Judges discuss independence of courts [Archives:2005/878/Local News]

TAIZ- Sept. 15- Functions of a workshop on transparency and independence of preliminary courts kicked off on Wednesday. The two-day workshop, which was organized by the Civil Guidance for Democracy in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the UK Embassy in Sana'a, involved 40 judges form the Taiz and Ibb preliminary courts.

The workshop aimed to boost transparency and independence of preliminary courts and activate the role of judicial inspection and cooperation between non-governmental authorities and the judicial authorities. It also aimed to enable simple people to profit from the judicial services in a better way through a number of themes related to concepts, management, procedures, evaluation and inspection.

On the occasion, a number of speeches were given by Judge Yahya Abdullah al-Ansi, Chief Magistrate of Ibb Preliminary Court, Mr. Ja'afer Ba Haisami, Head of the Judicial Affairs Circle in the Ministry of Justice and Mr. Abdulmajid al-Fahd Chairman of the Civil and Democratic Guidance Foundation. In their speeches, these officials stressed the importance of an independent judiciary, claiming its centrality to justice and openness in modern Yemen.

They praised support of the political leadership for the independence of the judicature although it faces some barriers and difficulties while performing tasks and duties.

The speeches focused on emphasizing the role of judicial inspection in assessing flaws and defectiveness. The concerned people expressed their thanks to the Civil and Democratic Guidance Foundation for adopting such important projects that target thousand judges and judge-assistants from 245 preliminary courts and courts of appeal.
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