Abbreviations
| BL | Basic Law/al-Qānūn al-Asāsī |
| HSCC | Higher Sharia Court Council/al-Majlis al-Aʿlā lil-Qaḍāʾ al-Sharʿī [Gaza] |
| ICHR | Independent Commission for Human Rights/al-Hayʾa al-Mustaqilla li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān |
| ICNL | International Center for Not-For-Profit-Law |
| LHC | Legislation Harmonization Committee/Lajnat Muwāʾamat al-Tashrīʿāt |
| MoWA | Ministry of Women’s Affairs/Wizārat Shuʾūn al-Marʾa |
| NCFL | National Committee of the Family Law/al-Lajna al-Waṭaniyya li-Qānūn al-Usra |
| PA | Palestinian Authority/al-Sulṭa al-Filasṭīniyya |
| PLC | Palestinian Legislative Council/Al-Majlis al-Tashrīʿī al-Filasṭīnī [Gaza] |
| PLC | Palestinian Legislative Council/al-Majlis al-Tashrīʿī al-Filasṭīnī [West Bank] |
| PSL | Personal Status Law/Qānūn al-Aḥwāl al-Shakhṣiyya |
| SCC | Supreme Constitutional Court/al-Maḥkama al-Dustūriyya al-ʿUlyā |
| SCHC | [West Bank] Sharia Court High Council/al-Majlis al-Aʿlā li-l-Qaḍāʾ al-Sharʿī |