The Draft Decree-Law on VAT Violates both the Human Rights and the Principles of the Rule of Law. MUSAWA closely examined The VAT draft Decree-Law, without a number, for the year 2022, and reaffirmed its refusal and objection of the issuance of decree-laws, due to its direct conflict with The Basic Law for what it represents as a usurpation of the legislative authority’s jurisdiction, and its aim to tamper with the components of the legal system, by perpetuating the absence of the legislative authority, in addition to changing the structure of the legal system in a way that a...

The monitoring team of MUSAWA documented the trial proceedings in the case of the murder of community activist Nizar Banat, which was held at the military court’s headquarters in Ramallah today, Tuesday, 06/09/2022. The team's attention was drawn to the fact that the defendants were present at the trial session as free men, even though the court did not issue a release order during the previous court hearings. The team looked into the circumstances of the release, in which MUSAWA learned, from close and well-informed sources, that the defendants’ attorney had previously applied for the release of the defendants during the...

The Dangers of the Duplication of References Honorable Chairman and members of the Settlement Courts’ Monitoring Department in the Monitoring and Complaints Unit of the Land and Water Settlement Commission, MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Legal Profession and the Judiciary extends its greetings to you, and expresses that it received a complaint from the complainant ........., on 15/8/2022, stating that she submitted an objection to the Bethlehem Settlement Court, registered under No. (129...