Judicial system

Trinidad and Tobago's ban on gay sex overturned by UK's Privy Council

The ruling overturned provisions that criminalized so-called "buggery" and "serious indecency," which carried potential prison sentences of up to five years.

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Supporters of LGBT rights and equality conclude three weeks of solidarity-building events with a festive parade during the first annual Pride Arts Festival on July 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
(L-R): Gali Baharav-Miara, Yitzhak Amit, and Noam Sohlberg

No. 24: Gali Baharav-Miara, Isaac Amit, and Noam Sohlberg: Public faces of Israel’s justice system

Baharav-Miara was the government’s internal legal constraint; Amit, the judiciary’s institutional defender; Sohlberg, a conservative jurist placed at the center of political and social disputes.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, cast their vote during elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, Nov. 25, 2025.

Jewish voting: How ancient Jewish tradition helped shape modern democracy - opinion

The Mishna, as well as other rabbinic works, detail voting procedures that were revolutionary for their time and that were handed down for generations. They influence democratic procedures today.

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PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas. Thousands of October 7 victims and their families are seeking to hold the PA civilly liable, arguing that its long-standing prisoner payment and employment policies helped sustain terrorists who return to violence.

Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Thousands of plaintiffs are taking the PA to court, arguing that its financial and employment policies toward convicted terrorists create a link to the Hamas massacre.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Tens of thousands protest judicial reform for 13th consecutive week

Netanyahu's former chief of staff was seen at the Tel Aviv judicial reform protests, along with opposition politicians and Netanyahu's cousin.

APRIL 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MICHAEL STARR
Demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv

How can the coalition and opposition compromise on judicial reform?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: As both sides of the judicial reform debate finally come to the table together, what are the possible outcomes of their anticipated meetings?

APRIL 1, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Does Zadorov verdict reveal flawed system needing judicial reform? - analysis

"People know that no one has certainty that it won't happen to them either," said Zadorov.

MARCH 30, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Roman Zadorov seen after his sentence in his re-trial on the murder of Tair Rada, at the District Court in Nazareth, on March 30, 2023.

Firing Gallant was Netanyahu’s Nixon moment - analysis

Both Richard Nixon and Benjamin Netanyahu badly misread the impact their actions would have on the public.

MARCH 28, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Demonstrators in Washington, DC, with a sign reading "Impeach Nixon"

Benny Gantz urges Netanyahu to keep Gallant at his post

Gantz also assembled a team to conduct negotiations regarding the judicial reform at President Isaac Herzog's residence.

MARCH 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Benny Gantz seen during a protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on March 27, 2023.

It will take a village to lead Israel out of its current crisis - analysis

It will take key members of the coalition, as well as responsible members of the opposition and protest leaders to lead Israel out of its current impasse.

MARCH 26, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Demonstrators attend the "Day of Paralysis" protest, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 23, 2023

Will Israel's gov't risk passing judicial reform bill without absolute majority? - analysis

The fact that the bill passed with 61 MKs in favor will increase its chances of remaining intact.

MARCH 26, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his coalition are deep in discussion in the Knesset this week.

Knesset gears up for fateful week as judicial reform continues -analysis

The coalition packed the legislative schedule this week in order to pass into the law the first and perhaps most important bill of its judicial reform: the Judicial Appointments bill.

MARCH 25, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli MKs are seen in the Knesset plenum following a day of voting on March 22, 2023

Judicial Appointments Committee bill expected to pass into law this week, deepening crisis

Defense Minister Gallant may break silence; Protest leaders announce “Week of Paralysis”

MARCH 25, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MEMBERS OF Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition applaud his speech yesterday at the Knesset. Will they continue to give him a Standing O?

Simcha Rothman evacuated by police after protesters surround house

Israeli protesters at the scene chanted while addressing Simcha Rothman, who was staying in a house temporarily: “Coward, go home!”

MARCH 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with Police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023.