The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
small-scale farmers and fishers and their means of subsistence, also considering the occupying Power’s spraying of aerial herbicide over the State party’s farmlands, its attacks against Palestinian fishers, their boats and fishing
equipment, and its restriction of access by Palestinians to their agricultural
land, marine resources and irrigation facilities.
23. Please provide information about the most pressing challenges related to
the realization of the right to housing, and about the steps taken:
(a) To reconstruct houses that were destroyed during armed conflict, with
timelines;
(b) To address the energy deficit in the Gaza Strip, and to develop a plan to
diversify energy sources and improve electricity facilities;
(c) To reconstruct destroyed or damaged public infrastructure, including for
water, sanitation and energy;
(d) To ensure access to sufficient, affordable and safe drinking water in the
West bank and the Gaza Strip.
24. Please provide information on the living conditions in the refugee camps in
the West bank and the Gaza Strip, including the availability of basic facilities
and amenities, such as drinking water, waste removal, sanitary facilities and
electricity. Please also provide information on the measures taken to address overcrowding in these camps.
Right to physical and mental health (art. 12)
25. Please provide information on the allocation and distribution of human,
technical and financial resources by the State party to its public health-care
sector in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Please provide detailed information on the accessibility of health-care services, including information on
the coverage of national health insurance and statistical data on household
expenditure on health care.
26. Taking into account the reported killing and wounding of Palestinian healthcare workers and damage to medical institutions during the conflict in the
Gaza Strip, please provide information on the measures taken and plans formulated to restore the capacity of the public health system. Please explain
the measures taken to facilitate access by the population of the Gaza Strip
to humanitarian aid and medical supply donations.
27. Please inform the Committee about the measures in place to contain the
spread of COVID-19, the tools and methods used to monitor the prevalence
of COVID-19, and the services rendered to patients and affected communi-
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