25 in spite of the fact that a court ruling was rendered on their release. The ICHR received 94 complaints on abstention from enforcing court release orders. Several months after court decisions were entered on their release from jail, a number of complainants are still held in administrative detention. All of these complaints were filed against security agencies in the West Bank. Of particular note, two victims of abstention from implementing court release orders were PWDs. In 2022, the ICHR filed an objection to the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), challenging the constitutional status of the provisions of this law. Subsequently, the ICHR managed to obtain a court decision, ruling for the unconstitutionality of provisions of the Law on the Prevention of Crimes, which vest governors with the powers of administrative detention. In disregard of the SCC decision, governors persistently refused to release some persons placed in administrative detention, especially those wanted by the Israeli occupying authorities. Legal variables affecting the right to personal liberty involved the President of the State promulgating the Law by Decree on State Cases in 2022. The enactment prescribes that courts only consider State cases that are exclusively named matters. These do not include any compensation for tortious or criminalised acts done by State representatives in their professional capacity. The law by decree constitutes a flagrant abuse of the right to a judge. Enshrined in the Basic Law, every person has the right to seek judicial review of actions and decisions made by government bodies. To this effect, Article 30 of the Basic Law prohibits that immunity be provided to any administrative decision or action or against judicial review. In 2022, a number of laws by decrees that impinged on the right to fair trial guarantees were rescinded. These included amendments to the Penal Procedure Law and Civil and Commercial Procedure Law. As the said laws by decree substantially compromised fair trial guarantees and right to personal liberty, the Palestinian Bar Association (PBA), CSOs, and ICHR demanded that they be repealed.10 At the onset of 2022, the SCC repealed the provisions of the Jordanian Law on the Prevention of Crimes, which give governors the power of administrative detention. This was premised on the fact that administrative detention is in contravention to the Basic Law. The SCC decision was handed down after the ICHR had filed a challenge, requesting a ruling on the unconstitutional status of relevant provisions of the law, that endow the power administrative detention on governors. In civil case instituted on behalf of a citizen, who had been placed on governor-ordered detention, the ICHR claimed financial compensation for such arbitrary detention. The Court of First Instance gave a respite to the ICHR to lodge the said appeal to the SCC in accordance with the SCC Law as amended. 10 On 20 June 2022, the ICHR published a legal opinion on the laws by decrees amending the Penal Procedure Law and Civil and Commercial Procedure law, demanding that these be amended in consistence with the Basic Law and international standards of fair trial. On 18 July 2022, the ICHR also issued a press release, stressing its position of demanding that the said law be amended. Executive Summary 2022