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Laws
The Health,
Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP) expanded its
scope of activities to include a legislative unit. Its aim is to
keep up-to-date with all the activities of the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC) vis-ŕ-vis the legislative process.
Moreover, the Unit plays a major role in advocating and lobbying for
effective legislation, and provides this type of support to other
organizations interested in formulating laws that promote society’s
varied interests.
Laws Ratified by the Legislative
Council
Since the Palestinian Legislative Council was
elected in 1996, its mission has been to ratify effective laws that
will serve the interests of an independent Palestinian state. Since
then, the PLC has ratified approximately 27 laws including the Basic
Law, the Judiciary Authority Law, the NGO Law, the Palestinian
Monetary Authority Law, the Organization of General Budget and
Finance Law, and the Civil Defense Law. Yet, the President still has
to sign and ratify the following seven laws: the Basic Law, the
Regulation of Foreign Ownership of Real Property Law, the
Palestinian General Petroleum Council Law, the Judicial Authority
Law, the Disability Law, the Tenders for Government Works Law, the
NGO Law and finally the Public Health Law.
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