The
Legal Affairs Sector undertakes several tasks, particularly supervision of all
legal issues of the Secretariat General and its affiliated bodies and
organizations. It provides Legal advice and advisory opinions on issues
presented by the councils and committees of the League of Arab States; the departments
of the Secretariat General and its bodies; or by Arab organizations working
within the scope of the League of Arab States. The Sector also acts as the
Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice, coordinates
Arab positions in international conferences concerned with any legal issues,
conducts administrative investigations on various matters submitted to the
Sector; and represents the Secretariat General in all legal issues and matters
and before the Administrative Court of the League of Arab States.
The
Sector also prepares, drafts and reviews conventions, treaties, cooperation
agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), rules and regulations,
resolutions and contracts which are generally concluded within the framework of
the League of Arab States. The Sector also takes the necessary measures to
archive and deposit signed and ratified documents, treaties and agreements
concluded within the framework of the League of Arab States or with any other
Arab League Member State. The Sector also provides advisory opinions to the
Secretary-General and the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights on certain
issues and cooperates with regional, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations and national institutions concerned with human rights in the Arab
League Member States