The Decree-law on State Lawsuits Gives the Judiciary the Power to Legislate in Violation of the Basic Law and Violates the Principle of Equality among Litigants   On 07.02.2022, the President issued a Decree-law without number for the year 2022 concerning state lawsuits that includes 14 articles. As we reaffirm our principled position refusing the issuance of  Decree-laws or laws by members of the Gaza Legislative Council, based on the constitutional standards, values and principles, and the foundations and requirements of the state of law that are based on the im...

Against the background of the refusal of the defendants in the case of the murder of the activist Nizar Banat to appear before the court: So that the law of the jungle does not prevail and citizens resort to taking their rights into their own hands   For the first time, defendants refuse to appear before the court, which has the authority to consider and adjudicate the criminal charge attributed to them, in which the citizen and social activist Nizar Banat was victimized. Moreover, for the first time, the boast and announcement of such refu...

Ladies and Gentlemen in the Central Elections Commission (CEC),   Subject: Restricting the right of citizens to run for local councils’ elections in their second phase   The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession “MUSAWA” in its capacity as an independent civil monitoring body on elections that is accredited by your esteemed commission, and as a body that is responsible for monitoring the electoral process in all of its phases and requireme...