Executive Summary occupational health and safety standards and conditions as ICHR detected 18 deaths due to lack of occupational safety and health requirements in the work sites; 7 of them were recorded in the West Bank and 11 in Gaza Strip. In line with its vision to ensure the right to work, ICHR recommends that the MOL should introduce measures and procedures to address the rising unemployment rates, and to develop programs that target the youth, in partnership with the private business sector. ICHR further recommends adopting of an urgent plan in Gaza Strip to handle the widespread unemployment. It also recommends that the MOL should adopt the minimum wage, introduce mechanisms to ensure monitoring and followup, and adopt measures and procedures to punish any violating entity. 2.2.1 The Right to Social Security ICHR received 14 complaints from citizens who represent prisoners, injured persons, and martyrs, alleging they were arbitrarily denied access to the funds prescribed thereto in accordance with the law. Most of the complaints were received in the West Bank; where 10 complaints are related to prisoners, 2 are related to injured persons, and 2 are related to martyrs. In Gaza Strip, the families of the martyrs and injured persons who are the victims of the Israel aggressions since 2014 are waiting to receive their financial entitlements but in vain. Additionally, ICHR received a complaint from a number of the prisoners who were set free under the Shalit Deal who are considered to be members of Hamas. The complaint was filed because their salaries, which are their only source of income, were suspended suddenly, and no administrative or legal measures that justify such suspension were adopted. ICHR followed up on this complaint and addressed the related official agencies8 and President Mahmoud Abbas, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the President of the State of Palestine, requesting to resume payment of the salaries of those prisoners in fulfillment of their rights which are ensured pursuant to the Law No. 19 of 2004 concerning the Prisoners and Freed Prisoners. 8 ICHR addressed Dr. Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister, Dr. Shukri Bishara, Minister of Finance, Representative Azza al Ahmad, member of the Legislative Council, Dr. Kamal El Sharafi, human rights adviser to Palestinian President, and General Majed Faraj, Chief of Palestinian General Intelligence Service. The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) 35