2016-11-07

West Bank & Gaza

Human Rights Defenders / West Bank / Gaza

In cooperation with the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders (hereinafter PHRDs) Network, and in the presence of the Network’s coordinators and members, MUSAWA conducted a periodic meeting for the coordinators of the northern and southern governorates. The meeting was held at MUSAWA’s offices in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and it was attended by a total of 20 members, 10 of whom were women.

The meeting discussed several topics: the final draft of the Network’s code of conduct; the action to be taken regarding the violations which were committed throughout the latest month, through the legal clinic; the local as well as national activities and workshops to be carried-out by the members over the coming period.

By the end of the meeting, a code of conduct was approved and adopted, an action plan for the upcoming period was developed, and tasks related to documenting and following-up violations faced by some of the members were distributed.

This meeting comes as part of a project to empower Palestinian human rights defenders, conducted by MUSAWA in both the West Bank and Gaza, and supported by the European Union.