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Administration of Justice Practices
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      - Automation / Computerization of their Working Systems
Human Rights
      - Accused, Offender, Prisoner
      - Children, Juveniles
      - Women
      - Minorities, Refugees, Non-Citizens
      - Humanitarian Law
      - Prevention of Discrimination
      - Political, Civil, Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
Fighting Crimes
      - Investigation of Crimes
      - Prevention of Crimes
Types of Crimes
      - Fighting Corruption
      - Transparency Standards, Instruments
      - Organized Crime
      - Fighting Money Laundering
      - Financial Transparency
      - Terrorism
      - Cyber Crimes / Computer Crimes
      - Intellectual Property Crimes
      - Crimes against Women
      - Juvenile Delinquency
      - Crimes against the Environment
      - Trafficking in Persons
      - Trafficking in Drugs
      - Trafficking in Arms, Weapons
      - Crimes against Humanity (Genocide, Torture…)
Rule of Law and Governance
      - Democratic Governance
      - Development
      - Peace, Security
      - Protection of Human Rights
      - Role of Public Prosecution and Specialized Institutions
      - Importance of Parliaments
      - Local Governance
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      - Legislation, Constitutional Reforms
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Gender
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Legislature

Building the Capacity of Parliamentary Institutions and Promoting Citizen's Participation in the Arab Countries: Jordan - Iraq - Lebanon [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2009
This publication includes Research results and workshops organized by UNDP-POGAR in partnership with IPALMO institute within the framework of the project Building Capacities of Parliamentary Institutions and Promotion of Citizen's Participation in the Arab Countries and Middle East. The project aims at strengthening the capacity of Parliament in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in relation to its role in fighting corruption, promoting decentralization and in improving its representative function.

General Principles for Political Parties Legislation in the Arab Countries [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2009
This pamphlet includes a set of guiding principles for political party legislation in the Arab region which were debated and adopted by the Working Group on Parliament and Reform of Political Parties Legislation, launched by the UNDP’s Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region (PDIAR). Members of the Working Group were comprised of more than 40 parliament members from: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Yemen, in addition to researchers and experts on the topic. These guiding principles could serve as a basis for reviewing current legislation or drafting new political party laws in the Arab Region. They could also contribute to the institutional development of political parties within a functioning democratic governance system, and reinforce political participation as well as political pluralism.

Handbook for Mauritanian Senators [ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2009
This publication, prepared by the Mauritanian Senate in collaboration with UNDP, provides a practical handbook for the Mauritanian senators. It sheds light on the Mauritanian institutional structure, and discusses the Senate’s organization, and the different stages of the legislative process. It also discusses the oversight role of the Senators.

Handbook for Parliamentarians on Public Finance: Budgetary procedures, glossary and guidebook [ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2009
This handbook published by the Mauritanian parliament in cooperation with UNDP, explains the process of preparing the national budget. It defines the national budget and sheds light on the legislative framework governing it. It clarifies the steps of preparing the budget, voting on it, and conducting oversight over its implementation. The publication also includes general guidelines as well as a glossary of related terminologies.

Towards Strengthening the Role of Arab Parliaments in the Reform of Political Party Legislation [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2009
This Publication includes the knowledge products of the Working Group on Parliaments and the Reform of Political Party Legislation. In addition to workshop reports, the publication includes the four regional studies that have been commissioned by UNDP on key issues affecting political party life such as party finance and internal organization. The book also includes the General Principles for Political Party Legislation in the Arab Region, around which, the members of the working group have reached a consensus.

Arab Parliamentarians Handbook for Empowering Youth [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2008
This handbook, published by UNDP in cooperation with the Arab Scout Parliamentary Union, and the Parliamentary Studies Programme at Cairo University, highlights the basic principles guiding youth policies, and provides Arab legislators with a draft youth law as well as an explanatory note on the draft law.

Manual on Legislative Drafting for the Iraqi Council of Representatives [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2008
This manual was prepared by Mr. Mahmoud Sabra, one of the Arab region’s leading experts in legislative drafting, and was published by UNDP-POGAR as part of the project entitled “Strengthening the Capacities of the Iraqi Council of Representatives”. This manual is designed specifically for the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and contains guidelines on how to read, analyze, and draft a bill. The purpose of the Manual is to help members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and legal councilors perform their duties as efficiently and effectively as possible.

National Security Policy-Making and Gender [ English ]
Author(s): . 2008
Toolkit published by UN-instarw and the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). It may be useful to parliamentarians involved in security policy making processes. It highlights the benefits and opportunities of integrating gender issues into national level security policy making as that would increase the participation and the representation of all sectors of society that may be affected by the issue.

The Security Sector Legislation of the Palestinian National Authority [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2008
This DCAF publication contains a compilation security sector legislation adopted by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) – laws, executive decisions, and bylaws of institutions relevant to the security sector.

Consolidated Response: Eliminating Violence Against Women In Politics [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
Consolidated response published by the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOWpolitics) addressing violence against women in politics. The main questions raised were on the frequency and sources of such violence, how to reduce such violence and whether any measures have been put in place towards that end such as legislations, policies, or programmes. The ways in which violence against women in politics manifests itself in different cultural contexts is also tackled.

Draft International Law for Youth: Arab Countries and Legislations Related to Youth Rights and Duties. Second Study [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2007
This study was prepared by the Arab Scout Parliamentary Union, and the Parliamentary Program at Cairo University, with the support of UNDP. The study aims at observing the best practices in Arab legislation (focus of this study), as well as modern international legislation (the focus of the first study “Draft International Law for Youth: Survey of International Youth Related Legislation”) as it is a legislative and institutional mechanism for Arab youth empowerment.

Draft International Law for Youth: Survey of International Youth Related Legislation. First Study [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2007
This study was prepared by the Arab Scout Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Program at Cairo University, with the support of UNDP. The study aims at observing the best practices in modern international legislation (the focus of this study) as well as Arab legislation (focus of the second study “Draft International Law for Youth: Arab Countries and Legislations Related to Youth Rights and Duties”), as it is a legislative and institutional mechanism for Arab youth empowerment.

Egyptian Political Parties, Constraints and Limitations: Report of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2007
An article published by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights discussing the difficulties inherent in the Egyptian partisan sphere, mainly concerning the formation of new political parties and the restricting legislative environment. The article also draws attention to impediments regarding issuing favorable laws as a result of the ruling party's large influence on the ratification of laws.

From Exclusion to Equality Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
Handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disability.

The Women's Legal Rights Initiative: Final Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
Publication published by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It focuses on legislation to protect women's legal rights and enhancing the justice sector's capacity to enforce women's legal rights. The publication focuses on several countries mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Documenting Women’s Rights Violations By Non-State Actors [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This manual, provides tools to human rights activists and defenders who investigate violence perpetrated against women by non-state actors. Its goal is to offer guidance with regard to the legal definitions and human rights protection mechanisms that may help them compel States to fulfill their obligation to protect. It presents concrete examples of particular forms of violence committed against women by non-state actors and models of strategies that have been used effectively, particularly in Muslim communities.

Egyptian Legislation and Jurisprudence [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2006
A handbook of the project that established the legislation and jurisprudence data base in Egypt.

Lebanon – Journal of Parliamentary Life [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2006
The Journal includes studies, minutes, reports, legal documents and texts, in addition to questioning parliamentary of the government.

The Public's Right to Know: Principles related to the Laws on the Freedom of Knowledge [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2006
This manual tackles various legal, constitutional and political aspects of the freedom of information and of the right to know and presents some of the sectors which directly benefit from the adoption of a law in this respect, such as the environment and the media. "No Corruption" includes in the manual a document containing the general principles of the right to know, as well as a model law on the access to information translated by the Association from "Article 19- The International Center Against Censorship".

Women’s Rights Under Attack: Occupation, Constitution and Fundamentalisms [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This publication highlights the work that Iraqi women are doing to try to amend the new Iraqi Constitution

Gender Mainstreaming in Parliaments: International Best Practices [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
Paper Published by ONA-UNDP that serves as a guide for parliamentarians to facilitate gender mainstreaming into the main functions of parliament such as representation, oversight, and legislation. It also highlights emerging gender issues within these areas and ways to integrate them through a gender perspective.

Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change: A Manual for Drafters [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This guide is coauthored by Robert B. Seidman, Ann Seidman, and Nalin Abeyesekere. UNDP funded its translation to Arabic. It aims to provide guidance to the legislators during the technical procedure of legislation. It highlights several important topics such as the relation between the legislative drafting, good governance, and the process of development. It discusses the technique for preparing a research report, and methods for drafting a draft law. The guide also sheds light on the role of legislative drafting in promoting good governance.

The General Budget in the Arab Countries: Comparative Study on the Preparation, Approval, Implementation and Monitoring of the Budget in the Arab Countries [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): Mr. Adnan Daher. 2005
This book, published by UNDP, defines the general budget, and sheds light on various aspects such as the budget’s history and development, principles of a good general budget, measures to promote the parliament’s role and the obstacles that limit the effectiveness of parliaments in this domain. The book also discusses methods of preparing the budget in the Arab countries, as well as approving, implementing, and performing auditing and oversight over its implementation. The book concludes by highlighting the final accounts process in different Arab countries.

The Main Actors in the Law – Making Process for Economic Reform: An Assessment of their Strengths & Weaknesses to Participate in the Law – Making Process in Egypt [ English ]
Author(s): Dr. Ali El-Sawi. 2005
After launching the Economic Reform and Stabilization Adjustment Program (ERSAP) in 1991 the Egyptian government embarked on a new initiative to reform and upgrade the legislative framework. This paper highlights the role of the Executive, the Legislative and civil society, showing the weaknesses and the strengths of the process.

The Process of Issuing the Work Code in Morocco [ English ]
Author(s): Zakaria Aboueddahab. 2005
The paper seeks to ask about the elaboration process of the Work Code. It retraces the political as well as the juridical (legislative and regulatory) itinerary followed by the Code’s text.

Transparent Government: Developing Public Access to Government Information [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2005
This study, published by the International National Democratic Institute, sheds light on the freedom of information laws. It discusses the advantages of the freedom of information and the parties benefiting from them and focuses on the means to develop and implement freedom of information laws. The study also publishes a list of the national laws on the freedom of information in force in the Arab countries.

Constitutional Provisions and Enhancing Participation of Women in Elections [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
Paper published by the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) discussing the participation of women in post-conflict countries. It examines the obstacles they face in their efforts to participate in elections. The paper also describes the legislative measures taken to enhance the participation of women in several countries, however, it also delineates that the difficulties are hardly experienced at the constitutional level as women generally have the right to vote, but rather at the implementation level.

For Ourselves-Women Reading The Qur'an [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
This paper reflects the diverse voices of women who interpret the Qur'an and engage with it in the context of their lived realities. It describes the many challenges to monolithic, often male-dominated interpretations of the Qur'an and Muslim laws.

Lebanon – Parliament Proceeding in 2004 [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2004
This report contains a brief on the outcome of the parliament’s legislative and supervisory roles, on administrative development in 2004, in addition to the parliament’s Arab and international relations.

Lebanon – Parliamentary Life Journal [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2004
This journal includes studies, enlightened opinions, minutes, reports and documents, in addition to questions directed to the government.

Parliament, the Budget and Gender [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 2004
This guide, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Bank Institute and the United Nations Fund for Women, discusses some of the basic concepts and issues in budgeting, the budget process and the budget as a tool for accountability. It also provides a gender perspective on the budget and suggests ways to strengthen legislative participation in this domain.

Assessing Legislation: A Manual for Legislators [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2003
This guide is coauthored by Robert B. Seidman, Ann Seidman, and Nalin Abeyesekere. UNDP funded its translation to Arabic. It aims at providing the legislators with the necessary tools that would help them in assessing legislations and proposing them to promote social and democratic change in their countries. The guide highlights and discusses several important topics such as the role of the legislator in facilitating socio-political and economic change, the legislative theory, and the methodology for problem solving, in addition to assessing the technical sufficiency for the proposed law.

Lebanon – Parliament Proceedings in 2003 [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2003
This report contains a brief on the role played by the Lebanese parliament and parliamentarian diplomacy, in addition to its legislative and supervisory task.

Towards Developing Legislative Drafting for Arab Parliaments [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2003
This book, published by UNDP – POGAR, includes the proceedings as well as the final report, of the Workshop on Developing Legislative Drafting for Arab Parliaments, held in Beirut in 2003. Some of the topics discussed are: legislative drafting for good governance; Legislative drafting in Arab countries; methodologies, means and sources for producing legislative texts. It also focuses on the status of legislative drafting in Egypt, and suggests ways to improve legislation and make them clearer. The book concludes with the discussion of the pillars for an efficient and democratic legislative process.

Women's Rights in the New Constitution of Iraq: Perspectives from the Afghan Constitutional Experience [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2003
This study published by NDI, discusses women's rights in the new Iraqi constitution. The study takes women's rights in the new Afghani constitution as a case study, and sheds light on women's right in different constitutions as well. It concludes with recommendations on how to embed women's right in the new constitution.

Access to Aerial Waves: Principles on the Freedom of Speech and Broadcasting Laws [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2002
Within the scope of the international campaign for freedom of speech, this publication presents a series of principles and criteria on the means to strengthen and protect independent broadcasting, and put such broadcasting at the service of public interest. These principles also deal with the means to organize work so as to serve the public interest and thus, prevent such work from becoming a controlling tool between the hands of government. Moreover, this publication tackles the need expressed by organizers to prevent commercial interests from predominating in the broadcasting system and guarantee the realization of the public interest. It also sets out criteria related to the media coverage of elections.

Guide to the Morocco Legal System [ English ]
Author(s): . 2002

International Electoral Standards: Guidelines for Reviewing the Legal Framework of Elections [ English ]
Author(s): . 2002
This book, published by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) sets out internationally recognized standards applicable across a range of areas of electoral legislation. This will be useful to those engaged in reviewing existing legal frameworks for elections, or formulating new electoral legislation. These standards are intended as benchmarks to assess whether elections are free and fair.

Greater Arab Free Trade Zone, 4 years After Implementation [ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 2001
Implementing the 4th of the gradual reduction of customs, tariffs and taxes.

Legal Framing of Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the Security Sector [ English ]
Author(s): . 2001
This DCAF publication sheds light on a range of issues related to the relationship between law and democratic control of armed forces. The discussions focused on several national case studies, some of the topics discussed were the legal issues of democratic control of armed forces, as well as the societal and cultural prerequisites needed for the promotion and implementation of the democratic control of armed forces. It also examines the relevance of the Western legal expertise for the rule of law in countries in transition, and the civilian and parliamentary control over the military.

Lawmaking and Stages of Legislative Procedure [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
A UNDP-MAGNET technical series publication. The report examines the lawmaking function of the legislature and the related processes of introducing, considering and enacting laws.

Legislative Committee System [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
A UNDP-MAGNET technical series publication. The report examines the committee systems and their role in shaping legislative outcomes.

Strengthening Democracy Through Women's Political Participation [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
Seminar organized and published by The Asia Foundation which took place after the economic crisis in numerous Asian countries in the late 1990s. The objective of the seminar was to formulate strategies for democratic development, economic progress, and stable international relations in the Asia Pacific. The cornerstones it focuses on to achieve such results include human rights and legal reform, the participation of women in politics and other sectors, governance reforms, and security issues.

Issues in Women's Political Empowerment in the Asia-Pacific Region [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
Paper published by the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics. The paper is divided into three sections: obstacles to women empowerment including institutional barriers, opportunities to women's empowerment including greater interest in advancing democratic governance, and future directions including creating an enabling environment for women's political empowerment.

Engendering Macroeconomics and Macroeconomics Policies [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
Article published by UNDP discussing the significance of gender in formulating macroeconomic policies. It explains the effects of gender-biased policies in producing gender inequalities at the micro level which in turn results in macroeconomic implications. It also highlights UNDP's efforts in the area of gender and macroeconomics.

Analysing Legislation: How to Read Bills Critically [ English ][ Arabic ]
Author(s): . 1997
This National Democratic Institute (NDI) handbook discusses the simple techniques that parliamentarians can use to better understand proposed legislations. In particular, these methods focus on determining the major issues of policy contained in a bill; identifying the problems or issues that a bill addresses; and analyzing the solutions it proposes.

Arab Parliamentary Database [ Arabic ]
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A joint project of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (ARAB-IPU) and the Regional Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR). The database comprises constitutions, parliamentary bylaws and rules of procedures, electoral laws, and laws organizing constitutional courts or councils of the 22 Arab countries. The database base provides access to the documents including a comparative access using analytical glossary terms.

House of Representatives - Legal Database [ Arabic ]
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Tunisian laws issued since 1960. The database provides access through keywords and free text search to the title, number and text of the laws and their publication dates.

Internal Organization of the Legislative Branch [ English ]
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A United Nations Development Programme review of the legislative functions of representation, lawmaking and oversight.

Jordan's Legal Documents [ Arabic ]
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Jurisite Tunisie [ French ]
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Jurisite Tunisie is a private Tunisian web portal specialized in Tunisian law.

Labour Legislation Guidelines [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
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The purpose of these Guidelines is to equip those involved in the process of formulating and reviewing labour legislation, as representatives of governments, employers, workers and other interests, with tools to make social dialogue on labour legislation more effective.

Lebanon – Parliamentary Bulletins [ Arabic ]
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Legal Database since 1960 [ Arabic ]
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Legislationline [ English ]
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Legislationline is a database published and maintained by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Its purpose is to assist lawmakers in OSCE participating states by providing them with sample domestic legislation and international standards on selected human dimension issues.

Legislative Council - Legal Database [ Arabic ]
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The web site provides access to the laws enacted by the Legislative Council and to others that are pending or under various stages of discussions and reading all listed by law number, the sponsoring entity and the date of the general discussion.

Legislative Council - Sessions Database [ Arabic ]
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The web site aims to provide access to the full text of the PLC's sessions files and laws enacted.

Legislative Texts [ Arabic ]
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The constitution, bylaws, elections laws, and other texts from the Arab Parliamentary Database - the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).

Legislative Texts [ Arabic ]
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The constitution, bylaws, elections laws, and other texts from the Arab Parliamentary Database - The United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region UNDP-POGAR.

Legislative Texts [ Arabic ]
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The constitution, bylaws, elections laws, and others from the Arab Parliamentary Database - The United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region UNDP-POGAR.

Legislative Texts since 1882 - present [ Arabic ]
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This document presents a summary of the evolution of the legal texts in relation with the Egyptian parliamentary laws since 1882 - present.

National Council - Journal of Sessions Debates [ Arabic ]
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Provides access to the index of the Council's debates 1998-2000.

National People's Assembly - Journal of Sessions Debates [ Arabic ][ French ]
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Official Gazette [ Arabic ]
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The Institute of Law at Birzeit University publishes the Palestinian Official Gazette Al-Waqa'ea al-Filistiniyah

Official Journal [ French ]
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Women are Citizens Too: The Laws of the States, the Lives of Women [ English ]
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Paper published by the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States discussing gender equality within the broader context of citizenship. It provides an analysis and understanding of the tremendous challenges and resistance faced concerning gender equality in the Arab region. The main areas of focus are related to the family, social security, and nationality laws.