CSOs Call on the Prime Minister for Immediate Decision on Local Council Elections Date in Gaza In a letter to the Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, a number of coalitions and human rights organizations urged him to make an immediate decision setting a date for local council elections in Gaza and to resume the elections for their counterparts in the West Bank where elections were not held. The letter was signed by the following coalitions and organizations: Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO), Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), AMAN - Coalition for Accountability and...

MUSAWA obtained a copy (attached above) of a presidential decree issued on August 16, 2019, amending the formation of the High Coordinating Council of the Justice Sector, which was formed pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 7 of 2019 issued on July 31, 2019. This new amended decree added the following members to the Council: Chief justice of "Sharia Judiciary", president of the Supreme Administrative Court "Administrative Judiciary", and chief of the Security Forces Judiciary “Military Justice”. This new decree came shortly after the issuance of presidential decree No...

Your excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Mahmoud Abu Mowais, Subject: Rankings of Palestinian Universities at the Arab and International Levels MUSAWA - The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession - extends its greetings and draws attention to the drastic decline and horrific ranking of Palestinian universities internationally and in the Arab world, as revealed by the QS ranking for the year 2023, which, as we are sure you are aware, is the most accredited university ranking in the world. The most alarming aspect is th...