Challenges for the Palestinian Legal System

Challenges for the Palestinian Legal System

Wednesday, January 19, 2000
2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW
2nd Floor Conference Room

As negotiations proceed regarding the future status of the Palestinian territories, the challenges in developing a new and integrated legal system in the West Bank and Gaza are significant, and are central to the nature of the future Palestinian polity and the development of a democratic system. The speakers addressed these and related issues.

Speakers:

Freih Abu Meddien, Minister of Justice,
Palestinian Authority

Tawfiq Abu Ghazala, Chairman,
Palestinian Delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian
Joint Legal Committee

Moderator:

Neil Kritz, Director
Rule of Law Program, U. S. Institute of Peace

Archived Audio

Event Proceedings
Running Time - 1 hr 19 min • 25M Download*
*Audio file is in QuickTime

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Challenges for the Palestinian Legal System

Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:00 PM -- 3:30 PM	United States Institute of Peace 1200 17th Street, NW 2nd Floor Conference Room
As negotiations proceed regarding the future status of the Palestinian territories, the challenges in developing a new and integrated legal system in the West Bank and Gaza are significant, and are central to the nature of the future Palestinian polity and the development of a democratic system. The speakers addressed these and related issues. Speakers: Freih Abu Meddien, Minister of Justice, Palestinian Authority Tawfiq Abu Ghazala, Chairman, Palestinian Delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Legal Committee Moderator: Neil Kritz, Director Rule of Law Program, U. S. Institute of Peace Archived Audio Event Proceedings Running Time - 1 hr 19 min • 25M Download* *Audio file is in QuickTime Media Inquiries should be directed to the Office of Communications by phone at 202.429.3828 or e-mail at usip_requests@usip.org.