Justice Ministers in the Gulf Cooperation Council member states have agreed on a number of model rules for combating human trafficking. In a final statement after their regular 28th meeting, held in Riyadh Wednesday, the ministers added that a joint panel has been also formed to prepare draft laws for fighting extremism, discrimination, hatred and racism. The conferees also approved a book of ethics for judiciary in the Gulf states. They have endorsed a technique proposed by a Gulf panel to unify the legislative principles in the member states.

Earlier, Kuwaiti Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sanea underlined the significance of the GCC justice ministers' meeting as mainly aiming to overhaul national justice systems and promote inter-GCC cooperation and integration. The minister said efforts to cement cooperation in the fields of justice and judiciary and to gauge the implementation of relevant recommendations and resolutions reflect real and fruitful legal cooperation among the GCC member states' justice ministries. - Agencies