Mapping study on legal services by PA

Mapping study on legal services by PA

September 20, 2013

The study maps legal aid services provided by the Palestinian Authority (hereinafter ‘PA’). It details the legal areas in which assistance is provided and the methods, which are used to deliver legal assistance. In the main, the legal aid initiatives of the PA came about in response to the demands of the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising), during which thousands of Palestinians were arrested and detained, and the ongoing land confiscations, home demolitions and evictions that are carried-out in the context of Israel’s construction and expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank, as well as the construction of the Wall.