The Prime Minister – Minister of Interior Dr. Rami Al-Hamdallah,   Subject: Equality before the Law, and the Violation of a Constitutional Right  MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extends its best greetings and expresses that a complaint was lodged in writing on 23/01/2017 by a citizen named Mustafa Hassan Mustafa Mansour from Deir Istiya, stating that as a dentist he applied for a job ...

On the 23rd of January, MUSAWA held a session in cooperation with the Independent Commission for Human Rights, the Civic Coalition for Monitoring the Legislative Process and the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN) to discuss the Draft Decree-Law on High Criminal Court, following the reactions this has provoked among numerous legal figures and competent Civil Society Organizations, as the decree-law violates the Palestinian Basic Law and the binding international agreements Palestine has acceded to, particularly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, for they e...

Mr. President,  Do Not Pay It Attention, Do Not Issue It The Draft Decree-Law on the High Criminal Court has stirred reactions among many legal figures and competent Civil Society Organizations (hereinafter CSOs), as the Civic Coalition for Monitoring the Legislative Process called an ad hoc meeting to discuss the first draft, after the coalition was able to obtain a copy. The meeting concluded that the draft involves inconsistencies with the Constitution and prejudices the basic rights and freedoms of citizens. This is why it should not be approved or issued; it ...