Yemen to attend 2nd Congress of World Conference on Constitutional

Justice SANA'A,
Jan. 12 (Saba) - Head of the Supreme Judicial Council and head of the Supreme Court
Essam
al- Samawi leading a Yemeni delegation headed on Wednesday to Brazil for the 2nd
Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice.
The event will run in Rio de Janeiro on 15-17 January.
The meeting will be organized by the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil in cooperation
with the first Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, the
Venice
Commission and the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils, al Samawi told
Saba upon departure.
It will discuss several topics including the judicial independence and
constitutional courts, said al Samawi as he added that the Yemeni delegation will
present a work paper
on the independence of judiciary and the role of constitutional judiciary in Yemen
and will review Yemen's judicial experience including constitutional rulings.
The conference will also provide the participating Arab countries with the
opportunity to exchange and learn from expertise of other countries.
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