allocated to developing scientific research in the health field, increasing the number of hospitals
and primary health care centers, increasing the number of beds, increasing the number of health
cadres, increasing the list of drugs and health services provided to patients and raising the level of
accountability carried out by the Ministry Health, especially in the field of implementing the
Decree Law on Medical and Health Protection and Safety, as soon as possible, with what is
required of establishing a record of medical errors, establishing a permanent committee on medical
errors, establishing a compensation fund for medical accidents damages, developing the necessary
medical protocols. The ICHR in confirming its recommendations in the Previous report, including
the need the Ministry of Health to develop its annual report so that it includes more comprehensive
information that enables knowledge of the extent of government actions for the nine development
goals of the third goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals related to the right to health,
the objectives related to this right in other development goals and what the World Health
Organization has indicated, including developing comprehensive national indicators for the right
to health, and providing the necessary statistical data for these indicators in a timely manner.
The third subject: The Right to Education
The President issued Decree Law No. (11) of 2019 regarding the splitting of the Ministry of
Education and Higher Education into two ministries: The Ministry of Education and the Ministry
of Higher Education and Scientific Research.38 The formation of an independent body for higher
education (a ministry) and the government’s dissatisfaction with forming a "Higher Education
Council", established with Decree Law No. (6) of 2018 regarding higher education, could be the
beginning of e adopting the principle of "governance" in the management of the higher education
sector.39 It could also be the beginning of reformulating administrative and financing policies
towards providing high-quality education, while preserving the principle of equality in obtaining
higher education for eligible students.
On the other hand, the preliminary results of the Household Violence Survey 2019 issued by the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that (25%) of children in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip, within the age group of 12-17 years, suffered some type of violence in schools, at a rate of
(26%) for males and (15%) for females. Furthermore, (17%) of children have been exposed to
physical violence by a male or female teacher, (26%) for males, and (7%) for females.
In addition, (15%) of the children suffered psychological violence, the gender disaggregation of
whom was: (18%) males and (12%) for females. The data of the Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics shows worrying results about violence in schools, especially in the Gaza Strip, generally
against male students. This requires the Ministry of Education to review its policies for reducing
The Palestinian Gazette (154) p.11.38
One of the recommendations of the report issued by the Commission in 2017, entitled “The Right to Education 39
and the Financial Crisis in Palestinian Public Universities,” stipulates the need for the government to adopt the
principle of the governance in managing the higher education sector by forming an independent body from the
Ministry of Public Education.