Lawyer Raji Sourani Elected as Member of ILAC

Lawyer Raji Sourani Elected as Member of ILAC Executive Committee

Lawyer Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), has been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), while PCHR has been elected as a Board member of ILAC.

ILAC held a conference on Saturday, 25 April 2015, in presence of members of ILAC Council inHelsinki, Finland, to elect the chairperson and members of the Executive Committee and the Board members.

In the conference, member organizations and unions presented reports on the most significant achievements in the past three years in the field of the rule of law nationally and internationally. These organizations included the Bar Associations of the USA, Britain and France, National Association of Women Judges and International Association of Prosecutors (IAP). Sourani presented a report on PCHR's work that impressed the participants in the conference.

Moreover, elections of ILAC Board were held and PCHR and the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) were elected as Board members. Board members are encouraged to attend and participate in ILAC's annual meeting.

It should be noted that PCHR is a member in ILAC since 2005. ILAC is considered one of the most important international legal bodies interested in judicial and legal training. ILAC is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has over 50 member organizations, including the American Bar Association (ABA), ALU, Bar Council of England and Wales, Canadian Bar Association, Council of Bars and Law Societies of the EU (CCBE), Norwegian Bar Association, Bar Association of India and Swedish Bar Association.

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