The Legislative Guidance Tool offers a blueprint for legislators to create policies and laws which are in line with internationally recognised good practices. It is aimed at parliamentarians and law and policymakers who undertake to develop new or update existing laws for national legislation of the private military and security …

Particularly in new democracies, building the rule of law is a key challenge. Palestine is no exception in this regard. The Palestinian security sector legislation is not yet fully developed and suffers from gaps and contradictions. Moreover, there are still multiple legal orders in place, including Ottoman, British Mandate, Jordanian …

Establishing an effective monitoring system of detention facilities depends on several conditions, including among others the ability to conduct visits in a professional and coherent way. This handbook gathers checklists that can be easily used in the framework of such monitoring visits.