First Issue of the legal Journal "Kitabat" ceremonially presented in Tunis

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Published: December 22, 2021
The first issue in Arabic and French
The first issue in Arabic and French
Tunisia

On 5 November 2021, the first issue of the legal journal "Kitabat" (French title "Ecrits") was ceremonially presented in Tunis. The joint project of IRZ and the Research Centre for Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Methods of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Université de Tunis El Manar is funded under the institutional grant of the Federal Ministry of Justice. Its aim is to make legal expertise and the exchange of experiences on various topics accessible not only during the IRZ events. The first issue of the legal journal contributes to the scientific and practical cooperation between Tunisian, French and German lawyers and promotes the exchange on current legal problems.

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of digitalisation has become more prominent in many areas of life and work. Not only in the German judiciary, but also in the partner countries of the Africa project section, the topic is intensively discussed and associated with the demand for a development push and thus a faster and stronger digitalisation. Against this background, the IRZ Africa project section conceived a series of events dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Digitalisation of the Judiciary". 

Following on from this series of events, Tunisian, French and German authors deal with this complex of topics in the first issue of the legal journal. In over 500 pages, lawyers from practice and academia exchange views on the digitalisation of the judiciary and other current legal debates. 

The contributions from Tunisia, France and Germany are published in French or Arabic. In addition, expert articles in French, Arabic and German are summarised in a résumé.

Since the multi-faceted and multilingual journal has a lasting effect on the exchange of experience that takes place at IRZ events, further issues on current legal topics are planned for the future. The successful cooperation of IRZ with the Research Centre for Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Methods of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Université de Tunis El Manar is to be continued.