This is the third war to have targeted the civilians of Gaza in the last 6 years.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has started a campaign to set up a legal fund which helps victims achieve justice in the courts. “The only way to stop the whole bloody cycle coming around again is to make some progress on bringing those responsible to justice. Of course this will not be easy. The first thing which needs to be done is the verifiable documentation of the killings”, explains the organization.
The obtained funds will be used to pursue hundreds of cases. This legal defence fund will allow PCHR to:
- Conduct detailed field research to document cases
- Provide a team of lawyers working on behalf of victims, at absolutely no cost to the victims
- Pay the punitive pre-case ‘deposits’ required for Palestinian victims in the Israeli courts
- Build both civil and criminal cases inside the Israeli system
- Build on PCHR’s pioneering ‘universal jurisdiction’ work around the world (so far PCHR is the only organisation who has successfully had warrants issued for the arrest of Israeli war criminals)
- Advocate for Israel to face international accountability for its actions, including by placing Israeli generals in the dock at the International Criminal Court in the Hague
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