The Arab Center for the Independence of Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP), in cooperation with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), is organizing a conference on “The Rule of Law and the Independence of Judiciary in Sudan”, scheduled to take place 19th – 20th March 2008, at Pyramiza Hotel (El Bavion Hall), Dokki.
Justice Michèle Rivet Québec Human Rights Tribunal and Mr. Param Kumara swami former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers will participate as speakers in the conference. Furthermore, many Sudanese figures from the Ministry of Justice and the Sudanese judicial authority and Sudanese lawyers, in addition to many legal, diplomatic and media actors will participate in this conference.
The conference addresses many topics relevant to the rule of law and independence of the judiciary in Sudan, international standards of independence and impartiality of the judiciary, the role of prosecutors in support of the rule of law, the guarantees of a fair trial, the role of the judiciary in protecting human rights during the state of emergency and military and special courts.
The activities of the conference’s opining session will start at 09.00 a.m. on Sunday, 19th March.
