Status of Human Rights in Palestine 36 ICHR further received 64 complaints related to the violation of the financial entitlements of the marginalized groups who are covered by the social aid program as they were denied social coverage which is delivered by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) to the groups who live below the poverty line and the marginalized households who live between the national and severe poverty lines, in particular, the households which include persons with disabilities, elderly, orphans, persons with chronic diseases, or households led by women. The complaints are classified as follows: 36 complaints in the West Bank and 28 complaints in Gaza Strip. The number of complaints related to the persons who are unable to work amounted to 18 complaints in the West Bank and 13 complaints in Gaza Strip. The complaints related to divorced women amounted to 9; 4 complaints in the West Bank and 5 complaints in Gaza Strip. ICHR received 12 complaints regarding the elderly; 4 in the West Bank and 8 in Gaza Strip. ICHR further received 30 complaints related to violation of the rights of persons with disabilities to social security; 18 complaints in the West Bank, 6 of them are related to divorced women, and 12 complaints in Gaza Strip, 3 of them are related to women. The number of violations which were followed up by the MoSA against the duty-bearers in relation to delivery of service to the marginalized groups reached 15 against 15 employees. The MoSA stated that it adopted special measures to hold the offenders accountable and that 13 employees of them were found guilty while the others were found not guilty. The MoSA punished the employees who were found guilty through disciplinary actions and it issued instructions to rectify the actions of the duty-bearers. Further, the MoSA referred a complaint to the judiciary which is still considered before the High Court of Justice. In line of its vision to ensure the right to social security, ICHR recommends that the Foundation for Care of the Families of Martyrs and Injured Citizens should approve payment of the entitlements of the families of the martyrs and injured persons who are victims of the Israeli aggression in 2014 and allocate budgets that ensure continuous payment of their funds. It further recommends that the Cabinet and the Commission of Detainee›s affairs should resume payment of salaries of the prisoners held in the occupation’s prisons whose salaries were suspended in 2017. It also recommends that the 23rd Annual Report 1 January - 31 December 2017

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