Judges colloquium concludes
18 Nov 2009, 8:49 AM
Senior Maldivian judges met their counterparts from other South Asian countries during a two-day colloquium on equality and non-discrimination, held by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Four members of the Maldivian judiciary, including Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Abdullah Saeed, met 18 judges from eight other countries at Bandos Island Resort to share experiences of implementing human rights law and international treaties.
The UN’s coordinator of the event, Rory Mungoven, emphasised that the while the colloquium had only invited two judges from all other countries, “this was a regional event, not a Maldives focused event.”
“This was the first event of its kind in the region and I think it’s very significant that it happened here in the Maldives,” he said.
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