The Independent Commission for Human Rights submitting recommendations for the government on human rights issues. 13. National human rights institutions have the right to comment in writing or orally in the session of the HRC after the reviewed state reviews its report. 14. Palestine’s status as an observer state in the United Nations is subject to past and future experience and practice regarding the rights and privileges of observer states. Its new status opens new prospects for it as a state under occupation to interact with the international human rights system and the contracting and non-contracting bodies and mechanisms of the United Nations. 38