Ramallah: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” organizes a training course on Palestinian laws, human rights within international conventions and conflict resolution with alternative means, in collaboration with The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). Reconciliation’s men and informal judges from the Palestinian governorates in the West Bank joined the training course. That addressed Palestinian laws like Penal Code and Penal Procedural Law, human rights within international conventions, historical development of human rights, woman’s rights and child rights in addition to conflict resolution with alternative means, arbitration and mediation. The training course was held in Ramallah governorate for the duration of 3 days. Intisar Abu Khalaf, Project coordinator at DCAF initiated the course, welcomed the attendees and paid attention to the importance of human rights as well as the complementary role of informal justice to the organic law assumed by reconciliation’s men and informal judges in their governorates.
The advocate Mousa Abu Dheim working at ICHR, addressed the historical development of human rights and related international conventions. Like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Convenant on Political and Civil Rights, International Convenant on Social and Cultural Rights, Woman’s Rights Convention and Child Rights Convention.
Dr. Isaac Barqawi, Law instructor at An-najah National University tackled applied laws in Palestine like Penal Code and Penal Procedural Law, guarantees of fair trial, Personal Status Law and Law no. (16) of 2017 on electronic crimes. He emphasized that defect is represented in applying Sharia and not Sharia itself since it has guaranteed human rights.
Dr. Mohammed Amarneh Law instructor at Al-Quds University addressed the historical development of conflict resolution with alternative means, the concepts of arbitration and mediation between laws and practice. He discussed with participants the main challenges facing the efforts of reconciliation’s men and informal judges represented in the weak collaboration by the Palestinian Authority, the structure of areas where conflicts occur in terms of traditions and customs. Furthermore, he spoke about impediments relating to inheritance due to pending cases in courts and the absence of oversight. Participants assured the need to formulate a tribal council, the importance of complementarity between formal and informal justice, unifying references for tribes and achieving a tribal convention.