Legal memo to:  His Excellency Attorney General of Gaza, Adviser Diaa’ Al-Din Madhoun Complaint from:  Citizen Subject:  “The Police’s Monopoly and Hegemony Manifest a Security System Inconsistent with the Basic Law and the Rule of Law” Memo date:  04/03/2018 Brief description: The complainan...

Having examined the Draft Decree-Law Amending the Anti-Corruption Law, referred by the Council of Ministers to the ministers in their session no. (189) which was held in Ramallah on 29/01/2018, we would like to clarify the following: the Anti-Corruption Law No. (1) of 2005 was issued in the form of Decree-Law No. (7) of 2010 on 20/06/2010, whose first article states that the name of the Law of Illegal Gains No. (1) of 2005 shall be changed into the Anti-Corruption Law No. (1) of 2005, which was preceded by the issuance of the Anti-Money Laundering Decree-Law No. (9) of 2007. We also note that the Decree-Law No. (18) for the year 2016 on ...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, in cooperation with Dr. Haider Abdel Shafi Center, announces the end of a moot court competition in a criminal case which targeted a group of law students from Palestinian universities in Gaza. MUSAWA is proud to say that the last session of the moot court witnessed a wide-ranging audience, consisting of lawyers, law students, and teachers; a total of 90 participants, including 40 women and the two competing teams (“Sarh Al-Adalah Team” from the Faculty of Law at Al-Azhar University and the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Is...