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Kuwait's top judge stresses GCC judicial coop.

Chairman of Kuwait's Supreme Judicial Council, Chief Justice Yusuf Al-Mutaw'a
Chairman of Kuwait's Supreme Judicial Council, Chief Justice Yusuf Al-Mutaw'a
MANAMA, April 26 (KUNA) -- Chairman of Kuwait's Supreme Judicial Council, Chief Justice Yusuf Al-Mutaw'a said here Wednesday GCC chief judges are eager to promote judicial cooperation and integration.
Speaking to KUNA following a meeting of chief Justices of GCC supreme courts and courts of cassation, Al-Mutaw'a said the judges had agreed during the meeting to put in place an earlier strategy to promote programs of training and mutual visits by GCC judges.
The judges discussed a possible administrative development of courts, along with an electronic judicial research and study center, he added.
He pointed to an Omani suggestion to hold a scientific forum on the sidelines of the meeting of Gulf court chiefs.
He reminded that the first such meeting had been held in the State of Kuwait with the main goal of promoting and consolidating judicial relations among the GCC member states. (end) mga.mt