212 1‐ The crime of torture is still practiced in places of detention in the Gaza Strip. ICHR sought to request the investigation into allegations of many citizens being subjected to torture.214 No legal action have been recorded against public officials who committed acts of torture against detainees held by the Security Services. This may lead to a further increase in torture and repetition of violations. 2‐ ICHR continued to receive complaints from citizens on the failure to follow legal proceedings in detention or presentation of civilians before prosecutors and the military judiciary. ICHR sent letters to the Interior Minister, the Comptroller General of the Interior Ministry, police officers and internal security officers, demanding an investigation into allegations of citizens. ICHR did not receive any responses demonstrating new procedures which ensure accountability for mistakes or guarantee the respect for citizens' rights within due process in accordance with the Palestinian Basic Law and the Criminal Procedure Law No. (3) of 2000, so as to achieve fair trial procedures and bringing the citizen before his natural judge. 3‐ ICHR notes that during the year 2010, the results of the work of commissions of inquiry formed in recent years have not been announced.215 This raises the question of how seriously the work of these committees, especially since the Government in the Gaza Strip did not respond to ICHR’s letters so far, many of them pertaining to the serious violations of human rights, and despite ICHR’s perseverance by sending reminders on specific issues. 214 During 2010, ICHR received a total of (220) complaints, including allegations of torture and ill‐ treatment. 215 See pages (248‐249) of the ICHR’s fifteenth Annual Report on “the situation of human rights in the Palestinian National Authority areas.”