Madar (Algiers) - Algeria will host the 42nd session of the Council of Arab Justice Ministers on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, according to a statement by the Algerian Ministry of Justice issued on Monday, November 9, and carried by the state-owned daily Horizons.
According to the statement, the session will be held at the Abdelatif Rahal International Conference Centre in Algiers, chaired by Justice Minister and Keeper of the Seals Lotfi Boudjemaa, with the participation of a large number of Arab justice ministers and representatives, as well as representatives of the Arab League General Secretariat, the Arab Centre for Legal and Judicial Research and the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers.
The session will be preceded on Tuesday by the 77th meeting of the Council's Executive Bureau, which will prepare the items and draft resolutions to be submitted to the session, the same source said.
Discussions will cover the activation of Arab conventions on combating terrorism, money laundering and terrorist financing, cybercrime and corruption, as well as the drafting of new conventions, in particular an Arab convention on the protection of personal data.
The meeting will also address the harmonisation of Arab legislation through draft laws, including an Arab law on the protection of children in armed conflict, an Arab model law against hate speech, a model law on the protection of and assistance to displaced persons in Arab countries, and the unified Arab law on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
The session will also elect new members of the Executive Bureau, assess the activities of the Arab Centre for Legal and Judicial Research for the current year and adopt its programme for next year, the statement said.
