Executive Summary rights issues and for developing the work of ICHR. I extend a special thanks to all the commissioners whose membership terms had expired. I welcome all the new commissioners who will benefit ICHR with their expertise toward promotion of the human rights system in Palestine. I also would like to thank Dr. Ammar Dwiek, the Director General, for his relentless work and commitment to develop the institutional functioning. I thank ICHR’s staff, each in their respective position, for their dedicated efforts and commitment to human rights and promotion of such rights in Palestine. I extend thanks and gratitude to ICHR’s Consortium of Donors (Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Sweden) for their nonstop support and faith in ICHR action. Dr. Varseen Shaheen Commissioner General ICHR 11 The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR)