234 22. The PNA Security Services shall respect the work of the NGOs, cease interfering in their affairs, and refrain from closing, searching or interfering with their assets without legal justification. 23. Compensation by the PNA and the De Facto Authority in the Gaza Strip for all the victims of human rights violations and freedoms is to be agreed on and arranged regardless of the degree and gravity of each violation. 24. The Scompetent Palestinian authorities shall recognize the deficiencies of the current penal legislation in terms of the shortcomings, lack of treatment for and criminalization of torture and other cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, through the adoption of clear legislation to criminalize these practices and determine penalties proportionate to the nature of the crime. Therefore, ICHR emphasizes the importance of correlating these laws to what is specified in the 1987 International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as a legal reference authority that must be respected and applied. 25. The PNA shall form a Palestinian committee of judicial bodies, civil society institutions and official bodies to follow up the implementation of these recommendations. 26. The need to show respect for Palestinian fighters in their armed struggle to reach their legitimate right to self‐determination, as ratified by the rules and provisions of International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law, particularly regulating the behavior of combatants during armed conflict; the need for full compliance of these rules regarding guarantees and principles which offer protection to civilians in international armed conflicts. 27. The United Nations shall take on its legal responsibilities in regard to the implementation and realization of the right of the Palestinian people to self‐ determination and freedom, including their emancipation from Israeli domination and occupation. This is instigated by the fact that the continued Israeli occupation of Palestine has resulted in denying the collective rights of the Palestinian people, as well as the abuse and at times absence of human rights and freedom of the Palestinians. The Palestinian people are subjected continuously to the abuse of their dignity and humanity through Israeli measures 234 | P a g e