Civil Society Organisations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Call for Judiciary and Justice Sector Reforms   On 15 July 2019, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued two laws by decree amending the Law on the Judicial Authority and establishing a Transitional High Judicial Council (hereinafter ‘the Transnational Council’), which were published in the Official Gazette on the following day. Then, on 29 July 2019, the President issued presidential decrees promoting 33 judges, with a recommendation fro...

MUSAWA Supports the Demand of the Palestinian Bar Association to Subject Judges’ Performance to Accountability and Evaluation Systems   MUSAWA- The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession supports and endorses the request of the Palestinian Bar Association to subject Judges’ performance, including those who retired recently, to a process of comprehensive evaluation and accounting, to ensure that the performance of incompetent judges does not affect the chance of their competent counterparts to head the Supreme Court...

The Murder of Israa' Gharib is a Disgrace to the Palestinian Community and an Expression of Women Subjugation Culture Embraced by the Blinkered Feudal Patriarchy System   A new episode in the series of women murders has recently claimed the life of a young woman called Israa’ Gharib, who died after suffering from barbaric treatment and physical torture that reflect the depth of the social, political and cultural systems’ crises, and express the pejorative attitude towards women by objectifying them and giving males the right ...