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TunisiaEUPOL COPPS’ Head meets the Legal Advisor to the President
Supporting Palestinians reinforcing their institutions for a future State as part of a two-state solution is more relevant than ever under the current circumstances.
EUPOL COPPS Head of Mission (HoM), Karin Limdal, and Wael Lafi, Legal Adviser to the Palestinian President, are in full agreement on this very point and on the fact that the judiciary is the cornerstone of such process, when meeting for the first time in Ramallah on 23/10.
The current, unprecedented circumstances affecting everybody’s existence in the Region was mentioned, naturally, after the greeting handshakes. How to carry on with the job was at the core of the discussion, focusing on the concrete support from the Mission to the Palestinian judiciary, aiming at overcoming new and longstanding obstacles.
The talks included the Mission’s support for the achievement of a more participative and transparent normative framework for the legislative process, which is currently being worked on, in close cooperation especially with the Council of Ministers. How this process could benefit the office of the Legal Adviser was highlighted and further areas of cooperation to be explored were also mentioned.
Ms. Limdal underlined the importance of adopting a Law on Family Protection from Violence, as particularly relevant and moreover in any situation of war and conflict.
The recently amended Law of Security Services was discussed during the meeting as well as amendments to the Criminal Procedures Code.
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