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KUNA:
The Yemeni Minister of Justice Dr. “Ghazi
al-Aghbari” arrived Kuwait yesterday on an official
visit in response to an invitation from the
Minister of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs “Hussein
Al-Hariti”. The Yemeni Minister said that he conveys a
written letter from the Yemeni Prime Minister “Ali Mujur”
to His Highness the Prime Minister Shiekh Nasser
Al-Mohammad concerning the various cooperative aspects
between both countries. Upon arriving Kuwait yesterday,
“al-Aghbari” stated that his visit being conducted
within the framework of bilateral judicial and legal
cooperation that started last year. The Yemeni Minister
praised the growing relations between his country and
Kuwait on all levels, in particular the judicial and
legal level, calling for promoting and developing them.
On his part, the Minister “Al-Hariti” welcomed this
visit considering it as an embodiment of the brotherly
ties and a consolidation of the constructive cooperative
relations between both countries. Al-Hariti said that
the Judicial Agreement, concluded between both
countries, is considered the cornerstone of building
cooperation both legally and judicially which
contributes to facilitating the litigation procedures
before courts in both countries.
Source: Awan newspaper 6/1/2009
The Minister of
Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs “Hussein Al-Hariti”
receives today evening at Kuwait International Airport
his Yemeni counterpart Dr. “Ghazi
al-Aghbari” heading a high-level judicial and legal
delegation to tackle some topics, on top of which, the
judicial and legal cooperation between both brother
countries and optimizing it, in particular exchange
information and field visits on both judicial and legal
levels. In a press statement, the Minister “Al-Hariti”
asserted, on occasion of this visit, that this visit
underlines the deep brotherly relations between State of
Kuwait and the sister Republic of Yemen and consolidates
ties in the judicial and legal field; it also gives the
opportunity to consult the competent authorities on both
sides concerning how both countries can benefit and
support each other in respect to their judicial
apparatuses’ experiences. During this visit, some
meetings will be held, on top of which, a meeting with
the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, President
of Court of Cassation and Constitutional Court, Justice
“Rashid Al-Hammad”; the President of Court of Appeal,
Justice “Faisal Al-Morshid”; the President of Court of
First Instance, Justice “Khalid Salem” along with some
of MOJ top officials. Moreover, a widened session of
talks will be held headed by both the Minister
“Al-Hariti” and his counterpart Dr. “al-Aghbaei”. During
this visit, the Yemeni Minister is accompanied by a
high-level delegation consists of the member of the
Supreme Judicial Council and the Dean of the Higher
Judicial Institute Dr. “Yehia Al-Gerafy”, the President
of southern Amanat Court, Judge “Sahl Hamza”, as well as
the Courts and Judiciary assistant-officers’ Director,
General, “Loi’ey Ismail Al-Wazer” and Director, General
of the Bureau of the Minister of Justice Mr. “Amin Ali
Al-qata’a”.
Source: Al-Qabas 5/1/2009
The Ministry of
Justice “MOJ” formed two committees, one for
organization and the other for supervision, concerned
with the symposiums which its various Departments
suggest to convene as of next February. The Lawful
Authentications Department at MOJ will organize a
symposium entitled “be kind towards women” where Sheikh
Saud Al-Shoraim will be the guest to discuss the lawful
and legal matters related to matrimony, the various
rights of married and divorced woman and treating woman
in conformity with Muslim Law “Sharia” and the
supporting laws. In addition, the National Committee for
International Human Law will also organize a symposium
entitled “International Criminal Court…Reality and
Challenges” to discuss legal topics relevant to the
charter of International Criminal Court “ICC” and
suggesting that Kuwait may be a member of “ICC”. The
third symposium, suggested by the Higher Committee of
Human Rights, will deal with workers and maids’ human
rights and employers’ commitments towards them through
raising the awareness of the attendees on these human
rights and duties that employers should observe. Through
organizing these symposiums, MOJ aims to let all men of
society participate and to discuss and highlight the
issues of their interest in order to get clear and
better understanding which, in turn, will not allow
these issues to be handled at courts.
Source: Al-Rai 4/1/2009
The
Yemeni Minister of Justice Dr. “Ghazi
al-Aghbari” and the accompanying delegation arrive
Kuwait today evening on a three-day official visit to
discuss the judicial and legal cooperation and a
conclusion of a judicial cooperation agreement between
Kuwait and Yemen. The Yemeni Minister is accompanied by
the President of southern Amanat Court, “Sahl Mohammad
Hamza”, the Courts and Judiciary assistant-officers’
Director, General, “Loi’ey Ismail Al-Wazer”, Deputy-
Director, General and the special Secretary of the
Bureau of the Minister of Justice Mr. “Amin Ali Al-qata’a”.
After holding talks, the Yemeni delegation will visit
the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Justice
“Rashid Al-Hammad”, and its members as well as it will
visit the Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal
Studies.
Source: Al-Rai 4/1/2009
Al-Rai
Newspaper” came to know that Justice “Rashid Al-Sharah”
was nominated to take the office of vice-president of
the Court of Appeal which became vacant as Justice
“Kazem Al-Mazedi” retired. It is worth mentioning that
Justice “Al-Sharrah” is a member of the Supreme Judicial
Council as being the oldest justice. According to Al-Rai’s
sources, Justice “Saleh Al-Hariti” will replace Justice
“Al-Sharrah” to be a new member of the Supreme Judicial
Council.
Source: Al-Rai 4/1/2009
The
Ministry of Justice “MOJ” announced that the Yemeni
Minister of Justice Dr. “Ghazi
al-Aghbari” will visit Kuwait next Mondays heading a
high-level judicial and legal delegation on a several
days visit. Through his visit, the Yemeni Minister of
Justice will hold a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart
Minister of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs “Hussein
Al-Hariti” as they will tackle some topics included in
the agenda, on top of which, the judicial and legal
cooperation between both countries, exchange information
and field visits, consolidation of relations between
both countries, the matter which allows to learn about
judicial experiences as well as the judicial
habilitation and training on both sides. According to
MOJ, the Yemeni Minister will hold several meetings with
the President and members of the Supreme Judicial
Council and widened talks attended by the members of the
Yemeni judicial delegation and some of the top officials
at the MOJ as they will discuss the judicial and legal
cooperation protocol and consult the competent
authorities on both sides concerning such protocol and
how to optimize it. The Yemeni judicial delegation
includes the member of the Supreme Judicial Council and
the Dean of the Higher Judicial Institute Dr. “Yehia Al-Gerafy”,
Judge “Sahl Hamza”, the President of Southern Amanat
Court, “Loi’ey Al-Wazer” the Courts’ Director, General,
and the Judiciary assistant officers as well as and
Deputy- Director, General of the Bureau of the Minister
of Justice Mr. “Amin Al-qata’a”.
Source: Al-Watan :
31/12/2008
The Minister of Justice,
Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs, the Justice “Hussein Al-Hariti”
issued a ministerial Decree on adding new competencies
to some of the assistant under-secretaries at MOJ
“Ministry of Justice”. The Decree commissions the
Assistant Under-Secretary of Court Supporting Affairs
Department to exercise the competencies of the Assistant
Under-Secretary of Expert Department; the Assistant
Under-Secretary of International Relations Department to
exercise the competencies of the Assistant
Under-Secretary of Information and Civil Service Centers
Department; the Assistant Under-Secretary of
Administrative and Financial Affairs Department to
exercise the competencies of the Assistant
Under-Secretary of Information Technology and Statistics
Department. Well-informed sources asserted that the
Minister Al-Hariti has to issue this Decree in order to
maintain the course of work within those departments
that have no under-secretaries, whose names are about to
be approved but the political instability in the State
and the resignation of the Government prevented their
appointment.
Source: Al-Rai-
28/12/2008
His Highness the Crown Prince
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received in his
Diwan at Seif Palace yesterday morning His Highness
Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser alMohammad. H.H. the Crown
Prince received also the former Speaker of the National
Assembly (the Parliament) Mohammad Youssef Al-Adsani,
and also received the Minister of Justice, Awqaf, and
Islamic Affairs Hussein Nasser AL-Hariti. H.H. also
received Dr. Abdel Rahman Abdulla Al-Awadi and his wife
Dr. Sedikah Ali Al-Awadi on the occasion that they both
won equally the "Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid AlMaktoum
Award for Specialized Medical Sciences", awarded to
scientists and researchers in the Arab nation. H.H. the
Crown Prince received also Dr. Eid Faleh Al-Adwani who
presented to H.H. a copy of his doctorate dissertation
entitled "Evaluating the Policies and Programs of
Restructuring the Administrative Organs in Kuwait"- and
then H.H. the Crown Prince thanked him and expressed him
his hope for success and good fortune.
Source: Al-Rai-
25/12/2008
The Administrative
Affairs Section of MOJ issued an administrative
directive to obligate all MOJ employees to apply the
fingerprint system, being tested till the end of the
current month, in attendance and leaving, while to
continue to seal cards. The directive underlined that
the Administrative Affairs Section should take all
administrative actions related to attendance and
leaving, including delays, absences, sick leaves, and
official tasks. The directive explained how to use the
finger print system, as each employee to enter his own
file number, which has been previously set by the
Information Systems Section, then to enter F1 on
attendance, F2 on leaving, and finally to enter
fingerprint. It is worth mentioning that the
Administrative Affairs Section considers the possibility
to make an exception of some employees, in particular
the Foreign Relations Section and Public
Relations&Information Section, whose posts require
flexibility in attendance and leaving as they are
committed to receive official delegations and
continuously go out. The reactions of the employees
varied on such system, as some of the dissenting opinion
think that it affects health according to some world
repots; others support the system and think that it will
put an end to employees’ truancy
Source: Al-Rai-
21/12/2008
In
cooperation with The General Secretariat of Awqaf
Ministry, MOJ organized the respectively Fifth Annual
Qur’an Memorization Competition at the state-owned Grand
Mosque. More than one hundred contestants from MOJ’s
employees performed the tests; the total number of
contestants was (102), (25) female and (77) male. The
Competition continued till last Wednesday through the
test committees, headed by D/Waleed Al-Ali, Imam and
Preacher of the state-owned Grand Mosque, divided into
four committees for males, and two for females and
formed from the Qur’an memorizers from the Ministry of
Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. The Director of the Court of
Appeal’s Clerks Department, Eiyad Al-Abidan attended the
tests along with the General Coordinator of the
competition, Abdulla Al-Kandry and the competition’s
Supervisor, Mubarak Al-Dosary who belong to the
Information and Public Relations Department. There were
also employees from Al-Adl (Justice) Palace, the court
complexes in different provinces, and various sectors of
the MOJ who competed in this faithfully organized
competition. D/Waleed Al-Ali praised MOJ whose employees
hold the honor of taking care of Qur’an, whether in
memorizing or reciting. Al-Ali added that such
competition has an apparent impact in purifying souls
and implanting virtue within them. By this competition,
the MOJ introduced a good practice and it is hopefully
that all governmental and private bodies would follow
suit in order to establish such useful activities. In
addition, the MOJ will organize subsequently an
extensive ceremony to award the winners
under the auspices of
the Under-Secretary of MOJ, the Justice “Soltan Borsely”.
However, MOJ divided this competition into four levels
represented in memorizing (two Juz’- one Juz’- half of
Juz’- quarter Juz’) as well as five positions for each
of the four levels.
Source:
Al-Siyassah
- 21/12/2008
The Minister of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs, the
Justice “Hussein Al-Hariti”, will meet his Yemeni
counterpart and the accompanying judicial delegation on
the Fifth of next January in order to finally sign a
judicial and legal cooperation agreement between both
countries. It is worth mentioning that the former
Minister of Justice visited Yemen last January and
preliminary signed the said agreement that covers
cooperation, judicially and legally, in civil and
commercial laws and personal status law and exchange of
legal information applicable in both countries. The said
agreement will deal with facilitating the right of
litigation for citizens before courts in both countries;
recognizing court judgments, formal contracts, and the
awards of arbitrators as well as extraditing criminals.
The Yemeni delegation will visit “The Institute of
Judicial and Legal Studies” to learn about the method of
study followed in the Institute and to what extent the
scholars may benefit from the judges and justices who
deliver lectures in the Institute. In addition, Al-Hariti
will meet the Iranian Minister of Justice and the
delegation accompanied to him in order to prepare for
signing an agreement of security between both countries,
as such visit should have been conducted a month ago but
it was inaccessible due to the political conditions in
Kuwait. It is intended that both Ministers will discuss
several legal matters before dealing with concluding
this agreement. On the other hand, Al-Hariti sent a
telegram to his Lebanese counterpart “Ibrahim Nagar” to
ask about him and his wife as they were exposed to a
traffic accident on the maritime road between Beirut and
the city of Jouneih. Al-Hariti expressed his wishes for
complete recovery in order to proceed his ministerial
jobs as well as undertake his new office as a head of
“The Council of Arab Justice Ministers”, which Al-Hariti
handed over to him after he returned from Beirut two
weeks ago.
Source:
Al-Rai
17/12/2008
The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan, Faisal Al-Hommoud, met
at the Kuwaiti Embassy the delegation of the Kuwaiti
Judiciary participating in “The Regional Program of
Judiciary” held in Jordan. During his meeting with the
judicial delegation, consisting of both justices “Jamal
Al-Einaizy” and “Hani Al-Hemdan” along with the judge
“Khalid Al-Homidan”, Sheikh “Faisal Al-Hammoud” praised
the fairness and independence of the Kuwaiti judiciary.
Source:
Al-Anbaa - 15/12/2008
The Director of courts Services department the Palace of
Justice Duaij khalifa al-Ajeel stated that the needs of
justice accelerate sectors are on priority ladder of
the Ministry of Justice and that there is daily
follow-up of courts complexes and public justice sector
utilities especially the Palace of Justice as a special
civilized interface on one hand and making the most
important monuments of the judiciary in Kuwait on the
other hand ,al-ajeel also said that some of These
buildings are riddled with maintenance work from
time to time and sometimes are subjected to the addition
of buildings attached to these courts result of the
expansions taking place in order to accommodate the
steadily increase of reviewers
Source: alwatan: 12/5/2008
The
Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal
Shehab said yesterday that the Commission contributed to
the development of legislative policy and legislation
which is chaired by the minister, examined yesterday the
Decree of law No. 25 of 2008 promulgated last Tuesday
for the amendment of some articles of the elections law
and assured that they are free from any defect, or
contradictions or legal loop holes.
Source
: alwatan 6/5/2008
Under the
auspices of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf
Al-Ahmad, the Minister of Justice Social Affairs and
Labor Jamal Shehab opened the Arabian family from
contemporary perspective convention organized by the
Higher Committee for the exemplary parent award headed
by Sheikha Freiha Al-Ahmad in the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The minister Shehab said in a speech on behalf of His
Highness the Crown Prince in the Conference opening that
the repercussions of civilization and progress Born in
recent time are alien phenomena to Kuwaiti society that
was not known before and if we examine those phenomena
we would have found that it resulted from the
disintegration of family and social problems
Source:
al Siyassah
6/5/2008
D.Mohammad Yahya
Matar Professor of International Law and Executive
Director of the protection from trafficking in human
beings project praised the experience of Kuwait in
combating human trafficking and praising draft law for
the approval of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols attached
to it, describing the project as consistent with
international standards... This came yesterday during a
symposium organized by the Kuwait Institute for Judicial
and Legal Studies in collaboration with the German
University, "Honz yekins"
Source:
al wassat 4/5/2008
The Minister of
Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab,
commended on the judicial cooperation between Kuwait and
Qatar, Where He described it as the fuller picture... He
stressed during his meeting with the Qatari judicial and
legal delegation y, which is currently visiting the
country within the framework of the exchange of visits
between members of the judiciary and courts in support
of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, the importance
of this follow-up visits is successive developments
witnessed by the courts in the Gulf Cooperation Council
and judicial developments in general.
Source:
al-Anbaa 1/5/2008
the President of
the Court of first appeal ,member of the Supreme Council
of Magistracy adviser Khaled Salem had Received
yesterday, Tuesday, the Qatari judicial delegation whom
is visiting the country headed by the Vice President of
the Court of Appeal judge Abbas Ali Al-Abdullah where
they addressed the evolution of the judiciary and
the courts and attention to improving performance while
taking advantage of the experiences of others and
judicial cooperation between the State of Kuwait and the
state of Qatar .. The delegation then toured the court
of first instance and got briefed on the evolution of
work in the Court of first instance and the role they
play in community service.
Source:
al-Siyassah
30/4/2008
the President of the Supreme judiciary Council and the
president of the Constitutional Court and the president
of Court of Cassation advisor Rashid al-Hammad have
received yesterday Sunday morning, a judicial delegation
from the State of Qatar whom is visiting our country for
judicial cooperation between Kuwait and Qatar. During
the meeting which was attended by Vice President of the
Court of cassation advisor yousif al-Ghanam, where they
exchanged information and addressed various aspects and
common judicial laws and experience of Kuwait in the
Constitutional Court and the strengthening of brotherly
relations between the two countries with emphasis on
strong relations which united their Government and
people
Source: al-anbaa
28/4/2008
The Lebanese judicial delegation concluded his visit to the
country yesterday, Thursday, during the period of their
visit they discussed with officials of the Ministry of
Justice and the judiciary on ways to join judicial
cooperation and information exchange between Kuwait and
the brotherly Lebanese Republic.
Source: al-Siyassah 27/4/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor
Jamal Shehab has promulgated a decree for the formation
of a high commission for human rights, the Council of
Ministers had already commissioned, the Ministry of
Justice on Sept 12, 2004 to establish a commission to
study the human rights reports issued by international
committees and organizations, and the Ministry of
Justice shall follow-up the reports. The decision to
restructure the Commission by the Ministry of Justice
came in response to the proposal of the Committee for
Defending Human Rights in the pervious national
assembly, which agreed at its meeting on November 20,
2006 to this proposal.
Source: al-Qabas
23/4/2008
The Ministry of Justice has participated at the third
legal book fair, held by the Kuwaiti lawyers association
under the auspices of the Kuwaiti Minister of Justice
and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab from
13-19/4/2008. The participation of the ministry was at a
Pavilion containing numerous legal books and specialized
publications, media and awareness publications, which
was distributed to exhibition visitors related to public
services guide in the ministry and the definition of
authentication and sales office and Statistics
Department releases in the information systems center
regarding family consultancies department and other
various publications for different sectors of Justice,
which received interest of lawyers and jurists and
visitors.
Source
:
al-watan
22/4/2008
The assistant Undersecretary of the information
technology and Statistics sector in the Ministry of
Justice Mr.Mohamed Al-rumaih met in his office a
judicial delegation from Lebanon included the head of
the Beirut execution Chamber and adviser to the Lebanese
Minister of Justice Judge waSim hajar and the Director
of the Department of Information Systems Engineer Omar
al-Aqeeli. During the meeting they exchanged of judicial
information, the delegation also listened to a briefing
on the functions of the information technology and
statistics sector, and its departments and the services
it provides, in addition to considering the strong
brotherly relations between Kuwait and Lebanon and ways
of strengthening these relations. The delegation visit
will last till today and will include the Palace of
Justice to hear the technical explanation of the
judicial information system, which relates both to
public prosecution and the courts and the civilian
execution.
Source
: al qabas
21/4/2008
For the second time within 24 hours the Minister of
Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab
returned to the headquarters of the Kuwaiti Lawyers
Association, but this time to represent His Highness the
Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammad at the opening
ceremony of the meeting of the General Secretariat of
the Arab Lawyers Union, where he gave a speech and said
this forum represents an appropriate opportunity to
discuss among ourselves on the best way to achieve
upgrading in the legal profession in the Arab nation,
this venerable profession in dire need of your creative
and sincere effort to develop policies and mechanisms to
achieve this noble goal and continued Shehab There is no
doubt that the society and its development requires that
lawyers Arab solidity to face it and stand shoulder to
shoulder to overcome What encounters them of future
challenges, whether in legal or economic fields relevant
to their work and to find appropriate solutions and
added: Perhaps the most important element of upgrading
the legal profession is going to take care of youth Arab
lawyers, who represent the broad base of a law firm in
the Arab world
Source:
al anbaa 16/4/2008
The first forum for legal managers in the Gulf
Cooperation Council
Concluded yesterday ,at the first meeting,lawyer
Abdul Hamid Sarraf lectured on specifications for the
legal department in commercial companies leading to the
optimal situation for such management,and how it should
be organized and functioned, and discussed several
points in the importance of the legal department at the
company and how to establish legal management and the
selection of an Administration director and the staff
and the headquarters of the administration and its
equipments , also touched on the most important work of
theLegal Department, legal issues and advice, drafting
and reviewing contracts andagreements and internal
investigations and the adjustment of the company
position withthe laws and new regulations and practical
work, and some of the problems faced by thelegal
department.
Source:
alwatan 15/4/2008
The Ministry of Justice has participated at the third
legal book fair, held by the Kuwaiti lawyers association
under the auspices of the Kuwaiti Minister of Justice
and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab from
13-19/4/2008. The participation of the ministry was at a
Pavilion containing numerous legal books and specialized
publications, media and awareness publications, which
was distributed to exhibition visitors related to public
services guide in the ministry and the definition of
authentication and sales office and Statistics
Department releases in the information systems center
regarding family consultancies department and other
various publications for different sectors of Justice,
which received interest of lawyers and jurists and
visitors.
Source:
al siyassa 15/4/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and
Labor Jamal Shehab, said that the influx of foreign
investments to the Gulf Cooperation Council is a
positive phenomenon comes in the framework of economic
development witnessed by the world in which we look for
in our country. He emphasized during his patronage of
the first forum for legal managers in the GCC States
organized by the Centre for Arbitration of the Gulf
Cooperation Council, the most important characteristic
of the state of democracy that’s it is a state of law,
where law is
Prevailing on the activities
and decisions of the State which verify the legitimacy
of these actions, and have a safe environment for their
various sectors including the economy sector. Thus
flourish prospects for economic development and social
objectives of the State,a Legal renaissance.
Source:
al-watan: 14/4/2008
the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Gulf
Cooperation Council states is organizing under the
auspices of the Minister of Justice and Social Affairs
and Labor Jamal Shehab, the first Forum for legal
managers in the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab
States of the Gulf today, Sunday, and will last for two
days and the opening ceremony will take place at nine
o'clock this morning in the main hall at the
headquarters of the Arabian nations organization in
Shuwaikh .a large number of legal departments managers
and legal researchers of government ministries,
companies and public and private institutions from all
major countries in addition to the other Arab states,
will participate in this activity.
Source:
al-Anbaa 13/4/2008
On The occasion of World Health Day, which marks the
seventeenth of April of every year the Ministry of
Justice has represented the Department of Information
and Public Relations and both the Ministry of Health,
and the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society in this day,
celebrated by the countries of the world in making of
activities to increase awareness and multiple lectures
focusing on health and its importance in human life.
Source:
alWatan 13/4/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal
Shehab headed the contribution committee in the
development of legislative policy and legislation at its
first meeting since it was formed under his
chairmanship. The Minister al-shehab reviewed with
members of the Committee the idea of its inception,
objectives and tasks assigned, which is to contribute in
setting of legislative policy of the State... The first
meeting concluded the identification and naming the
subcommittees and its tasks.
Source:
al raialaam 10/4/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal al-Shehab
issued yesterday a ministerial resolution for the
formation of an advisory committee in the ministry’s
deewan to follow up the elections of the national
assembly. The resolution stated that, the Committee was
formed to give a legal opinion, on what is presented at
the electoral commissions of legal issues during the
polling process and the committee includes: advisor
Khalid Salem Ali head of the committee, advisor Duaje
al-Ajeel, and members: advisor abdull hadi al-ataar,advisor
Mohammed bo Hindi, advisor Ahmed al-ajeel,advisor Faisal
Khoraibet,advisor Yousif al Motawaa,advisor Dirar al
Asoosi, advisor Mohammed al Zoebi,advisor Bader al
Hauti,advisor Sultan Buresli and advisor Abdull Aziz al-Majed.
Source:al-Nahar
9/4/2008
Under the auspices of the Minister of Justice Jamal Shehab
the Centre for Commercial Arbitration of the Gulf
Cooperation Council organizes the first forum for legal
managers in the GCC countries during the period from 13
to 14 April. D. Nasser Al-Zaid Secretary General of the
Centre declared that the opening of the forum will be at
ten am on Sunday, April 13 at the headquarters of the
Arab nations Organization. He added that a large number
of managers of legal departments and legal researchers
in government ministries, companies and public and
private institutions from all major countries in
addition to the other Arab states take part in this
forum
Source:
al-Nahar
9/4/2008
Kuwaiti Lawyers Association is to organize the third
cultural legal week from 13 to 19April at the
association in Benid algar under the auspices of the
Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal
Ahmed Shihab. The head of the Cultural Committee of the
Kuwaiti Lawyers Association and Chairman of the
Organizing Committee for the cultural events week legal
advisor Falah Al-Hajrav said that the week includes a
special legal books exhibition the third of its kind,
involving more than 30 publishing houses from all the
Arab and Gulf states.
Source:
al-Watan
9/4/2008
Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies in
cooperation with the Kuwaiti Fund for Development
organized a program on «recent trends in the district of
the French State Council», during the 7-8 April under
the auspices of the Minister of Justice and Social
Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab and in the presence of
the undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice Councilor
Sultan bursli lectured by the French councilor Alan
Chrisnacht.
Source:
al-Anbaa
8/4/2008
Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal
Shehab ,Said that there are essential factors must be
provided in order to encourage investment in our country
and create ways to achieve the desired results, and
comes in the forefront activating the legal system of
judicial arbitration as an alternative to resort to the
ordinary courts in investment disputes, which may take
long time in considering actions and dispute, which
impedes the process of investment, which requires speed
decision in this conflict.
Source:
al anbaa 25/3/2008
The member of Supreme Council of judiciary and Under-Secretaryof
the Ministry of Justice Sultan Bursli said yesterday,
that Kuwait attached great importance to encourage
investment and take arbitration as an optional method to
resolve disputes in addition to the ordinary courts for
many years. Bursli's words came in a speech delivered on
behalf of the Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and
Labor and the representative of His Highness the
President of the Council of Ministers host of the
«arbitration role in encouraging investment» convention,
which opened yesterday and lasts three days. Bursli
explained that in the year 1995 the Arbitration Act was
issued, which is considered a pioneer experience and
idea in the field of arbitration as a mean to eliminate
parallel in resolving disputes in support of this new
system, where the Kuwaiti legislature stated to adopt it
in the law of organizing investment of foreign capital.
Source:
alam alyawm 25/3/2008
the Prime Minister representative the Minister of
Justice, Social Affairs and Labor Chancellor Jamal
Shehab said, that the conference aims to promote justice
and to encourage investment as one of the most important
components of the national economy and a vital pillar
for economic development that need stability and ease of
decision-making. This came during a conference of the
Ministry of Justice under the title «role of arbitration
in investment promotion» under the auspices of the Prime
Minister.
Source:
al raialaam 25/3/2008
The Assistant undersecretary of Information and
citizen service centers in the Ministry of Justice Salah
Yousif Ben Ali declared of opening a new centre to serve
the citizen in Doha soon. Ben Ali told al roeiya that
the new Centre will provide al services provided by
other centers in various regions and governorates of
Kuwait through coordination and cooperation with other
Ministries in the State, in the forefront the ministry
of Interior and Defense, also provided by cadres
qualified to provide legal services to the auditors of
the centers.
Source:
al roieya 24/3/2008
Under the auspices of His Highness
the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad, the
Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor Jamal
Shehab ,opens the International Conference organized by
the Ministry of Justice under the title «arbitration
role in encouraging investment», at nine o’clock this
morning in J W. Marriott hotel, with the presence of a
large number of Legal experts and specialists in
arbitration in its judicial and ordinary sense, in
addition to a select group of senior judicial officers
and heads of Trustees of arbitration centers at the
Gulf, Arab and international levels, and
undersecretaries of the Ministry of Justice of the Gulf
Cooperation Council.
Source:
al jareeda 24/3/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and Labor
Jamal Shehab received at his office Imad Yassin al-Harbi
a legal specialist in labor sector ,where he presented
his Masters in Public Law, which was entitled the
guarantees of constitutional judicial independence and
this is considered as the first Master's by a legal
Kuwaiti in this specialization. The minister praised the
study and gave him his congratulations and wished him
success.
Source:
al-Seyassah 18/3/2008
Kuwaiti committee composed of several ministries in
Cairo is discussing problems of the Kuwaiti people from
non Kuwaiti mothers and working to overcome the
difficulties they face in accordance with the decision
of the Kuwaiti ministries’ council. The Committee
members told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that their
work is primarily humanitarian and that the formation of
the committee is made by a Kuwaiti humanitarian gesture
for the sake of their sons abroad who stumbled by
circumstances and reasons that have prevented them from
issuing their personal identification papers. The
advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al
Sharhan said that the committee is composed of a team
comprising the ministries of Social Affairs and labor,
Foreign Affairs, Interior, Health and Justice.
Source:
al-Seyassah 18/3/2008
Kuna...The assistant undersecretary of the ministry of
Justice Dr. Mohammed al-Anssari emphasized the
importance of the third arbitration convention for
international trade to be held on the 24th of
this current month to encourage investments by the
participation of Arab and international legal advisors
and experts
Source:
Kuna
17/3/2008
Paris
- Kuna: The Chairman of the Kuwaiti judicial delegation
advisor Ali al-dhobaibi showed great satisfaction of the
successful and fruitful visit by the delegation to Paris
where he met during which many french officials working
in the field of justice. Al-dhobaibi whom serve as
Chairman of the public execution department said, in an
exclusive statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that
the aim of the visit was to "see the litigation systems
and procedures of execution in the French courts, as
well as information systems has been made to the
international telecommunications network to develop and
stand on its experience to choose The best way for the
introduction of the most successful in the area of
execution of provisions and procedures”
Source:
alSeyassah 16/3/2008
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice Counsel
Sultan Bursli assured that the goal of the Ministry of
Justice of organizing the convention for the role of
arbitration in investment promotion, which is scheduled
to start March 24 which gives the opportunity to get
acquainted with the Arab and international arbitration
systems and direct contact with the relevant local,
Gulf, Arab and international levels in order to know the
multiple aspects of Arbitration and its benefits
achieved for investment promotion .. The adviser Bursli,
Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Conference,
said this conference will be an opportunity to shed
light on the nature of international commercial disputes
and means to solve its problems and problems associated
with the implementation of the provisions of arbitrators
in investment disputes and the role of local and Arab
arbitration centers in the encouragement through the
convergence of leading experts and participants in the
conference and heads of arbitration centers at the
local, Gulf, Arab and international level, where a large
number of representatives of those centers and the
ministries of justice in these countries will
participate in.
Source:
Al Anbaa 13/3/2008
Al-Shehab issued a ministerial resolution to
form Supreme preparatory committee for the follow up
and the organization of the conference chaired by the
under secretary of the Ministry of Justice Councilor
Sultan Bursli and membership of Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Justice for International Relations d.
Mohamed Al-Ansari, and assistant Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Justice for for Administrative and
Financial affairs Abdel-Aziz al-Maged and Director of
the Department of International Relations Zakariya Al-Ansari,
director of the Department of Judicial arbitration
Jassim Mohammed Hussein, and this committee is
responsible for supervising the work of the Coordinating
Committee of the Preparatory Committee represented by
each of the departments of International Relations and
the Administrative Department and Department of
Information and Public Relations and the Department of
Judicial Arbitration.
Source:
al watan
10/3/2008
The Ministry of Justice is organizing an international
conference under the title «role of arbitration in
investment promotion» auspices of His Highness the Prime
Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammadal- Sabah, during the
period from 24 March till 26 of this month, said
Minister of Justice and Minister of Social Affairs and
Labor Jamal Shehab: that the Conference would be
attended by heads of arbitration centers at the local,
Gulf, Arab and international level representatives of
many commercial arbitration centers from various
countries of the world in addition to the participation
of a select group of senior professionals in law and
arbitration and representatives of the Ministries of
Justice in the GCC states.
Source: Alam
alyawm
10/3/2008
The appointed Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice
Abdul Aziz Al-Abdullah has issued an administrative
resolution for delegating Ibtisam al Dweela observer of
studies and research in Kuwait Institute for Legal and
Judicial Studies, for the chairmanship of the Office of
Legal Information Network (Glin) and this resolution
comes in implementation of the Minister of Justice and
Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shehab decision on
establishment of the office and raise it to the level of
control in order to effectuate the role of the network
and expand its work and achieve the objectives contained
in a cooperation protocol signed between the Ministry of
Justice and the American Library of Congress in 1995 and
the adoption of Kuwait as a regional centre for Global
Legal Information Network for the Middle East
countries.
Source: al
Anbaa
4/3/2008
In accordance with its strategies of Bringing
services within its justice to all citizens and to allow
the litigants and the general auditors to complete their
transactions during the morning and afternoon shifts in
addition to alleviating the pressure on the Palace of
Justice and other courts complexes, Ministry of Justice
opened a new center to serve citizens in Sabhan
providing various services related to judicial
proceedings and other justice bodies and within the
Participation in the Centre of the Ministry of Defense
and representatives of the ministries of state including
internal and external communications, electricity and
energy, municipal and civil information authority along
to the Gulf Insurance company and the National Bank of
Kuwait.
Source:
alwatan
3/3/2008
Said the Minister
of Justice and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
Jamal Shihab ,justice in Kuwait is on the right track
and that the judicial authority is independent, pointing
out that what was referred to regarding corruption
perceptions index did not mean corruption of the
judicial authority, but corruption in broader sense, he
said that corruption affects any person, whether he was
small official or director or a minister or deputy and
it is important that there be individual control within
oneself and a certain system that reveals
financial disclosure since the beginning of his career
until its end. Pointing that financial disclosure law
is under study. And Regarding Kuwait establishing an
independent human rights committee said that this is a
natural matter, where Kuwait is a State of law and
preserve rights and freedoms and the existence of an
independent human rights committee is important and
necessary.
Source:
alwatan
13/2/2008
The Minister of Justice and
Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Shihab said
today that the government devote all its energies to
ensure the quality of public service through the rule of
law and the embodiment of integrity, transparency and
accountability. Shahab added in the opening of Kuwait’s
second Transparency Forum, organized by Transparency
Society under the banner of (public service reform),
under the patronage of His Highness the Emir of Kuwait,
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said that the talk about
indicators of corruption must be borne in mind with the
practice of democracy standard where it is a positive
indicator for those States in particular, that publicly
raised the issues of corruption and all which is not
found in other countries where information is concealed
and lacks the courage.
Source:
Kuwait news agency
13/2/2008
Owing to the occurrence of
Sunday, February 24 between the normal weekly holiday on
25 and February 26 (National Day and Liberation Day),
the ministries council decided to mind it a rest day
for the ministries and official institutions to disrupt
work ,and then the council discussed the affairs of the
National Assembly and informed in this regard to the
questions and suggestions submitted by some members, as
well as topics on the agenda for the meeting of the
National Assembly also discussed the political affairs
in light of reports on the overall current developments
in the political arena at the Arab and international
levels.
Source:
alkabas
12/2/2008
The Director of the Information
and Public Relations Department at the Ministry of
Justice Mr. Mulfi al-Mutairi congratulated al Anbaa
news paper in a letter in which he said the
Ministry of Justice is pleased to bless you with 32
anniversary of publicizing your newspaper and the
assumption of the distinguished and distinct information
status among her colleagues Kuwaiti newspapers.
Source: al
Anbaa
13/1/2008
Ministry of Justice announced that the Board of
Trustees of the Global Legal Information Network(Glin)
in the American Library of Congress decided to choose
Abdullah Al-Qahtani head of Glin office in the Ministry
of Justice as a member and Vice Chairman of the Board
after his victory in the elections conducted by the
Trustees Centre of the network at their last meeting in
Washington,
and as confirmation of the
central and vital role of the State of Kuwait in support
of the network and the continuation of connection and
the permanent and persistent efforts by the promotion of
network services, programs and tireless quest to
strengthen its position in the Middle East. And Dr.
Robbins Medina Librarian Congress and the chairman of
the Executive council of Glin had urged in writing
addressed to the Ministry of Justice as the headquarter
for the network in the Middle East to invite countries
in the region to join the network and make use of legal
information offered by Glin.
Source: alwatan
9/1/2008
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice advisor Sultan
Buresli noted that Kuwait had spared no effort in
serving God’s Book and the interest of Qur’an learners;
it is a beacon of this nation
and farmed Guide to the Day of Judgment. in the ceremony
honoring 45 winners from members of the
prosecution and the judiciary, working in the Ministry
of Justice and the learners of God’s Book,
Winners of the 2007 fourth
Qur’an competition coestablished by the Ministry of
Justice in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Awqaf
under the slogan read and rise by in al masjed al kabeer,
yesterday evening under the auspices of Undersecretary
of the Ministry of Justice
Source:
al anbaa 9/1/2008
The Minister of Justice and Social Affairs and
Labor Jamal Shehab issued a ministerial resolution for
the establishment of the "human rights" in the Ministry
of Justice that aims to support and promote human rights
in the State of Kuwait and to uphold its position in all
international forums by reviewing international
conventions relating to human rights,
and seek for the possibility of its association with the State of Kuwait if
there were not any reservations and comment on these
reservations, before recommending ratification or
accession of the State of Kuwait and review projects of
bilateral or multilateral human rights agreements and
what is received of reservations, as well as the
proposal to avoid shortcomings in the Legislation based
on those rights
Source: al
anba’a
7/1/2008
The Minister of Justice and
Social Affairs and Labor on a head of the delegation
from the ministry is visiting the Republic of Yemen to
singe a cooperation agreement between the two
governments in the legal and judicial and judicial area
in civil,
commercial, criminal and personal status. This comes
with a desire to strengthen brotherhood between the two
countries and to achieve the aims of the two sides to
develop cooperation between them in various fields,
especially in legal and judicial cooperation.
Source: slseyassah 2/1/2008
The Minister of Justice and
Social Affairs and Labor Mr. Jamal Shihab is heading
today Wednesday the 23, meetings of the 23rd
round, of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice at
the headquarters of the Arab League.
Source: alrai 28/11/2007
Collection of 3 million dollars for the interests of the
state from one of foreign companies -The Undersecretary
of the Ministry of Justice, Advisor Sultan Bursli
declared the collection of judicial fees for the
interest of the state treasury of more than 3 million
dollars in judgments issued by the Kuwaiti courts
against one of the companies abroad.
Source: alkabas 27/11/2007
Arab Ministers of Justice
discuss the Conventions against terrorism and money
laundering – the state of Kuwait is heading the 23rd
round twenty of the Council of Arab Ministers of
Justice, which begins its work tomorrow, Tuesday, at the
headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo, Kuwait is
represented in the Conference by the Minister of Justice
and Social Affairs and Labor affaires Mr. Jamal Shihab,
whom emphasized in a press statement that the Arab
Justice Ministers will discuss a number of topics of
judicial and legal Forefront the Arab Convention for
combating terrorism and its implementation mechanism and
the Arab Convention for combating money laundering and
the financing of terrorism and to strengthen Arab
cooperation in that regard.
Source: alwatan 26/11/2007
The Minister of Justice and
Social Affairs and Labor Mr. Jamal Shihab has issued a
ministerial resolution for the establishment of a
committee to follow up projects of the Ministry of
Justice and the justice facilities. The minister also
issued a resolution to establish the Office of Legal
information networks in the Ministry of Justice to
coordinate with the head glin center in Washington, the
office includes the
Legal
Information Network of the
Gulf Cooperation Council
Source: alanbaa 26/11/2007
D. Ansari: Kuwait harness all
its capabilities to fight corruption and improve the
rule of law - The Assistant Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Justice for Legal Affairs and International
Relations d. Mohammed al-Ansari, that the fight against
corruption is no longer a local matter but an
international phenomenon that affects all societies and
that the responsibility borne by all States.
Source: alwatan 25/11/2007
The minister of justice and
social affairs and labor Mr. Jamal Shihab has received
in his office yesterday the ambassador of the state of
Qatar to Kuwait Mr. Abdul-Aziz Saad al Fheed . Mr.
Shihab also received yesterday the ambassador of the
republic of
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Sharif Moweka Novetch
where he gave his congratulations on the occasion of
undertaking his tasks of the ministry of social affairs,
and hoped for him continuity of the success.
Source: alseyassah
5/11/2007
The department of information and public relations in
the ministry of justice is glad to congratulate the
ministry of justice and social affairs and labor Mr.
/Jamal Ahmad shihab for his valuable trust granted by
his highness the Amir of the state of Kuwait and
the prime minister to undertake the tasks of the
ministry of justice and social affairs and labor
Source: Information
System Center
5/11/2007
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