First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters, Qatar, Doha – 20 to 22 June 2011
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First Gulf Judicial Seminar on Cross-Frontier Legal Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters
From 20 to 22 June 2011, approximately 80 participants from Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (Bahrain was excused) – including Ministry officials, academics, professionals, as well as members of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, met in Doha (Qatar), to discuss the relevance and possible implementation of some of the Conventions adopted under the auspices of the Hague Conference within the GCC Region in the areas of child protection, as well as legal cooperation and litigation.