PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.109

Your weekly survey of the most important publications and activities related to Palestine and law, from local and international sources

30 Jan -5 Feb 2022

Issued every Sunday by Law for Palestine

This weekly report reviews the legal dynamics of the Palestine question, and everything related to international law and Palestine. The report includes an account of the most important publications, activities and conferences related to Palestine at the local, regional, international levels. The report further covers decisions, decrees, and judicial orders affecting the Palestinian cause, whether made at the official, academic or public levels. The report aims to be a reference for monitoring, documenting and archiving the latest human rights developments related to Palestine, and to present them to individuals, researchers, study centers, and official, academic and legal institutions concerned.

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Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Palestinian bodies

• The Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on human rights institutions to urgently and immediately intervene; to pressure Israel to release the prisoner Mohammad El Halabi.( Jan. 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Commission of Detainees Affairs calls for a worldwide online campaign against the policies of administrative detention.(Jan. 31, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Amnesty International, in a recent report, approved a further demonstration for the Israeli Apartheid system to be held accountable.(Feb. 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The MOFAE: Israel and its allies’ backlash on the Amnesty International report enhances its credibility.(Feb. 3, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• The Palestinian Prime Minister calls on the African Union to withdraw Israel’s accreditation as an observer member. (Feb. 5, 2022). For further details, click here

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Israeli bodies

• The Attorney General of the Israeli government approves the construction plan in the “Abitar” outpost, located on JabalSbeih in the lands of Beita, south of Nablus.(Feb.2, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• The Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee approves a plan to build 1,500 settlement units on land between the French Hill and the Hebrew University of occupied Jerusalem.(Feb. 3, 2022). For further details, click here

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by Arab, European, and international bodies       

• A federal court blocks the state of Texas from enforcing the anti-BDS law against a Palestinian contractor.(Jan. 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• The US rejects Amnesty report accusing Israel of Apartheid against Palestinians. (Feb. 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab League stresses the importance of moving the peace process forward and re-launching negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis on the basis of the two-state solution, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and resolutions of international legitimacy.(Feb. 2, 2022). For further details, click here
• OIC welcomes the Amnesty International report on the Israeli apartheid against the Palestinians.(Feb. 3, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Amnesty International issues a report on the Israeli Apartheid regime against Palestinians.(Feb. 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the Arab Lawyers addresses the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the prisoner Abu Hamid.(Feb. 1, 2022). For further details, clickhere