Tubas’s Tayaseer Seconday School for Boys hosted a number of members from the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network to raise awareness among students regarding their right to a safe environment, free from the remnants of occupation. The workshop was organized by MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Legal and Judiciary Profession, in cooperation with Tayaseer Seconday School for Boys and the Palestinian Police in Tubas, targeting 25 students.   The workshop aimed at spreading the culture of human rights in marginalized regions and communities, introducing the community to the existence and importance of...

Chief Justice and members of the High Judicial Council,   Subject: Enforcement-related funds in courts MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession learned that Bethlehem lawyers suspended work in different courts in Bethlehem, on Wednesday 23/03/2016 and Thursday 24/03/2016, due to a delay in disbursing the sums awarded for their clients in enforcement cases, which were deposited by convicted persons for judgment creditors (clients) as safe deposits in the court’s enforcem...

In a written memo sent to the Acting Head of the Advisory and Legislation Bureau, MUSAWA demanded that the necessary legal action be taken regarding the issuance of the Palestinian official gazette no. 116 and 118. The publications included provisions in English, making them invalid and unenforceable. The legal memo was as follows:   Acting Head of the Advisory and Legislation Bureau Ms. Eman Abd-al-Hameed,