30 the NPC Regulation because it restricts the free operation of NPCs and hinder their role in the achievement of set objectives. The Law by Decree No. 7 of 2021 Amending the Law on Charitable Associations and Civil Society Organisations No. 1 of 2000 must be fully repealed and deemed to be of no effect. The MoI needs to put an end to the security clearance condition in dealing with CSOs. This discriminatory practice constrains citizens’ right to join charitable associations. The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) will play its assigned role in supervising and empowering associations to access active bank accounts. The PMA will instruct banks operating in the Gaza Strip to facilitate bank account opening procedures. 2.1.7 Right to hold public office The ICHR received 210 complaints on the right to hold public office, including 118 in the West Bank and 92 in the Gaza Strip. These complaints broke down by gender to 48 filed by females and by disability to 19 by disabled persons. The latter comprised 10 complaints in the West Bank and nine in the Gaza Strip. The ICHR received 200 written replies to complaints on violations of the right to hold public office, including 149 in the West Bank and 51 in the Gaza Strip. Of these, 79 replies were sent by the MoF. The ICHR also received 11 verbal replies to complaints, including nine in the Gaza Strip and two in the West Bank. According to its complaint handling system, ICHR assessment of the effectiveness replies showed that 112 complaints were processed with satisfactory replies, 31 with unsatisfactory replies, and 10 without cooperation by the agencies addressed in the complaints. In 2022, the ICHR received 221 complaints (123 in the West Bank and 98 in the Gaza Strip) on administrative disputes, involving promotions, pensions, financial benefits, and arbitrary transference. While 65 complaints were filed by females, 11 were made by PWDs. Complaints by both categories increased. The ICHR received 23 complaints on civil service, involving arbitrary dismissal of civil servants without adherence to the legal standards of suspension, removal, and dismissal from office. In spite of the decrease in the number of complaints against arbitrary dismissal in comparison to those filed in 2021, complaints lodged by females saw a rise of (4.7%), contravening PWDs’ right to hold public enshrined in Article 12(1) of the Bylaw No. 40 of 2004 of the Law No. 4 of 1999 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The fact that an increasing number of complaints were lodged against the MoF indicates that the Ministry did not favourably respond to the demands and financial benefits of civil servants. The MoF failed to discharge the legal duty of addressing relevant patterns of abuses. There was no clearly defined mechanism, by which they can communicate with the Ministry. The MoF was exclusively vested with powers that affect civil servants’ financial benefits. The Status of Human Rights in Palestine