The Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs is a government agency responsible for the welfare and well-being of

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

prisoners in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i jails and their families. It was established in 1998 as part of the

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

under the

Oslo Accords The Oslo Accords are a pair of agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993;

. The ministry works to provide legal, social, and financial support to Palestinian prisoners and their families. This includes visiting prisoners, providing financial assistance to families of prisoners, and advocating for the rights of prisoners and their families in international forums. The ministry also works to document cases of torture, abuse, and other human rights violations committed against Palestinian prisoners by Israeli authorities. It aims to raise awareness of the issue of Palestinian prisoners and to hold Israel accountable for its violations of

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

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