CSOs Call for Abolition and National Discussion of Landlords and Tenants Draft Decree-Law
CSOs Demand Abolition and National Dialogue on the Landlord-Tenant Draft Decree-Law The Civic Coalition for Monitoring Legislation, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, and the Coalition for Economic and Social Rights, all representatives of dozens of organizations concerned with the promotion and protection of social and economic rights, convened at Al-Haq organization to discuss the Landlords and Tenants Draft Decree-Law for the year 2018, which was ratified by the Council of Ministers in its session no. (186), held on 09/...
MUSAWA’s Initiative for the Unification, Reform, and Improvement of the Justice System
MUSAWA’s Initiative for the Unification, Rebuilding, and Improvement of the Justice System The announcement of the national reconciliation agreement is a historic opportunity to unify and rebuild the official justice system (the Supreme Constitutional Court, the formal judicial system, the Sharia judiciary, and the Public Prosecution), particularly that the agreement won national, political and social support, and it aims at ending the dreadful division as well as embodying the unity of the land, the people, the institutions, and the authorities, manifested in h...
CSOs Demand Abolition of Decree-Law on High Criminal Court
Representatives of over 200 Civil Society Organizations (hereinafter CSOs) – the Civic Coalition for Monitoring Legislation, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, the Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO), and the Coalition for Economic and Social Rights– called a meeting at Al-Haq organization to discuss the Decree-Law on the High Criminal Court, which was ratified by Mr. President on 30/12/2017, and was published in the Palestinian official Gazette on 08/01/2018 in complete secrecy and without community consultation. Issuing legislation which violate the rights and freedoms of the people has been the adopted approac...