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01-Jun-2025

OHCHR: Israeli military kills 32 Palestinians seeking food aid as ‘militarised humanitarian mechanism’ deepens crisis

Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Food, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, War crimes

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

29-May-2025

Building to starvation: Systematic attacks on fishing in Gaza and implications for livelihoods and protection (May 2025)

Armed conflict, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Gaza Strip, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Information note, Note	Country:

28-May-2025

UN Human Rights Office: Unlawful killings in Gaza and the imperative for accountability

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, War crimes

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

23-May-2025

UN Human Rights Office: Palestinian families pushed out of communities near Ramallah, while elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, settlers torched Palestinian vehicles and properties

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

22-May-2025

UN Human Rights Office: More than 50% of people killed in Gaza this week were in shelters and residential buildings

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Media/Journalists, Refugees and displaced persons, Women

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

19-May-2025

Escalation of attacks in Gaza with a pattern of strikes on Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) tents and residential buildings, as well as on crowded hospitals – OHCHR Press Release

Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Media/Journalists, Refugees and displaced persons

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

16-May-2025

OHCHR: Extrajudicial executions and other unlawful use of force in the occupied West Bank

Extrajudicial killings, Violence, West Bank, Women

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

16-May-2025

UN Human Rights Chief deplores Gaza escalation, pleads for global action to stop more killings

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

07-May-2025

Israeli plans to expand Gaza offensive aggravate concerns regarding Palestinians’ existence in the strip

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, ethnic cleansing

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

02-May-2025

OHCHR: There can be no talk of a free press in the Occupied Palestinian Territory if journalists are being killed, and threatened for their work

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

30-Apr-2025

Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (April 2025 Monthly Bulletin)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons

Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

United Nations system

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Monthly Bulletin

Country:

29-Apr-2025

UN Human Rights Chief calls on world to prevent total humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

25-Apr-2025

Deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – OHCHR Press release

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release, Statement	Country:

17-Apr-2025

NGO Action News – 17 April 2025

Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Hospitals, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, NGOs/Civil Society, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank

Sources:

7amleh (NGO), Agence Média Palestine, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Law For Palestine, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

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Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

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NGO Action News, Newsletter

Country:

11-Apr-2025

Gaza: Increasing Israeli “evacuation orders” lead to forcible transfer of Palestinians – OHCHR Press briefing

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, ethnic cleansing

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Conference, Press briefing	Country:

04-Apr-2025

UN Human Rights Office: Alarm over killings and unlawful use of force by local police in Gaza amidst deteriorating public order

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Press Release	Country:

03-Apr-2025

NGO Action News – 03 April 2025

Extrajudicial killings, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, NGOs/Civil Society, Protection, Protection of civilians, War crimes

Sources:

Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, Amnesty International, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Gisha - Legal Centre for Freedom Movement (NGO), HaMoked, Human Rights Watch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd.

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

NGO Action News

Country:

03-Apr-2025

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warns UN Security Council of increasing risk of atrocity crimes being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Armed conflict, Assistance, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, West Bank

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Remarks, Speech, Statement	Country:

01-Apr-2025

Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on the killing of Gaza humanitarian workers by Israeli army

Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity: United Nations system
Type Statement	Country:

31-Mar-2025

Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (March 2025 Monthly Bulletin)

Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Hostages, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupying Power, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, UNRWA, West Bank, Women

Sources:

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), League of Arab States (LAS), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), World Food Programme (WFP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

28-Mar-2025

Gaza: Deep concerns about the forced displacement of Palestinians – OHCHR Press Release

Casualties, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Health, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Security issues, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

21-Mar-2025

Statement by the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on the developments in Gaza, 21 March 2025

Accountability, Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Internally displaced persons, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Protection of civilians, Violence, War crimes, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Statement	Country:

20-Mar-2025

On the brink: Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Health, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Women, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Stories	Country:

18-Mar-2025

Annexation, violence, and forced displacement must stop immediately – UN Human Rights Office

Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Settler violence, West Bank, Women, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Remarks, Report	Country:

18-Mar-2025

Israel ramps up settlement and annexation in West Bank with dire human rights consequences

Annexation, Armed conflict, House demolitions, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Internally displaced persons, International Court of Justice, Israeli settlements, Land, Legal issues, Settlements, West Bank, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

18-Mar-2025

Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Comments, Press Release	Country:

13-Mar-2025

On the brink: Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Gender, Health, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, Violence, West Bank, Women, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Stories	Country:

06-Mar-2025

Gaza: UN Human rights experts condemn Israeli decision to re-open ‘gates of hell’ and unilaterally change conditions of truce deal

Ceasefire, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Legal issues, West Bank, human rights violations

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

06-Mar-2025

A/HRC/58/73: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan – Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Advance edited version

Armed conflict, House demolitions, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Settlements, Settler violence, West Bank, human rights violations

A/HRC/58/73

Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Report	Country:

04-Mar-2025

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings from 11 to 12 March – Press release

Gender, Health, Hospitals, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Women, human rights violations, sexual violence

Sources: Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Entity:
Type Press Release	Country:

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