Legal Memos

Legal memos aim to draw the attention of Palestinian decision makers to violations of the law whilst highlighting the appropriate means available to enforce the law in the best possible manner in accordance with international criteria. These memos contribute effectively to MUSAWA's strategic goal to contribute to the upholding of the rule of law in the State of Palestine.

 

Below is an overview of most legal memos that were sent by MUSAWA. In addition the legal memos are published in our multi-annual magazine Eye on Justice, which can be found here.

The Judicial Decision to Stop the Strike of the Engineers Association in Defi...

The Judicial Decision to Stop the Strike of the Engineers Association in Defiance of the Principle of Open Justice and the Right of Defense   Following the Administrative Court’s decision to stop the Engineers Association’s strike without calling it for trial, without hearing its defenses and in absentia, and in a secret manner that defies the principle of open justice and the right of defense, MUSAWA considers the said ruling, which came, according to its wording, an implementation of the Administrative Courts Decree-law, as a serious infringement on the r...

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Musawa’s Statement Explaining How the Decree-Law Amending the Law of Executio...

Date 2022-08-06

LOCATION West Bank and Gaza

Musawa’s Statement Explaining How the Decree-Law Amending the Law of Execution Affects Our Rights as Citizens

Category West Bank / Gaza / position paper

The legal issues in the Decree-law No. 21 of 2022, regarding the amendment of the law of execution No. 23 of 2005 Article (3) of the amendment: This article stipulated that the head of the execution department (previously known as the judge of execution) is on the same level as a judge of first instance court. However, it did not specify the judicial rank of the associates of the head of the execution department. It also addressed the impermissibility of order execution during official holidays. ­Article (4) of the ame...

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Conveying threat messages does not legitimize nor contribute to the stability...

Conveying threat messages does not legitimize nor contribute to the stability of the regime   MUSAWA - The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession warns against the forces of darkness and backwardness reformulating the Palestinian political system, changing its identity, nature and essence into some kind of medieval regimes of darkness that do not recognize intellectual pluralism and shut the door in the face of the right to participate in public life and the right to opinion and expression, and the...

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