Qatar is participating in the first judicial conference of the Constitutional/Supreme Courts of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) member/observer states, which started in Istanbul yesterday.
HE Dr Hassan bin Lahdan al-Hassan al-Mohannadi, chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council and president of the Court of Cassation, headed the Qatari delegation.
The conference is being attended by representatives from 48 countries and organisations around the world, and will discuss ‘The Role of Higher Judiciary In Protecting the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights’.
The conference aims at forming a judicial forum to ensure fruitful and constructive communication between the Supreme Courts of OIC member/observer states. It will also witness the holding of several meetings to discuss issues such as human rights and the rule of law in constitutional judicial practice, and the protection of human rights and the rule of law in the higher judiciary as well as the impact of global and local dynamics on the protection of human rights and the rule
of law. (QNA)
Al Quds conference begins
The Advisory (Shura) Council is participating in the second conference of the League of Parliamentarians for Al Quds, which started in
Istanbul yesterday.
The two-day conference will promote the continuation of parliamentary diplomatic efforts towards Al Quds.
The conference aims at activating the role of parliamentarians on both regional and international level to defend the unity and safety of Al Quds, to support the Palestine cause, to defend the Palestinians legitimate rights, and to expose the violations committed by the Israeli occupation. (QNA)
Motorist fined for injuring pedestrian
A Doha criminal court has ordered a motorist to pay a fine of QR100,000 for injuring a pedestrian when he crashed his vehicle into him.
Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the court had also ordered the motorist to pay a sum of QR26,000 as compensation to the victim.
The accident happened at Dahl Al Hamam Area, when the motorist could not avoid hitting the pedestrian who was crossing the road, causing him an estimated disability of 26%.
The court ruling also stressed that both parties were jointly responsible for the accident as the pedestrian crossed the road without taking necessary precautions, the daily added.
