In Defense of the Rule of Law and the Freedom of Expression   Following the recent media coverage of the referral of a judge in the Supreme Court and a member in the High Judicial Council, Judge Abdullah Ghazlan, for investigation after a decision was issued by the Vice-President of the Supreme Court/Deputy Head of the High Judicial Council, which came due to the views which Judge has published regarding matters of administrative judicial concern, the undersigned Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) called an urgent meeting to discuss and exam...

Deepening the bonds of mutual cooperation with a view to develop legal education and training both theoretically and practically in Palestine, MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Leal Profession conducted a series of meetings in the West Bank and Gaza. In the West Bank the meetings were held with Al-Quds University/ Abu-Dis represented by the Dean, Dr. Mohammad Khalaf, and the lecturer in human rights, Dr. Najah Duqmaq; and Palestine Ahliya Uiversity College represented by the legal clinic officer, Advocate Rasha Suboh. In the Gaza Strip, meetings were conducted with the University of Pales...

MUSAWA published issue no. (28) of Justice and Law magazine. The issue comprises of 358 pages that include four academically approved legal studies; seven comments on judgments pronounced by the High Administrative Court, including the judgment to cancel conducting local elections in the Gaza Strip; three comments on a ruling by the Court of Cessation in civil cases; a comment on a ruling by the Supreme Court assigned to fulfill the duties of the Constitutional Court until established; and a legal article titled “Iran: A Religious State” under the last section of this issue.   ...