:
4 December 2019
Title:
Arbitrary Collective Punishment: Infringement of Palestinians' freedom of movement in the West Bank under the pretext of security
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
West Bank Demolitions and Displacement: An Overview
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 December 2020
Title:
Palestine and Qatar: residence status of foreign workers in Qatar, particularly stateless Palestinians, including access to employment, education, health care and other services, and the ability to travel in and out of the country...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2018
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
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The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 18 December 2020:
Title:
Israel, West Bank, and Gaza - West Bank and Gaza. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/israel/west-bank-and-gaza/
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
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