Palestinian Center for Human Rights

What Palestinian Center for Human Rights does

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent Palestinian nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1995/1996 and headquartered in Gaza City, with a second office in Deir al-Balah. It documents Israeli human rights violations across the Occupied Palestinian Territory through a network of field researchers who collect victim and witness testimonies, and produces a portfolio of publications including weekly reports, thematic studies, fact sheets, position papers, annual reports, and dedicated reports on the Gaza genocide since October 2023. PCHR submits evidence to international justice mechanisms including the International Criminal Court and United Nations human rights bodies, and has pursued third-country legal actions such as the June 2026 criminal complaint filed in Poland against a NATO-state TNT producer.

PCHR's core technology is a digital reporting portal (portal.pchrgaza.org) for cases of detainees and enforced disappearances, which integrates with a strategic data-processing partnership with DIGNITY (Danish Institute against Torture) under GDPR-compliant encrypted infrastructure. The organization's content and outreach channels include a comprehensive website, active profiles on Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube, regular press releases, and formal interventions to UN Special Rapporteurs and the Human Rights Council. The organization is led by Director Raji Sourani.

PCHR is a donor- and grant-funded nonprofit registered as a limited non-profit company; it has no commercial pricing model, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed institutional investors. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Its primary functional audience is Palestinian victims and witnesses of human rights violations, while its secondary institutional audience comprises international criminal justice and UN accountability mechanisms that consume its documentation outputs.

Name

Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Legal name

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Website

https://pchrgaza.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights is an independent Gaza-based nonprofit that documents Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory through field research, victim testimony, and publications, supplying evidence to the ICC and UN human rights bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Human rights documentation
• Legal aid services
• Victim testimony collection
• International justice advocacy
• Human rights monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaza

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

PCHR is an independent Palestinian human rights organization that monitors, documents, and reports on human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It provides legal assistance to victims, collects witness testimonies through field researchers and a digital reporting portal, and submits evidence to international justice mechanisms including the ICC and UN human rights bodies.

Product overview

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is a human rights NGO, not a technology product company. It operates a unified documentation and advocacy platform comprising a Digital Reporting Portal for detainees/enforced disappearances, and an extensive portfolio of human rights documentation products including Annual Reports, Thematic Reports, Weekly Reports, Fact Sheets, Position Papers, Testimonies, Genocide documentation reports, West Bank violation reports, Closure Updates, and Media/Videos. These products collectively serve to document, report on, and advocate against human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Platform for Reporting Detainees and Enforced Disappearances A digital reporting portal enabling individuals to report cases of detainees and enforced disappearances, operated at portal.pchrgaza.org. The platform supports PCHR's documentation of human rights violations and provides a structured intake channel for victims and witnesses.
• Annual Reports Comprehensive yearly documentation of human rights conditions, violations, and statistical data from the Occupied Palestinian Territory. PCHR released its 2025 Annual Report on May 16, 2026 documenting ongoing Israeli violations and the genocide in Gaza.
• Thematic Reports In-depth specialized reports addressing specific human rights issues such as freedom of expression, death penalty, house demolitions, economic sector destruction, and targeting of journalists.
• Weekly Reports Regular weekly documentation of Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• Genocide Against Gaza Testimonies First-hand witness testimonies documenting experiences during the ongoing genocide in Gaza, collected by PCHR field researchers and published on the organization's website.
• UN Interventions Submissions and interventions made to United Nations bodies including Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteurs, and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
• Press Releases Official press releases documenting human rights violations, Israeli military actions, and organizational positions on current events in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Quantifiable outcome

• PCHR 2025 Annual Report documents ongoing genocide in Gaza
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DIGNITY (Danish Institute against Torture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCHR partners with DIGNITY for processing personal data collected in the course of interviews with victims and witnesses. The partnership involves further processing of personal data to assist investigations regarding alleged crimes under international law committed against Palestinians, ensuring accountability, publishing information on violations, and providing support to victims. Data is stored securely on an encrypted platform managed jointly by PCHR and DIGNITY. The partnership operates under GDPR compliance frameworks.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Global human rights organization publishing in-depth reports on violations worldwide including Palestine/Israel. Comparable in producing thematic and annual reports, ICC submissions, and field-based documentation.
• Amnesty International: Global human rights organization conducting research, documentation, and advocacy across countries including the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Broader incumbent with similar documentation and reporting products but vastly wider geographic scope.
• FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights): International federation of human rights organizations that engages in documentation, advocacy, and ICC referrals across multiple countries. Comparable in mission and justice-mechanism engagement, with broader geographic reach.
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): International humanitarian organization operating in conflict zones including Gaza with comparable mandate around civilian protection, detention monitoring, and documentation of violations, though operating under a different IHL framework.

Direct peers

• Al-Haq: Palestinian human rights organization documenting violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, with comparable ICC submissions and international advocacy mandate. Direct peer given shared mission, geography, and justice-mechanism engagement.
• B'Tselem: Israeli human rights organization documenting human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, with overlapping focus on field research, victim testimony, and international advocacy.
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights: Gaza-based Palestinian human rights organization focused on documentation, legal aid, and advocacy with comparable field-research operations and international justice mechanism submissions.
• Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association: Palestinian human rights organization focused on political prisoners and detainees, with direct overlap to PCHR's detainee and enforced disappearance documentation work.
• Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor: Human rights organization that publishes reports on violations in the Middle East including Gaza, with similar field-research methodology and international advocacy approach.

Others

• DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture: International human rights organization that is an existing strategic partner of PCHR for data processing of victim testimony. Included as a peer given the documented strategic alliance and overlapping mission in torture documentation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pchrgaza
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@pchrgaza
• Facebookfacebook.com/pchrgaza
• Instagraminstagram.com/pchrgaza

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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