167 7. The bodies engaged in the work of the Public Prosecution should exercise their monitoring role over the detention centers administered by the security agencies to make sure that detainees are not subjected to torture, ill‐treatment or any harmful measures, and should also investigate any cases indicating that a person or persons were subjected to torture and / or ill‐treatment. 8. Formal bodies should practice effective monitoring roles over public facilities to make sure public safety precautions are observed. They should also activate the inspection system at work places based on the provisions of the Palestinian Labor Law and optimize monitoring of swimming pools. 9. The security agencies affiliated with the Government in the Gaza Strip should allow ICHR to make regular and unannounced visits to the detention centers administered by them and stop blocking such visits,. This especially applies to the Internal Security Agency, which does not allow ICHR to visit its detention centers. Women’s Right to Life and Physical Safety 1. Make adjustments to the stipulated legal sanctions applied in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, particularly with regard to the abolition of laws that render the killing of women permissible, or allowing perpetrators to make excuses for their crimes as “the protection of family honor”. Exoneration of offenders and mitigation of sentences against them encourage continued perpetration of such crimes. 2. Amend the Palestinian Code of Criminal Procedures or enact of a new code to regulate the procedures in cases of violence against women so as to ensure privacy and confidentiality, and take account of the needs of victimized women, as these issues imply polarization of societal and cultural dimensions that threaten women’s lives. 3. Increasing the number of Social Protection Homes (shelters) to meet the increasing needs thereof, especially in the Gaza Strip, which lacks such facilities. 4. Demanding the Palestinian Police Agency in the West Bank establish Social Protection Homes in all the governorates of the West Bank and develop the