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Chirac honours Arab attorney for efforts
Fat'hi Kemicha, an international arbitration lawyer who defended Bahrain's position in its border dispute with Qatar, has been made Knight of the French Legion of Honour in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the promotion of legal practices in the region, diplomats in Manama yesterday told Gulf News.
- By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
- Published: 00:00 May 2, 2007
Manama: Fat'hi Kemicha, an international arbitration lawyer who defended Bahrain's position in its border dispute with Qatar, has been made Knight of the French Legion of Honour in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the promotion of legal practices in the region, diplomats in Manama yesterday told Gulf News.
The honour for an Arab attorney was ordered by French President Jacques Chirac days before leaving the Elysees and published in the official French Gazette.
Tunisia-born Kemicha, currently attending the meetings of the Dubai Arbitration Centre and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration ICCA, will now have to choose the location where the honour will be bestowed upon him.
During his appearance as counsel to Bahrain in the case on maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain before the International Court of Justice in 2000, Kemicha argued for the application of Uti Possedetis, a principle that states emerging from colonial rule into independence should accept existing colonial borders as inviolable.
Kemicha, one of seven members at the Sanctions Board of the World Bank and one of the few Arab members at the International Law Commission of the United Nations, helped establish Bahrain's Constitutional Court where he was secretary-general for three years.
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