232 torture and degrading treatment during different stages of arrest in order to extract information and force the detainee to admit what has been attributed to him or to others’ acts or statements. 10. The official authorities in the West Bank shall take responsibility in regard to the accountability and prosecution of violators of the provisions of the law, both in terms of arbitrary arrest and at the level of crimes of torture and other cruel and degrading treatment to human dignity, or at the level of violations of other rights and freedoms. This is due to the fact that ICHR is convinced that the absence of effective and fundamental accountability for the perpetrators of crimes of torture as well as members of the Security Services conflicts with the rules and regulations of detention and arrest; this has contributed to the high frequency of these abuses and encouraged their perpetration. 11. Demand the PNA investigate all killings and extrajudicial executions that occurred in the Gaza Strip, to ensure accountability of the instigators and perpetrators of these crimes, and to ensure that they do not escape punishment. 12. Require the De Facto Authority in the Gaza Strip to take the necessary legal measures to end raids, searches and arrests by masked persons who are operating in violation of the law, and remind the Authority of their duty to intervene in ending the detention and arrest of persons in secret detention centers other than those designated by the law. 13. The Security Services of the De Facto Authority in the Gaza Strip shall: abide by what is stipulated in the Palestinian Criminal Procedure Code in regard to the inadmissibility of implementing any arrest without a prior judicial order; show respect for the sanctity of homes and other places; not enter them without court orders; and respect the admissible detention periods. 14. The De Facto Authority in the Gaza Strip shall prohibit all forms of torture, beatings and mistreatment during interrogation and investigation; it was proven to the Commission of Inquiry that the Security Services of the De Facto Authority have engaged in all forms of torture and degrading treatment during all stages of detention. 15. The De Facto Authority in the Gaza Strip shall respect its responsibilities arising from national laws and international human rights law by prosecuting violators of the provisions of the law, both in terms of extrajudicial executions or acts of 232 | P a g e