27 in housing, buildings and facilities under construction, where a significant number of deaths occur every year. 1.2 Developments in the right to physical integrity Allegations of torture and ill-treatment ICHR received (291) complaints from citizens in the West Bank and Gaza Strip regarding torture and ill-treatment at the hands of law enforcement agencies, with (176) complaints in the West Bank and (115) complaints in the Gaza Strip. These complaints included (410) allegations of torture and ill-treatment, including (204) allegations in the West Bank, and (209) others in the Gaza Strip18. While such allegations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip amounted to (692) in 2019, compared to (676) in 2018 and (898) in 2017. On the other hand, the Commission received (50) complaints from women and children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip about being subjected to torture and ill-treatment at the hands of law enforcement agencies. The women’s complaints amounted to (28) complaints, including (12) in the West Bank, which included (12) allegations of torture and ill-treatment, and (16) complaints in the Gaza Strip, which included (30) allegations of torture and ill-treatment in the Gaza Strip. As for the complaints of children under the age of (18) years, they amounted to (22) complaints, consisting of (17) complaints in the West Bank which included (19) allegations of torture and ill-treatment, and (5) complaints in the Gaza Strip which included (7) Allegations of torture and ill-treatment. As for complaints on grounds of torture and ill-treatment to which women and children suffered, it did not differ much from that of which most detainees suffered. It was either for obtaining a confession from the children and women about the incident under investigation, or for subjecting them to punishment in the reform and rehabilitation detention centers, in which they serve their sentence because of violating the internal prison instructions. One of the children also suffered abuse at school. Patterns of torture and ill-treatment According to the complaints received by the Commission regarding torture and illtreatment, the allegations of torture alone, including physical and moral torture, amounted to (330) allegations, including (176) allegations in the West Bank, and (154) in the Gaza Strip. As for the allegations that were limited to ill-treatment, they amounted to (71) allegations, of which (26) were in the West Bank, and (45) were in the Gaza Strip. 18 The number of allegations of torture and ill-treatment exceeds the number of complaints, because some complaints include two allegations ,the first :torture and the other is ill-treatment. Executive Summary 2020