36 by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, represents an integral element of the right to freedom of assembly and the guarantee of freedom of action for civil society organizations. The Rapporteur also stressed that the issue of association funding is essential for the enjoyment of the right to form associations. ICHR reaffirms its recommendations contained in its annual reports, and specifically mentions: • The necessity for the Ministry of Interior to suspend the security vetting, which is used in dealing with associations, as a discriminatory measure, and represents a restriction of citizens’ right to join charitable associations. • The Palestinian Monetary Authority should play its role, within its mandate, in supervising enabling associations to maintain effective bank accounts, by instructing banks operating in the Gaza Strip to facilitate the procedures for opening bank accounts. • The Ministry of Interior in Gaza, to abide by the role assigned to it with regard to the adoption of the unified electronic system, in addition to avoid creating or imposing powers beyond the limits of the role established by law. • Cancellation of Article (4) of Cabinet Resolution No. (8) of 2015 amending the Law of Non-Profit Companies No. (3) of 2007, which is subject to the financing of non-profit companies, including NGOs, as per the prior approval of the Council of Ministers, which affects these organizations so that they may exercise their activities freely, without the interference of the executive authority. 1.7 Development in the right to hold public office ICHR received (23) complaints about violating the principle of fair competition in employment, (21) of them in the West Bank, and two others in the Gaza Strip, in which citizens alleged violation of fair competition in employment. ICHR also received (81) complaints related to administrative disputes (promotion, retirement, financial rights), (50) of which in the West Bank, and (31) in the Gaza Strip. The largest number of complaints that ICHR received focused on the Ministry of Finance regarding the financial rights of employees and retirement benefits. Additionally, (25) complaints related to dismissal from public office (arbitrary dismissal), without complying with the legal standards for arresting, dismissing, or dismissing a public employee, (21) complaints of them in the West Bank, and (4) complaints in the Gaza Strip. On the other hand, the work and outputs of the Legal Administrative Committee to The Status of Human Rights in Palestine