Organization Committee: Suleiman Taqieddine, Talal Al-Husseini, Nizar Saghieh,
Marwan Sakr, Charles Adwan

8:30 am - 9:00am: Registration of Participants

The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Paul Salem
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Olaf Köndgen

9:15 - 10:15: Session One

An Overview of the Judicial Sector in Law and in Practice, Suleiman Taqieddine
The Role of the Judiciary: Between the Legislative and the Executive Branches of Government, Issam Naaman

10:15-10:30: Coffee Break

10:30 - 1:00: Session Two

The Higher Judicial Council, Tareq Ziadeh
The Assignment and Transfer of Judges, Moussa Kalass
Public Prosecution, the Judicial Police, and the Code of Penal Procedure, Joseph Ghamroun
The Issue of Bankruptcy in Courts, Marwan Karkabi

1:00 - 2:30: Lunch

2:30 - 4:30: Session Three

The Constitutional Council, Fayez el-Hajj Chahine
The Accounting Department, Hassan Noureddine

Special Courts, Mohamad Moghraby
Personal Status Courts and the law, Hilmi Hajjar
Personal Status Courts in Application, Sami Mansour

12:00 - 2:30 Session Five

The Tribunal Court, Shakib Kortbawi
Appropriation Courts, Wael Tabbarah
Juvenile Courts and Social Penitentiaries, Ghassan Rabah
A Comparison of Draft laws Proposed in the Parliament, Marwan Sakr