Representatives of over 200 Civil Society Organizations (hereinafter CSOs) – the Civic Coalition for Monitoring Legislation, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, the Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO), and the Coalition for Economic and Social Rights– called a meeting at Al-Haq organization to discuss the Decree-Law on the High Criminal Court, which was ratified by Mr. President on 30/12/2017, and was published in the Palestinian official Gazette on 08/01/2018 in complete secrecy and without community consultation. Issuing legislation which violate the rights and freedoms of the people has been the adopted approac...

MUSAWA announces the publication of issue no. (21) of Eye of Justice, which consists of 92 pages where MUSAWA documents the daily performance of the justice system, the complaints MUSAWA receives regarding law-violations, the legal memos through which MUSAWA addresses the relevant authorities to demand the cancellation of anything contradictory to the rule of law, and the authorities' response to these memos. For a hard copy, please go to one of MUSAWA's offices in Ramallah or Gaza. A soft copy can be found here....

Date: 27/12/2017 Mr. President Mahmoud Abbas President of the State of Palestine Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Subject: Stop the legislation violating the human rights of the Palestinian people, in support of their steadfastness against the escalation by the occupying power and the ominous US decision on Jerusalem The Palestinian civil society extend the...