As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the capacity of young lawyers on issues related to international law, familiarize them with the features of the Fair trial and review the draft anti-discrimination law, the KCIL held the workshop on October 7 and 8, 2024 in Sulaimani province.  At the opening of the first day, the lawyers were introduced to the characteristics of international criminal justice and the prosecution of international crimes, with the focus on the procedures followed in the judicial chambers of the International criminal court. These topics were presented by Dr. Annie Puse in several lectures. Later, Dr. Mohammad Rashid introduced the participants to the stages of investigating international crimes, via hypothetical interpretations of several specialized cases within the ICC and specialized tribunals.
On the second day, Dr. Tawana Mohammed gave a brief presentation on the importance of the anti-discrimination bill. He analyzed why this law is significant for Kurdish society and explored how the discriminatory phenomena that individuals witness every day can be addressed from a legal perspective. In the afternoon Dr. Sarkawt Jalil facilitated an open discussion with the participants to further enrich the bill and give the participants the opportunity to present their legal criticisms of the bill from their own perspective. It is worth nothing that the participants made several suggestions to enrich the content of the bill, emphasizing the importance of broadening the scope of discussion and receiving comments with lawyers. They also highlighted that involving a wider range of perspectives in drafting legislation, rather than off-putting to the experts merely, could lead to a more precise and inclusive final version of it when submitting to the KRI parliament for enacting process.