32 Bank, and (19) against the Military Police, the Ministry of Interior and the Military Judiciary in the Gaza Strip. When ICHR addressed the Public Prosecution Office in the West Bank regarding any investigations they had conducted this year against security forces in relation to committing acts that constitute arbitrary arrest or illegal detention, it stated that it did not investigate such complaints. When we addressed the Security Forces Judiciary Authority in the West Bank regarding inquiring about any judicial rulings issued to convict members of the security services for committing the crime of illegal deprivation of liberty, ICHR reported that this year the military courts issued rulings convicting (4) members of the security services. The judiciary, in this context, detailed or categorized these provisions and indicated which of them came from unlawful detention of freedom, torture, or murder. The aforementioned commission also reported that it recorded (8) investigation files, this year, against members of the security services in the West Bank. Yet, it did not clarify any classification of the subject of these files, whether they relate to the crime of unlawful detention of freedom, torture, murder, or assault on peaceful gatherings, or refraining from executing judicial rulings to release accused persons, or other crimes. As for the accountability of those involved in arbitrary arrest and illegal detention in the Gaza Strip, ICHR addressed the Public Prosecution there to inquire about cases of investigation and accountability that took place this year against those involved in arbitrary arrest and illegal detention, and unfortunately, we did not receive any responses to that effect. Recommendations ICHR reaffirms its recommendations in previous annual reports, which have not been implemented so far, and specifically mentions: • The need for the security services to stop carrying out arrests of citizens for exercising their legitimate rights, including the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to peaceful assembly. • For the governors to stop detaining citizens on grounds of security reasons, which is known as administrative detention or detention under the custody of the governor. • Considering the civil public prosecution and the regular judiciary as the exclusive competent authorities to prosecute those involved in arbitrary arrests and illegal detention. Prosecuting them should be regardless of titles, military or civil servants, in line with Article 101 of the Basic Law, which denies any jurisdiction for military justice outside of military affairs. • The need for the civil public prosecution to assume its responsibility in the The Status of Human Rights in Palestine