Every person has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.
Beginning in the middle of 1995, Palestinian courts have imposed the death penalty against persons convicted of murder. These courts have ordered the death sentence after trials that ignored the basic principles of fair trial and due process. However, this is the first case in which the Palestinian Authority has implemented the death sentence. In this case, as in previous death-sentence cases, the court passed its sentence after the briefest of legal procedures. Three days later, the Abu-Sultan brothers were tried, sentenced, and executed.