The Independent Commission for Human Rights - ICHR 49 2. The Framework for Human Rights 2.1 The variable in civil and political rights 2.1.1 Right to life The right to life is a fundamental human right enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights and national legislation. This section reviews the situation of the right to life in light of a set of indicators, which address annual variables within the international and national legal framework for, measures and procedures effected to protect, and processes of accountability for abuses of the right to life. 2.1.1.1 Violations of the right to life 1. Unnatural deaths according to ICHR documentation According to initial information documented by the ICHR, based on Police preliminary investigations into unnatural deaths, and as confirmed by the Public Prosecution, the ICHR monitored 151 incidents of death in unnatural circumstances, including 36 women and 35 children. By contrast, in 2020, 227 unnatural deaths were reported, including 52 women and 54 children. In comparison to 2020, deaths in unnatural circumstances registered a considerable decrease in terms of the total number of deaths and number of women fatalities. As documented by the ICHR, incidents of unnatural death were distributed as follows: − “Honour killings”: In 2021, the ICHR did not document any honour killings. Although lower than those documented in 2020, eight women died in mysterious circumstances. Two women committed suicide. Despite the fact that it was known by the Public Prosecution, one woman died under unknown circumstances. Four women citizens were killed in family disputes. Initial conditions documented by the ICHR engender suspicion and raise many question about some of these death incidents until such time the Public Prosecution reveal information about their backgrounds and hold perpetrators to account. − Deaths in family disputes: Compared to 35 in 2020, 32 citizens were killed in family disputes. Despite the fact that it declined from the 2020 levels, the proportion of the number of deaths in family feuds out of unnatural death incidents increased from 15 percent in 2020 to 21 percent in 2021. This indicates that killings continued to take place within the family in its broader sense. Hence, relevant authorities need to play a more effective role to put an end to deaths on these grounds and maintain public security in society. In 2021, deaths in family disputes included 25 in the West Bank and seven in the Gaza Strip. Of these, four were women and two were children. Cases reported in 2020 involved 24 in the West Bank and 11 in Gaza, including five women and two children. Twenty Seventh Annual Report 2021