The Civic Coalition for Monitoring the Legislative Process held an urgent meeting in the presence of representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and human rights institutions to discuss the Decree-Law No. (16) of 2017 on cybercrimes. The meeting, which was held at the ICHR in Ramallah, stressed the gravity of the provisions of the decree-law on one’s rights and basic freedoms, particularly the right to expressing one’s opinion and the freedom of expression, the right to access information, and the right to the citizens’ privacy which is guaranteed by the amended B...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession published issue no. 29 of Justice and Law magazine, which is an academically-assessed magazine that publishes legal studies and research aimed at identifying the weaknesses in existing Palestinian legislation or administrative policies in order to induce decision-makers to enact legislative amendments and rectify administrative imbalances. The magazine also contains comments on the final rulings issued by the Palestinian courts. The publication, consisting of 259 medium-sized pages, includes ...

His Excellency the Prime Minister Dr. Rami Hamdallah, By the Minister of Justice Mr. Ali Abu-Diak, Subject: The Draft Decree-Law on the Judicial Body of the Palestinian Security Forces No. () of 2017 MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their greetings to you, noting that we have obtained a copy of the aforementioned draft decree-law. We learnt that the bill has been approved on the second reading by the government. As a non-governmenta...