His Excellency Prime Minister Dr. Rami Hamdallah; The Honorable Affiliated Ministers; By His Excellency Minister of Justice Mr. Ali Abu Diak, Subject: the draft decree-law amending the Judicial Authority Law, proposed by his Excellency the Minister of Justice MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their greetings to you, noting that on 14/06/2017 we received a letter, reference no. 599, in writing from his Excellency the Minis...

Honorable Chairman of the Palestinian Bar Association and Members of the Palestinian Bar Association Council,   Subject: the decision not to proceed with lawyers’ files unless they are registered and their Value Added Tax obligations are fulfilled, issued by the General Directorate of Customs, Excise and VAT MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their warmest greetings to you. In reference to th...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession stresses its opposition of the death penalty, as a penalty itself or in terms of the procedures of its imposition or application, for it is an expression of the failure of the security solution and its inability to provide political and social stability, which MUSAWA has already confirmed publicly and repeatedly. MUSAWA expresses its shock at the issuance of death sentences through field military tribunals, which -apart from its political implications- lacks fair trial guarantees and the right of the accused to appear before their natural...