3. Conducting interventions by the Commissioner General and the Board of Commissioners with duty bearers from Palestinian official institutions to protect and promote human rights and implement the recommendations provided by ICHR. 4. Enhancing the relationship between ICHR and the Palestinian civil society organizations particularly sectorial and human rights organizations in order to coordinate the efforts to protect and promote human rights. 5. Engaging with international human rights mechanisms (treaty-based and non-treaty based machinery) and cooperating with UN agencies concerned about human rights. Strengthening the ICHR’s relationship with national human rights institutions and regional and international coalitions of human rights such as Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, Asia Pacific Forum, and the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) Board of Commissioners Article (3) 1. ICHR is run by a Board of Commissioners consisting of 17 to 21 members. The Commissioners are Palestinians in the homeland and the Diaspora. They are selected and replaced in accordance with the law, the Board of Commissioners’ bylaws and the Paris Principles regulating the work of NHRIs. 2. The Board of Commissioners must consist of at least six members of both sexes, taking into account the state of diversity in the Palestinian society. 3. The term of the Commissioner’s membership in the Board of Commissioners is 5 years, renewable only once (maximum 10 years).This arrangement applies to all Commissioners appointed after the adoption of this amendment by the Board of Commissioners on 21 January 2021. It shall also apply retroactively to the commissioners who were appointed three years prior to this date and whose membership had not been renewed for the first time until the date of the amendment. In this case, the first 5year term shall start from the date of the appointment to the Commission. The previous arrangements (3 years, extendable to a maximum of 9 years) remain applicable to the rest of the members. 4. The Commissioner will be informed (every 5 years) at least 90 days prior to the expiration date of his/her membership in order to express the desire to extend the membership of the Commissioner for another period and/or be informed of the end the membership.

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