26
(42%) of the total number of cases for which ICHR requested information
about them. The Public Prosecution Office in the Gaza Strip also responded to
the circumstances of the death of (68) out of (106) deaths documented by the
commission, i.e. a response rate of approximately (64%) of the total number of
cases that the commission requested information about.
ICHR reaffirms its recommendations contained in previous annual
reports, and emphasizes in particular:
•
The necessity of accomplishing the reconciliation procedures, in order to
achieve respect for the right to life, including the re-formation of the Higher
Committee for Community Reconciliation and resumption of its work on the
part of the families of those affected by the division, and the payment of
compensation to those whose lives were affected.
•
The necessity for the Public Prosecution to investigate all cases of murder that
occur in abnormal circumstances, to reveal the perpetrators and bring them
to justice, especially the ambiguous cases recorded by the commission this
year and previous years.
•
The necessity for the Military Prosecution to conduct serious investigations into
the allegations against violations of the right to life, against law enforcement
personnel or in places of detention, or about deaths resulting from the misuse
of weapons of this category.
•
The need for the various municipal councils to exercise an effective oversight
role on public and private places, to ensure that public safety precautions are
available within the geographical boundaries they follow, and to activate the
role of these councils in observing dangerous places within their geographical
boundaries.
•
The necessity of rehabilitating the Civil Defense apparatus and providing the
necessary equipment to play its role in saving lives and preserving the right to
life, which may be threatened with risks of drowning, fire and others
•
The necessity for the Energy Authority to carry out adequate monitoring,
inspection and awareness measures in order to reduce the deaths that occur
because of electric shock.
•
The necessity for the Ministry of Health to undertake a serious investigative
role in cases in which deaths occur after the deceased undergoes treatment
or surgery, and to put in place serious preventive and remedial measures for
such cases, especially the executive procedures necessary to implement the
Decree Law on medical and health protection and safety No. 2018.
•
The necessity for the Ministry of Labor to play an effective and real inspection
role in workplaces to ensure the availability of public safety means, especially
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