Success Story: The Grievance and Human Rights Office at the Palestinian Police Responds to MUSAWA's MEMO   Article 17 of the Palestinian Basic Law provides for “Homes shall be inviolable; they may not be subject to surveillance, broken into or searched, except in accordance with a valid judicial order and in accordance with the provisions of the law. Any consequences resulting from violations of this article shall be considered invalid.  Individuals who suffer from such violation shall be entitled to a fair remedy, guaranteed...

There Should Be No Silence on Allegations of Torture and Violation of Detainees' Rights   After viewing Amnesty International’s report published by Wattan News Network, which includes the claims reported in Suha Jbara’s testimony on being tortured and subjected to other forms of ill-treatment like beating and sexual threats by some Investigators while in custody in Ariha prison and apart from politics, and regardless of the charges made against the citizen, and whether or not she is guilty; based on the provisions of the Basi...

MUSAWA Publishes Issue (33) of Justice and Law Magazine   MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession announces the publishing of issue no. (33) of Justice and Law: a journal which contains academically assessed legal studies and research, aimed at identifying the weaknesses of the existing Palestinian legislation or administrative policies in order to induce decision-makers to enact legisl...