On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession conducted three workshops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two of these workshops were carried-out in cooperation with the members of the Lawyers for the Rule of Law Groups (friends of MUSAWA) and the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders’ Network (PHRDs), under the title: “Women Rights According to CEDAW”, one of which was held in the village of Ein Areek- Ramallah, while the second workshop was held in the village of Al-Simia village- Hebron. The thir...

Calling on the High Judicial Council to Drop their Case against Judges MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession was informed that the High Judicial Council, represented by Judge Imad Saleem, requested the High Court of Justice to suspend the strike which was announced by the Palestinian Judges Association, and they established a judicial committee, headed by Judge Rafiq Zuhod, to look into the said case. MUSAWA also learned that the Judges Association contacted the Bar Association for selecting members of the Bar&rs...

Following the release of lawyer Mohammad Hussein on Friday evening, the Bar Association issued a statement calling on Civil Society Organizations and trade union representatives to launch an advocacy campaign to push for the dissolving of the joint security committee. MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession joins in supporting this position, stressing that the risks posed by the abduction of lawyer Mohammad Hussein while defending one of his clients as part of his duties before the Nablus Magistrate's Court cannot be dealt-with and overcome, ensuring that such an incident w...