09.12.2009|Judgment|Judgment / Supreme Court
HCJ 4127/09 - Zaghal et al. v Israel Prison Service Commissioner Judgment
In its judgment on two petitions by HaMoked against the IPS’ refusal to allow Israeli former prisoners to visit their incarcerated loved ones, the HCJ denies the petitioners access to justice. The HCJ rules that the petitioners have alternative recourse in the shape of prisoners’ petitions and that the right to file such petitions lies with the prisoners whom they wish to visit. In light of this dangerous precedent, HaMoked cautions that this lamentable judgment severely injures the petitioners’ right to due process and their constitutional right to access the courts.
