Zahra Habib
Lawyer Abdul Rahman Ghoneim, the official sponsor of the “Criminal Justice and the Challenges of the Times Forum”, affirmed that the challenges today do not stop at traditional crimes, but rather extend to electronic crime cases, organized crime, combating terrorism, data protection, and ensuring fair trials in light of modern technologies.
He explained that unconventional crimes require those with stakeholders to develop legislation, update procedures, and enhance the culture of cooperation and integration between all criminal justice institutions.
Ghoneim pointed out that the free countries are not measured by their economic growth or the level of the per capita income in them, but rather are measured by the extent of the achievement of criminal justice and the protection of human rights in them, and Bahrain from those countries that stand on solid land, in promoting criminal justice to confront the challenges of the times.
He explained that the forum represented a high scientific and professional dialogue platform, through which we hope that we will come out with practical recommendations that contribute to strengthening the Bahraini judicial system, and establishes the principles of justice and transparency, reflecting the civilizational face of the Kingdom of Bahrain and serves the interests of its society in the present and the future.
In the same context, lawyer Abdullah Al -Nashiri from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said during his speech at the opening ceremony of the forum: “The meeting of the forum reflects the deep awareness of the importance of developing the justice system, and enhancing its tools and methods, in line with the rapid changes in our world, and at the same time serve the aspirations of our societies towards security, stability, and the rule of law.”
He added, “Today we need a modern criminal justice, which is working to achieve a sophisticated criminal judicial system, which is able to keep pace with legislative and judicial challenges, and is based on the foundations of completed justice, transparency, and respect for human rights.”
