Dear Prime Minister: We the undersigned, former British ambassadors, high commissioners, governors and senior international officials, including some who have long experience of the Middle East and others whose experience is elsewhere, have watched with deepening concern the policies which you have followed on the Arab-Israel problem and Iraq, in close co-operation with the United …

print Index: >> Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 This concise legal opinion aims to respond, though briefly, to numerous questions which have been repeatedly raised since 14 February 2002, the day the New Constitution was promulgated. The questions, either in form or substance, revolved around the legitimacy …

print Index: Part 1 >> Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 B) Prerogatives of the Legislative Power The prerogatives of the National Assembly are divided into legislative and supervisory authorities, both are briefly explained as follows: 1) Legislative Authorities. Both of the National Assembly and the Amir hold legislative authority …

print Index: Part 1 Part 2 >> Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Section Two The National Action Charter The political and constitutional situation in Bahrain, resulting from the above-mentioned Amiri Decree and Order of 1975, and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly and the suspension of parliamentary life, continued for …

print Index: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 >> Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Section Three The New Constitution and its Explanatory Memorandum On 14 February 2002, the Amir, without the consent of the people or their deputies, issued a document called the "Amended Constitution." The preamble of this document states as follows; …