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Human Rights Alert (NGO) Joseph Zernik, PhD " PO Box 31440, Jerusalem 91313, Israel; [email protected] ; 91313 ,31440"

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1 Katzav v State of Israel(3372/11) Request to access court records to inspect andto copy as filed (Hebrew and English)

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Background:

1) The Rules were downloaded from the Supreme Court online site on November

23, 2011.

2) The Rules are posted online under the name of Chief Judge Dorit Beinish,

unsigned.

3) Relative to the cases ofKatzav v State of Israel (3372/11) andZernik v State ofIsrael (6041/11), the following should be noted:

Refusal to rule on matters before the Court

The most notable examples of refusal to rules on matters before the Supreme Court in

this study concerned:

The initial request for a certified copy of the May 18, 2011 Decision in Katzav v

State of Israel, pertaining to the postponement of the execution of the prison

sentence of Katzav, and

The initial request for a certified copy of the September 7, 2001 Judgment in

Zernik v State of Israel, pertaining to refusal of the Magistrate to provide a

statement on the record regarding validity of the decisions provided by the

Office of the Clerk in Katzav v State of Israel.This conduct appears to contradict the letter and the spirit of theRules of Ethics of

Judges of the State of Israel (2007).

Rule 12(c) says:(c) Notwithstanding his duty to treat evenly the parties before him, a judge shall do hisbest to explain to unrepresented parties the nature and procedures of the legal process,as possible under the circumstances, and within the limits of his duties and the law.

In filing the requests for certified copies as requests,per se, for judicial decisions,

following explicit instructions by the staff of the Office of the Clerk. Regardless, to the

degree that such requests were misplaced or in error, it should have been expected that he

would have received some notice to that effect, given his status as an unrepresented party.

Rule 14(a) says:(a) Pursuant to the law and to instant Rules, a judge shall rule on any matter assigned tohim.

The justices of the Supreme Court appeared to violate Rule 14(a) in refusing to rule on

the requests for certified copies of the Supreme Courts decisions.
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