Building the capacities of its executive staff and General Assembly (GA) members, MUSAWA organized a staff training on 18/12/2017, with the participation of the Chairman of MUSAWA’s Board of Directors (BoD), its Treasurer, and a GA and BoD member. MUSAWA’s team in Bethlehem and Gaza were connected via Skype. The training addressed the main principles of anti-corruption, and it was facilitated by MUSAWA’s Financial Manager Marina Qaqish, who used a variety of references: the studies published by the International Bank, the Danish Church Aid, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Transparency Internat...

Wednesday 13-12-2017 – Ramallah and Gaza: MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, supported by Sawasya, the UNDP/UN Women/UNICEF Joint Programme ‘Promoting the Rule of Law in the State of Palestine’ (2014-2018), held the eighth annual Palestinian justice conference. The conference took place at the halls of the Palestine Read Crescent Society in Al-Bireh and Gaza via videoconference.  The conference, titled “Where is the Justice System Heading in Light of the Reconciliation?” aimed at shedding li...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession published issue no. 30 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 legislative amendments and rectify administrative imbalances. The magazine also contains comments on the final rulings issued by the Palestinian courts.   The publication, comprising of 85 me...