GJPI attended the Judicial Independence Conference in Erbil on 30 and 31 March 2009, organised by ICJI, IIRL and USIP. The conference presentations addressed a number of aspects of judicial independence including the position of the Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Training Institute, the Administrative Court function of the Shura Council and the Public […]
Read MoreOn 28 and 29 March 2009, GJPI observed the Judicial Federalism in Iraq conference organised by IIRL and USIP in Erbil. Chief Justice Medhat and Kurdistan region Chief Justice Ahmed were both in attendance along with many of the senior figures in the Iraq wide and Kurdistan Region judiciary and representatives from the executive and […]
Read MoreThe Kurdistan Regional Legislative Observatory were kind enough to invite GJPI to participate in their Kurdistan Rule of Law 10 Year Plan Stakeholders Meeting held in Erbil on 2 April 2009. Representatives from the legislature, executive, judiciary, law schools and the international community presented their proposals for law reform.
Read MoreThe Kurdistan Region President is elected under Kurdistan Law 1, Article 1 passed by the Kurdistan Parliament (formerly known as the Kurdistan National Assembly) in 2005. During the life of the regional legislature elected in 2005, the President is elected by the legislature. In future the President is to be directly elected by the people […]
Read MorePursuant to Law 2 of 2009 (4th Amendment to the Election Law of the National Council of Kurdistan, Iraq, Law 1 of 1992), passed on 25 March 2009, the Kurdistan National Assembly wishes to be known as the Kurdistan Parliament. The Parliament website (in Kurdish, Arabic and English) is well designed and contains news, legislation, […]
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