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Afghan Judge to Discuss Legal Reform for Afghanistan

An equitable justice system is the cornerstone of any stable democracy. For Afghanistan, overcoming years of war and institutional abuse to introduce legal reform is an important step in raising the accountability of government agencies to Afghans.

On July 21 at 7:30 EDT (11:30 GMT), join Judge Abdul Hashimi in an Ask America webchat for a discussion of the justice system in Afghanistan and where it is headed in the future.

Judge Abdul Saboor Hashimi has served as a judge in six different district courts of Balkh province and as chief judge of the Sangcharak district of Saripul province. He earned a bachelor of law and jurisprudence degree from the Sharia Law Faculty of Balkh University in 1997 and holds several certificates from judicial education programs, including: a certificate for a judicial seminar in human rights from the Afghanistan Human Rights Organization (sponsored by the European Union and U.N. Development Programme); a certificate for a judicial seminar in civil and criminal procedure codes (sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development); and a certificate for completing a seminar in the reformation of justice and judiciary and court management. Judge Hashimi also completed a one-month seminar on criminal procedure (sponsored by IDLO-Italy).

If you would like to participate in this webchat, please sign up on the Ask America webchat registration page ( http://webchat.state.gov/?tid=unsecure.login&language=english ). Please tell us your preferred screen name; use of full names is not required.

If you have participated in one of our previous webchats, use the same e-mail.

We accept questions and comments in advance of, and at any time during, the program. You may also e-mail questions ( mailto:askamerica@state.gov ) without registering.

The transcript of this webchat will be available on Ask America's webchat page ( http://www.america.gov/multimedia/askamerica.html ), where information about other planned webchats is available.

Source: U.S. Department of State

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