28 Entities responsible for torture and ill-treatment Of the complaints that ICHR received, the majority of citizens who brought up suffering torture and ill-treatment, complained against members of the public police force in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip alike. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment against members of the police in the West Bank were (151), while that of the Gaza Strip amounted to (169) allegations. These also included (24) allegations of torture and ill-treatment against members of the Internal Security Service in the Gaza Strip, (22) allegations against members of the Preventive Security Service in the West Bank, and (15) allegations against members of the General Intelligence Service in the West Bank. Also, (11) allegations of torture and ill-treatment against members of the Higher Coordinating Security Committee (formerly the Joint Security Committee) were recorded in Jericho in the West Bank19, and (8) allegations of torture and ill-treatment against correction and rehabilitation centers were recorded, with one allegation in the West Bank, and ( 7) Allegations in the Gaza Strip. In addition, in some complaints, allegations of torture and ill-treatment were against members of the Public Prosecution Office and some staff of the Ministry of Health in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Accountability for torture and ill-treatment and compensation for victims When we addressed the Public Prosecution Office in the West Bank regarding any investigations they had conducted this year against security forces in relation to their perpetration of acts that constitute torture and ill-treatment, it stated that it investigated (11) complaints of torture submitted by citizens against members of the security services in the West Bank. Two of the complaints were referred to the Military Public Prosecution to complete the investigation. They added that the investigation is still ongoing in the other nine complaints and they had no decision yet, either to keep them, or to refer them to the Military Public Prosecution. When addressing the Security Forces Judicial Authority in the West Bank regarding inquiring about any judicial rulings issued to convict members of the security services for committing crimes of torture, the aforementioned authority reported that this year, the military courts issued judgments convicting (4) members of the security services. The aforementioned authority did not elaborate, in this context, if it was for unlawful detention or murder. This year, ICHR also recorded (8) investigation files against members of the security services in the West Bank, 19 The High Coordinating Security Committee reports to the Council of Ministers. It includes the main security agencies in the West Bank (the General Intelligence Service as head, the Preventive Security Service, the General Police Service, the Military Intelligence Service, and the National Security Service). In June 2018, the Council of Ministers issued a decision to dissolve it after criticism of its legitimacy and performance, as a number of its security personnel were involved in serious human rights violations, and then it was re-formed under the name of the “High Coordinating Security Committee.” The citizens euphemistically call it “the slaughterhouse of Jericho”, because of the seriousness of the violations committed there. The Status of Human Rights in Palestine