1st Judicial conference winds up [Archives:2003/695/Local News]

The first judicial conference on Monday concluded its meetings with participants demand for activation of role of the Supreme Judiciary Council in the manner guaranteeing its undertaking of its tasks as stipulated in the constitution and the laws, especially regarding drawing up general policies for development of judiciary and following up their implementation.
The conferees had called for setting up a committee to study the laws of civil procedures and verification with intention to of amending some of their texts leading not to prolong trial measures.
Recommendations proposed by the conference stressed the necessity of issuing a regulation on judiciary support fund to ensure achievement of the purposes it has been established for The recommendations also pointed to the necessity of paying attention to commercial judiciary and to seek help of experts in judiciary, mastering English language and well literate in international agreements concerning this matter and also to annex the judiciary inspection body to the Judiciary Supreme Council as part of guarantees of judiciary independence.
Recommendations have also called for heads and members of prosecution to take care of issues of public property and present them at once in coordination with the concerned court. The conferees also demanded the ministry of interior to provide protection for members of the judiciary authority and the necessity of dealing with realities of attacks against judiciary members with required strictness.
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