Amman, Chief Islamic Justice Abdul-Hafiz Al-Rabtah on Wednesday met with Arab Human Rights Committee (AHRC) delegation, headed by Jaber Al-Marri.
During the meeting, Al-Rabtah briefed the delegation on the tasks of Chief Islamic Justice Department and Sharia courts in Jordan and Al-Quds Al-Sharif, referring to their “clear and significant” role in preserving rights, especially rights of women and children.
The department, he noted, has taken multiple measures to protect and promote human rights, whether in terms of developing and updating legislation that governs Sharia courts’ work.
Al-Rabtah highlighted the department’s “remarkable” role related to refugee issues in the Kingdom, by implementing programs aimed to enable refugees obtain their rights and access justice.
In addition, he pointed to the department’s services at Syrian refugee camps, which are provided at Sharia courts’s offices in Za’atari and Azraq camps.
For their part, Al-Marri, and the accompanying delegation lauded the Kingdom’s “positive and effective” position in the human rights system, expressing appreciation for Sharia judiciary’s role in enhancing human rights protection, which achieves “quick” justice and guarantees family-society stability.
Source: Jordan News Agency