The Legislative Encounter with Electronic Development Conference Launched

Feb 12, 2017 – The Legal Clinic at the Faculty of Law held its fifth annual Conference, entitled "The Legislative Encounter with Electronic Development" as part of "New Visions for Legal Education Development" Project, implemented in partnership with 'SAWASYA' UNDP/UN Women Joint Program "Strengthening the role of law Justice and Security for Palestinian People."

Dr. Abdulrahman Hamad, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Prof. Dr. Abdelkhaliq El Farra, President of AUG; and Dr. Saher Al Walid, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Chairman of the Conference, in addition to members of the Board of Trustees, members of AUG Council, heads and members of the preparatory, scientific and media committees, dignitaries, academics, lawyers, and scholars attended the Conference.

In the inauguration ceremony, Counsellor Ishaq Muhanna, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees stressed the significance of such scientific conferences in consolidating the approach of developing scientific research to provide solutions and substantive recommendations in order to achieve the desired level of development in the Palestinian community.

For his part, Prof. Dr. El Farra applauded the Conference's mission and goals, pointing out that such scientific conferences represented AUG's progress and development in the field of scientific research and community service.

Dr. Al Walid, in his turn, highlighted the Conference's theme in light of the current electronic development and the subsequent conflict among technology, rights, and freedoms.  He proceeded to mention the quality of the submitted research since the scientific committee included academics from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE.

 In her remarks, Ms. Wafa'a Al Kafarna, Head of SAWASYA Program in Gaza, expressed her Pride in working with the Faculty of Law for the fifth year in a row. She confirmed that the Conference sought to develop knowledge and capacity building as the real investment in the promising generation of lawyers who are responsible to disseminate the Palestinian principles of achieving peace and the rule of law.

The Conference, held on two days, discussed the following topics:  Cybercrimes and the updated penal procedures; government and e-governance; civil electronic transactions; electronic judiciary; and electronic development and its impact on public rights and freedoms.