Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to attend 8th SCO Meeting of Law & Justice Ministers on Aug 6

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will be attending eighth meeting of Ministers of Justice of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday, August 6. He will be joined by Minister of State for Law & Justice, Prof SP Singh Baghel.

In eighth SCO Meeting of Law & Justice Ministers, member nations will furr deliberate on areas of cooperation; role of COVID-19 laws in pandemic; providing free legal aid to citizens in accordance with national legislation; role of said ministries in countering corruption and or allied areas of cooperation and assistance in legal services. A Joint Statement will be released after SCO meeting concludes. 

Ministers of (Law and) Justice and senior officials/experts from India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will be participating in Meeting.

SCO Experts Working Group meeting

Friday's meet will be preceded by second meeting of Experts Working Group on August 4 and 5, which will be attended by Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department, and or senior officials of Ministry of Law & Justice. first Expert Group Preparatory Committee Meeting of eighth round of SCO Law Ministers' meet was hosted by Tajikistan on June 10-11 this year.  

Experts Working Group will discuss and share ir experiences, practices, and role in countering corruption; providing free legal aid and or related activities of Ministries of Justice including firming up of Agenda and Joint Statement of Justice Ministers’ Meeting.

Both meetings, hosted by Tajikistan, will be conducted virtually via Video Conferencing and SCO Secretariat will be providing necessary assistance during three days’ deliberations.

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