including 19 claims of breaches of women’s personal liberty. Including 10 in the West Bank and nine in the Gaza Strip, these claims featured arbitrary or illegal detention, failure The Independent Commission for Human Rights -and ICHRvarious forms of ban on travel. According to guarantees of lawful detention, 74to respect complaints, four women were arrested without adequate warrant. Two were prevented from arrested withouttheir adequate Two werewere prevented fromwithout contracting their legal counsels. Three contracting legal warrant. counsels. Three detained being brought before any were detained without being brought before any judicial body. Two were detained on grounds judicial body. Two were detained on grounds of expressing their opinions. Also, five of expressing their opinions. Also, five women were banned from travelling without a court order or women were banned from travelling without a court order or legal excuse. For example, a legal excuse. For example, a complainant reported that she was under a travel ban just because she complainant reported thatstated she that wasthe under travel ban just because she was a woman. was a woman. Another three MoIaabstained from issuing passports to them. Two said Another three stated that the MoI abstained from issuing passports to them. Two said their their ID cards were withheld without a justification or a court ruling. ID cards were withheld without a justification or a court ruling. Chart 17: Claims of violation of women’s right to personal liberty: 2019-2021 Chart 17: Claims of violation of women’s right to personal liberty: 2019-2021 Claims of violation of women’s right to personal liberty 20 19 18 15 16 14 11 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2021 2020 2019 Years 3. Abuse of the right of persons with disabilities to personal liberty 3. Abuse of the right of persons with disabilities to personal liberty A total of 12 complaints (4 in the West Bank and 8 in the Gaza Strip) were filed to the A total 12 violations complaintsof(4 the in the West andwith 8 in disabilities the Gaza Strip) were filed to theby ICHR ICHRofon right of Bank persons to personal liberty law on violations of the right of persons with disabilities to personal liberty by law enforcement personnel. enforcement personnel. Complaints included 13 claims of abusing the right to personal liberty of persons with disabilities. included 13 claims of abusing right to personal libertydetention of persons withthe In Complaints the West Bank, five claims involved detentionthe without adequate warrant, against disabilities. In the West Bank, fiveand claims involved detention without adequate warrant, background of freedom of expression, continued detention of a person with disability in spite of the fact that a court decision had been entered on his release. In the Gaza Strip, eight persons with disabilities claimed that their right to personal liberty had been violated. Abuses included detention 91 with disability on grounds of freedom of expreswithout adequate warrant (4), detention of a person sion, and abstention from issuing passports to three residents of Gaza. The Situation of Human Rights in Palestine