o The Palestinian government provide a definition of discrimination under law or enact a regulation, which will provide for non-discrimination for any reason whatsoever in all aspects. At the same time, the regulation will prescribe measures at all levels to ensure that this principle is enforced within a particular timeframe. Any provisions that are in contrariety with the principle of non-discrimination will be repealed. o The budget be re-enacted in a manner that discloses budgeted allocations for relevant groups. Right to work - Paragraphs 54-75 of the report make reference to domestic regulations, national strategies, and procedures to realise the right to work. However, the report fails to lay out the measures taken to this effect, including adequate budgeted appropriations for realisation of the right to work, mechanisms for networking between the trio of employers, labour organisations, and workers in order to assimilate the unemployed and promote a public-private social contribution policy. Unemployment continues to be on an upward trajectory, reaching 26.6 percent in 2020. The percentage of labour force in employment declined by 10 percent in the West Bank and 17 percent in the Gaza Strip. Towards the end of the second quarter of 2020, unemployment was as high as 49 percent in the Gaza Strip.1 - The report does not outline the government measures taken to oblige employers to comply with the Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 01/21/14/CoM/SF, which entered into force on 1 January 2013 and set the national minimum wage at NIS 1,450. Data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) indicated that some 28 percent of paid employees in the private sector received a monthly salary below the minimum wage in Palestine. This raises a question about the effectiveness of control by the Ministry of Labour (MoL) over employers’ compliance with the national minimum wage. - The report does not refer to the MoL inadequate measures to obligate employers to abide by the provisions of the Palestinian Labour Law. The number of MoL inspectors continues to be short because the government has failed to provide needed financial and human resources for control over economic enterprises. - On an annual basis, the ICHR consistently monitors worker deaths as a result of failure to put in place occupational safety and health standards in the work environment. In addition to lacking awareness-raising programmes on occupational safety, employers are not obliged to provide personal protective equipment to 1 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Results of the Labour Force Survey Second Quarter (AprilJune, 2020) Round. 7