Chief Justice of the Supreme Judiciary Council of Qatar H E Dr. Hassan bin Lahdan Al Hassan Al Mohannadi chairs a meeting of Advisory Board of the Global Judicial Integrity Network 2020.
Doha: The Advisory Board of the Global Judicial Integrity Network 2020 held its second meeting virtually, headed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and President of the Court of Cassation, H E Dr. Hassan bin Lahdan Al Hassan Al Mohannadi.
Al Mohannadi who is the chairperson of the second high-level meeting of the Global Judicial Integrity Network for the current session 2020-21, noted that the advisory board is entrusted with the function of reviewing and approving the policies, programmes and achievements that the global network is working on and managed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
It is considered as one of the results of the fourth pillar (judicial integrity) of the implementation programme of the ‘Doha Declaration’ on crime prevention and criminal justice (2015-20).
At the beginning of the meeting, Al Mohannadi expressed his wishes and SJC judges wishes to their fellow judges in the world for success and the durability of giving in the service of the supreme goal that unites the efforts of global judicial international cooperation in the service of prompt justice and the human right to a fair trial.
He gave a brief on the results of the negotiation efforts of the SJC with its partner, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to finalise an agreement to establish and host a specialised UN centre for research and training in the fields of judicial integrity, which is currently under enforcement and accreditation.
For her part, the member of the advisory board of the network and the president of the Court of Appeal in the Federal District of Washington, DC, who is also president of the International Association of Women Judges, Judge Phenicia Ruiz, expressed her appreciation for the efforts of the SJC and for the presidency of Dr. Al Mohannadi. She said that despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, SJC continued to implement its pledges, including supporting the International Association of Women Judges.
In turn, the secretariat of the Global Judicial Integrity Network of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime appreciated the efforts of the SJC and its continuous and regular initiatives to translate the commitment of the State of Qatar to the principles of preventive diplomacy.
In the discussions, the State of Qatar reviewed the results of the pledges made by its presidency of the second high-level meeting of the Global Judicial Integrity Network, which was hosted by Doha from February 25 to 27, 2020.
