Publications Regarding appointment of senior civil servants
Articles
No More Legal ‘Gatekeepers’? Plans to Downgrade the Status of Government Legal Advisers in Israel
Written By: Prof. Amichai Cohen, Prof. Yuval Shany
Downgrading the independence of government legal advisers is not among the highest-profile proposals to reform the Israeli legal system being advanced by Israel’s new right-wing government, but weakening the status of government legal advisers is actually an important and troubling part of the government’s package of proposed reforms.
Appointments Now!
Written By: Prof. Yuval Shany
Senior governmental positions remain unfilled as political bickering has delayed appointments. Israeli law lays out a clear process for how such appointments must be made and the government should do so without further delay.