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The Asir Human Rights Commission and King Khalid University, represented by the Department of Law from the College of Business, will hold the Human Rights and Criminal Justice Forum at the main campus in the near future.

Head of the Department of Law at King Khalid University, Dr. Ahmed Banema, explained that the seminar aims to educate the community on human rights and the most prominent principles of criminal justice. Furthermore, as reported by the Department of Law, a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Education.

Two sessions and six speakers from the Asir Human Rights Commission, King Khalid University, the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Asir District Police, and the General Directorate of Prisons in Asir will lead the main events of the forum. Topics of discussion will include but are not limited to:

• Criminal Justice and Human Rights;
• Detainees' Rights;
• Rights of Defendants in Litigation and Trial;
• The Legal Protection of Private Lives;
• The Rights of Suspects;
• The Model Regulations of Prisoners and Detainees.