MUSAWA Demands the Government to Retract Its Latest Statement on CEDAW   His Excellency Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Ishtayya,    MUSAWA- the Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extends its warmest greetings to your Excellency, expressing its deepest regret over the wording of the opening statement of the session held by the Council of Ministers on 23/12/2019, which included that: "Our religious and national values rise above everything, in accordance with the decision of the Constitutional Court and t...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession announces the publishing of issue no. (35) of Justice and Law; a journal which contains academically-assessed legal studies and research, aimed at identifying the weaknesses of the existing Palestinian legislation or administrative policies in order to induce decision-makers to enact legislative amendments and rectify administrative imbalances. The journal contains commentaries/views on the final rulings issued by the Palestinian courts. Comprising of 161 mid-size pages, the issue contains re...

A Complaint Against Unlawful Detention & Ill-Treatment, And the Public Prosecution Denies   Earlier this month, MUSAWA- The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession received a complaint filed by two lawyers complaining about the illegal detention and ill-treatment their client is subjected to. In response to this complaint, MUSAWA sent the memo listed below to the Public Prosecution demanding an immediate response to the violations implied by the components of the memo. In its turn, the Public Prosecution sent MUSAWA a mem...