Tripoli, 21 September 2013:
A report outlining the themes, topics and talks that featured in a Tripoli June conference entitled ‘Democracy, Standard . . .[restrict]in an Islamic Context’ has now been released.
The aim of the conference was to explore international standards of human rights and democracy in the context of Islamic and Libyan law. It also covered women’s rights, the balance of power and court systems. It was jointly-organised by Democracy Reporting International, the Libyan Centre for Strategic & Future Studies and the National Council for General Freedoms & Human Rights.
“The conference emphasised Islamic notions of essential elements of democracy and the constructive incorporation of language drawn from classical fiqh in modern constitutions,” Democracy Reporting International said.
“We hope that the report will be useful to policymakers and advocates engaged in constitution-making processes in Muslim-majority countries, in Libya and beyond,” it added.
The report features papers given by a number of academics and experts at the conference. These include: ‘The Separation of Powers: International Standards and Islamic Sharia,’ by researcher Saif Nasrawi and ‘Islamic Law and International Human-Rights Standards: Writing Fiqh into the Bill of Rights of the Libyan Constitution,’ by Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics at the University of Utah, Chibli Mallat.
Find out more about Democracy Reporting International’s work on Libya here: http://www.democracy-reporting.org/programmes/libya.html [/restrict]
