Visit of a delegation of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's “Junge Gruppe” to Ramallah

A delegation of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's “Junge Gruppe” visited the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ramallah on June 20th, 2011.

Visit of the KAS-Chairman Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP, to Ramallah

Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP, Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and former President of the European Parliament as well as Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary-General of KAS, visited Ramallah on July 21st 2011 in the framework of their travel to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

Critical view on own media is the main topic of second MIFTAH presentation

The second MIFTAH presentation 2011 about „A Critical Reading of Print Media“ took place on July 7, 2011.

Going to the UN? What’s it all about?

In cooperation with the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ramallah organized a conference on June 27th, 2011 entitled “Going to the UN? What’s it all about?”.

Legal Encounter

Labor Jurisdiction

The Institute of Law organized on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 at Birzeit University a legal encounter with funding from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Judge Raed Asfour and Mr. Abdelkarim Daraghma, Director General of the Directorate of Labour Inspection and Work Safety at the Ministry of Labour, participated in this meeting, which was attended by representatives of a number of interested governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

Visit of a delegation of Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste (ASF)

A delegation of volunteers of Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste (ASF) visited the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) Ramallah on June 8th, 2011. The 32-strong delegation was headed by Katharina von Münster, the representative of ASF in Israel.

The Israeli Peace Initiative

In cooperation with IPCRI, KAS Ramallah organized the presentation of the Israeli Peace Initiative (IPI) on May 11th, 2011. This initiative, drafted by an eclectic group of (former) politicians, civil society representatives, defence chiefs as well as artists, considers itself as an answer to the Arab Peace Initiative (API) of 2002, which it explicitly accepts as a framework for negotiations. After being presented to the Palestinian Authority (PA) on April 29th, the IPI was now made public to a greater audience.

Visit of the German Mayors' National Soccer Team

The German Mayors' National Soccer Team visited the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) in Ramallah on May 9th 2011.

Legal Encounter

The New Developments of Constitutional Review in France and the Palestinian Territories

On April 27th 2011, the interested public was once more invited to a lecture that was part of the “Legal Encounter” series organized jointly by the Institute of Law (IoL) at Birzeit University and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ramallah. Dr. Ali Khashan, Palestinian Minister for Justice, Pierre Joxe, former Minister of the Interior and Defense in France, and Eric Milliard, Professor of Legal Theory and Public Law, at Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense, spoke about the differences and similarities between constitutional review and its developments in France and the Palestinian Territories.

Legal Encounter: International Law and Empire, Yesterday and Today

Internationales Recht und Imperium, Gestern und Heute

On April 20, 2011, Prof Martti Koskenniemi, professor at the University of Helsinki, held a lecture entitled "international law and empire". The lecture took place in the context of the “Legal Encounter” series of lectures, based on a cooperation between the Institute of Law (IoL) at Birzeit University and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) Ramallah.