The Independent Commission for Human Rights of states, save France. The laws of Switzerland, Algeria, Jordan, Syria and those which are in effect in Palestine all criminalize the act of incest. Furthermore, the laws of Switzerland, Syria, Jordan, and that which is in effect in the West Bank emphasize that both parties to the crime of incest are criminals and shall be equally punished because they have the will and consent to commit that crime. However, in Mandate Law, which is in effect in the Gaza Strip, the act of incest is considered to be a crime committed by an offender against a victim. 2. With regard to identification of the concept of incest, the laws of Switzerland and Jordan consider incest as adultery between persons of blood relationships. Those laws of Jordan which are in effect in the West Bank, as well as those in Syria, have no identification of the concept of incest, but instead recall component elements of it, whereas Algerian law considers incest to be a sexual relationship between persons of blood relationship. The Mandate Law which is in effect in the Gaza Strip considers incest as illegitimate sexual intercourse committed by a man with an unmarried girl of his descendants or his wife’s descendants or under his trust. 3. With regard to the act of incest which necessitates criminalization, Swiss law emphasizes that in order for it to be considered as such, incest consists of an act committed between adult ancestors and descendants or brothers and sisters or siblings of half blood. Algerian law considers incest as an illegitimate sexual relationship between father or mother with daughter in law or son in law, or the widow of a son or widower of a daughter, and between stepfather or stepmother with step daughter or step son or any of the descendants of the other spouse. Both Syrian law, West Bank Jordanian law, and Gaza’s Mandate Law added to the act of incest between persons of blood relationship the illegitimate sexual act by persons with legal or actual authority (trust), as such a relationship results in control and domination similar to the control and domination which derive from the blood relationship. 4. With regard to the penalty of the crime of incest, the law of Switzerland considers incest a felony crime punishable by imprisonment. However, the law of Algeria listed three types of penalties, depending on the degree of blood relationship between the perpetrators and their age: - Criminal penalty for a criminal act, punishable by 10-20 years in prison. This type of penalty applies to incest between ancestors and descendants and between brothers and sisters. - Criminal penalty for a misdemeanor act, punishable by 5-10 years in prison. It applies to a misdemeanor of incest between a person and his niece or nephew or any of his descendants, or between mother in law or father-in-law and son in law or daughter in law or a widow of the son or widower of the daughter or any of their descendants or stepson, stepdaughter or stepfather and stepmother or any of the descendants of either spouse. - Misdemeanor penalty for a misdemeanor crime, punishable by 2-5 years in prison. It applies to a misdemeanor of incest between two parties when 30