As part of its legal clinic program, MUSAWA conducted a number of field visits to give legal consultations in cooperation with the Lawyers for the Rule of Law Groups (Friends of MUSAWA) and the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders’ Network (PHRDs).  In this context, a workshop about the Personal Status Law was held as well. Believing in the vitality of networking with other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), the workshop was carried-out at the Al-Aqsa Youth Association in the city of Deir Al-Balah. A total of 25 participants attended the workshop, all of whom are women. The worksho...

The Honorable Chairman and Members of the Bar Council, Subject: violating the code of ethics of the legal profession MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their greetings to you, noting that we have received a complaint on 11/07/2017 from the citizen Zuzu Mohammad Ahmad Al-Sultan, stating that following a dispute with her divorcee (ex-husband) she initiated proceedings against him concerning “the validation of a contract for the sale of a...

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 ...