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Following St-Yves: The Role of Lawyers in the Quest of Dignity for All in the Palestinian Territories

Monday, June 28, 2010 14:00
Chancellor Day Hall 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

In collaboration with Development and Peace, the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law cordially invites you to a conference by Mr Raffoul Jabra Rofa, Executive Director of the Society of Saint Yves of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a Catholic Human Rights Centre.

Mr. Raffoul Rofa is the Executive Director of the Society of Saint Yves of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a Catholic Human Rights Centre for Legal Resources and Development. Mr. Rofa was admitted to the Israeli Bar in 2003. He holds a Master鈥檚 degree in Law (LL.M, 1996) from the University of London, England, and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2007.

Founded in 1991, Saint Yves Society strives toward a social order that values the dignity of all people in the Holy Land. It promotes Human and Civil Rights by providing legal assistance, counsel, and advocacy to the poor, needy, and politically oppressed Palestinian population in Jerusalem and the southern West Bank. The Society鈥檚 programs address micro and macro problems resulting from occupational policies, such as land confiscation, house demolition, fiscal equality, residential security, family (re)unification, etc.

Member of the Jerusalem Coalition of Palestinian Rights and the Coordinating Catholic Aid Organizations, the Society works as well in partnership with the Al-Quds University, the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

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