Given the importance of MUSAWA’s publications as tools for monitoring the performance of the justice sector, a special consultation round was organized and conducted on 14/12/2016, connecting the West Bank and Gaza through video conference, to discuss the 19th issue of Eye on Justice magazine and 27th issue of Justice and Law magazine. The session included a number of legal figures both from the West Bank and Gaza; members of the Public Prosecution and employees at the High Judicial Council. The overall purpose of the consultation round was to talk about the content of both publication...

On the occasion of the international day of human rights and human rights defenders, which falls on Saturday the 10th of December, MUSAWA and the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network launched a campaign on social media channels to “tweet” about human rights and the important role of the PHRDs Network. The all-day-long campaign included a number of PHRDs members in Palestine. In Gaza, the members gathered along with the social media club to jointly launch several “tweets” that promote the culture of human rights. The social media club’s Content ...

A periodic meeting for the coordinators of the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network was held in December by MUSAWA and the Network at MUSAWA’s offices in Ramallah and Gaza. The coordinators as well as other members were present in the meeting; a total of 19 members (3 women, 6 men).  The topics discussed included: carry-out media campaign (hashtag) on Twitter and Facebook; make short video to introduce the Network; prepare a petition as part of the advocacy campaign to put pressure on authorities to endorse the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Declaration draft; publish a ...