Ref: 39/2016 
On Thursday, 13 October 2016, PCHR concluded the fourth training course for young lawyers in the field of Family Law to help them to practice the profession before Shari’a courts. This training course was attended by 26 female and male lawyers and held between 09- 13 October 2016.
The training program addressed a number of topics: Sharia Procedural Law, Inheritance Law, Family law, enforcement of law, Lawyers’ behavior guidelines, rulings and cases, and Justice Judgments’ Journal. All of these topics were covered throughout 5 consecutive days in 30 training hours.
The training was facilitated by a specialized team from PCHR: Hanan Matter, Director of Women’s Unit, Samah Ashour, lawyers at PCHR’s Women’s Unit, in addition to Judges Said Abu al-Jabeen, Salah Hashish, ‘Atef al-Tatar, Ibrahim al-Najjar and Omer Nofal.
At the end of the course, PCHR held a concluding ceremony, where the participants received certificates. The participants praised PCHR’s distinctive role in disseminating the culture of human rights and rule of law among young lawyers. Moreover, they emphasized the course was characterized by its rich topics that would professionally enrich them in a way that would help to pass the exam on practicing before Sharia Courts in the Gaza Strip, easily understand the Family Law and positively affect women’s conditions. In addition, they appreciated the efficiency of the trainers and their use of diverse and interactive training methods. They added that active participation and discussion during the training sessions had enriched the course.
It should be noted that PCHR is the first human rights organization in Palestine to hold such courses. In addition, PCHR has accumulated experience and deep knowledge over the long years of work in the field of Family Law and litigation before Sharia’ Courts to defend women, who are victims of violence.
PCHR has organized 4 training courses in 2016 for young lawyers, where 136 lawyers participated, including 46 female lawyers( 34% of the total participants).
