Executive Summary of seized items, which are powers closely and directly relevant with the right to personal freedom and security. On the other hand, ICHR recorded a remarkable rising in the number of violations of the right to personal freedom and security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The complaints included 1721 allegations of violating the right to personal freedom and security; 887 violations in the West Bank and 834 violations in Gaza Strip, which include 808 cases of arbitrary detention out of total number of violations against right to personal freedom and security; 483 cases in the West Bank1 and 325 cases in Gaza Strip, and 72 cases of house search without a legal search warrant; 35 cases in the West Bank and 37 cases in Gaza Strip, and 744 cases of disrespect of the rights of the detained persons; 288 cases in the West Bank and 456 cases in Gaza Strip. ICHR recorded 97 cases of failure to enforce court orders to immediately release the detained persons; 81 cases in the West Bank and 16 cases in Gaza Strip. Again, ICHR observed in 2017 the rising of violations against the right to personal freedom and security which were committed by the Jericho-based JSC and the Gaza Strip-based military police, which used to settle the financial disputes arising among the citizens, in violation of the provisions of the law and the principles of natural litigation and independence of the judiciary, before referring all of its files to the civil public prosecution and the competent courts in the awake of 2018. Concerning the accountability measures, the West Bank-based Military Justice Commission stated that there are 12 cases recorded of deprivation of liberty “arbitrary detention”, in violation of the provisions of the law, which were committed by security agencies personnel this year, 4 of them were referred to the competent military courts, and other 4 cases were closed for lack of evidence, while other 4 cases are under investigation before the Military Public Prosecution. Further, ICHR stated that 16 complaints were filed by ICHR and the civil society organizations, and that such complaints are under investigation by the competent authorities. ICHR did not indicate the nature and subject matter of such complaints, and whether they are about violations against the right to personal freedom and security or violation of other rights2. 1 Including 96 cases of what is called “detention in the Governor’s custody”. 2 The Military Justice Commission letter to ICHR No. 4421 dated 17/12/2017. The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) 21