High Court Order Freezes Government Committee / Haaretz, TOI

On behalf of an NGO called the Israeli Democracy Guard (“Mishmar Hademocratiya”) our office filed a petition claiming the decision by the Israeli government to form the committee was against the legal opinion of the attorney general who also functions as the legal counsel to the government. 

In our petition, we expressed concern that the formation of the committee was politically motivated and related to the upcoming elections. 

On February 24th, 2020 the High Court of Justice decided to temporary freeze the work of the committee while giving the Israeli Government 60 days to explain why the committee should not be disbanded. 

For further reading in Haaretz and Times of Israel – click here and here.

For the full version of the petition to the High Court of Justice (Hebrew only) – click here.