His Excellency Chairman of the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission Mr. Rafiq Al-Natsheh, Subject: Failure to fulfill legal obligations of public service MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their warmest greetings, noting that we have received a copy of the memo sent in writing by Judge Abdullah Ghazlan, a Supreme Court judge and a member of the High Judicial Council, to several governmental and non-governmental bodies, including you...

The Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) called an urgent meeting at Al-Haq organization to discuss the ongoing deterioration of the judiciary, particularly the latest developments manifested in the decision which was issued by the High Judicial Council to refer a member of the Supreme Court, Judge Izzat Al-Ramini, for investigation following his participation in a workshop about the popular protection of the judiciary. The High Judicial Council had referred Judge Abdullah Ghazlan, who is also a member of the Supreme Court, for investigation once for expressing his views on the worsening status of the judiciary, and describing ...

Having examined the Draft Decree-Law Amending the Anti-Corruption Law, referred by the Council of Ministers to the ministers in their session no. (189) which was held in Ramallah on 29/01/2018, we would like to clarify the following: the Anti-Corruption Law No. (1) of 2005 was issued in the form of Decree-Law No. (7) of 2010 on 20/06/2010, whose first article states that the name of the Law of Illegal Gains No. (1) of 2005 shall be changed into the Anti-Corruption Law No. (1) of 2005, which was preceded by the issuance of the Anti-Money Laundering Decree-Law No. (9) of 2007. We also note that the Decree-Law No. (18) for the year 2016 on ...