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Ahmad Hosni Ali Al-Ashqar (November 9, 1980) is a former judge, lawyer, university professor, and Palestinian writer. He was born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is the former president of the Arab Union of Judges and one of the founders of the union, and the current head of the Department of Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the Arab American University. He was the first to rule invalidating the Oslo Accords. He has a collection of publications and books.
His upbringing and educational attainment
Counselor Ahmed Hosni Ali Al-Ashqar was born in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank on November 9, 1980. He received his primary, preparatory, and secondary education in the schools of his city of Tulkarm, and completed high school in the literary branch of the Ihsan Samara School in the city in 1998. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from An-Najah University in 1998. 2003, and in 2010 he obtained a master’s degree in law from Birzeit University, and a doctorate in constitutional law and political institutions from Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco in 2017.
He belonged to the Fatah movement in his early youth, and served as a rapporteur in the movement office of the Palestinian Writers and Writers Union. He was also active in the Fatah Movement’s Commission for Arab-China Relations from 2005 to 2011.
His positions and working life
On January 25, 2012, Ahmed Al-Ashqar was sworn in before the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Farid Al-Jallad, as a magistrate judge according to a decree issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
He served as execution judge in the Jenin court.
Execution judge in Ramallah court.
Judge assigned to the Palestinian Criminal Court.
Secretary of the Palestine Judges Club.
Head of the Palestinian Judicial Observatory.
President of the Palestinian Windows Association.
Head of the Studies and Research Center at the Palestinian Supreme Judicial Council.
Legal Assistant in the Technical Office of the Palestinian Supreme Court.
Member of the Supreme National Steering Committee for Juvenile Justice.
Member of the National Committee for the Legislative Plan of the Palestinian Government.
Human rights expert at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palestinian Territories Office, 2014.
Human rights expert at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office in Beirut, 2017.
Human rights expert at Save the Children International, 2015.
Human rights expert at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, 2018.
Expert at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden, Amman Regional Office, 2016-2018.
Human rights expert at the Heartland Foundation.
Trained expert in the field of freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of the press in the Coalition for Integrity and Accountability (AMAN), 2015.
Expert in the field of combating torture, Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, 2018.
Expert in the field of legislative drafting at The Hague Academy of Legislative and Legal Sciences, 2011.
Trained expert in the field of juvenile justice at Heartland Islands International Foundation, Baghdad, 2019.
Expert in the field of combating human trafficking at the United Nations Office for Human Rights Training and Documentation, Qatar, 2010.
Trainer in regional workshops for Arab judicial institutes partnering with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
On June 14, 2020, a presidential decree was issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assigning Judge Al-Ashqar to legal work in Palestinian ministries and government institutions.
Head of the Department of Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the Arab American University.
His writings
Ahmed Al-Ashqar has published many studies and books published internationally and locally, including:
“Guide for judicial training on the application of international human rights agreements,” and this guide is accredited by seven Arab judicial institutes, 2016.
“A Collection of Principles Issued by the Palestinian Supreme Court,” Publications of the Palestinian Supreme Court, 2011-2014.
“Arab Jurisprudence in Implementing International Human Rights Conventions,” publications of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden.
“Judicial protection of public rights and freedoms between theory and practice,” publications of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (Board of Grievances), 2013.
“Honour killings of women in Palestine”, publications of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palestine, 2014.
“Reviewing Palestinian legislation from the perspective of international standards for children’s rights,” Save the Children International publications, 2014.
“Manual for Judicial Training in the Field of Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Prohibition of Hate Speech,” publications of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Beirut, 2017.
“Training Guide in the Field of Applying International Standards for Fair Trial Guarantees,” Publications of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden, Amman Regional Office, 2018.
“Reasons for abolishing Article 308 of the Palestinian Penal Code,” publications of the Women’s Center for Legal and Social Guidance, 2018.
“The obligations of the State of Palestine to protect women’s right to life in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,” publications of the Women’s Center for Legal and Social Aid, 2019.
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