Dr. Saeed Al-Kiswani
About
The Founder
Dr. Saeed Ali Mustafa Al-Kiswani is a lawyer and legal advisor, founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kasawani & Partners Law Firm - Legal Advisor's Office. He holds an honorary doctorate and a master's degree in private law from the Middle East University, and a bachelor's degree in law from Damascus University in 1996. He was admitted to the Jordanian Bar Association in 1999. He has over 25 years of experience in various fields of law such as insurance law, labor law, criminal law, and commercial law.
Academic Achievement
Honorary Doctorate - Global Initiative for Humanitarian Leadership
Master of Private Law - Middle East University
Bachelor of Laws - Damascus University - 1996
Licensed to practice law from the Jordanian Bar Association - 1999
Professional Experience
- Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kasawani & Partners Law Firm – Legal Advisor’s Office
- Legal advisor and lawyer for all 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, under the Department of Palestinian Affairs – Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Former member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights
- Member of the National Coalition Against Torture in Jordan
- Member of the Karama Project to improve the treatment and conditions of persons deprived of their liberty in Jordan
- Head of one of the teams of specialized lawyers claiming civil compensation before Jordanian courts for cases of torture
- Member of the National Balance Team Against Torture in Jordan
- Private sector member at Shajarat Al-Durr School (Tla’ Al-Ali) for the My School Initiative
- Member of the monitoring team for the Jordanian parliamentary elections for the 16th House of Representatives
- Member of the Executive Committee of the National Coalition for the Right to Assembly and Organization
- Member of the Legal Reform Committee for the Election and Political Parties Law in Jordan
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Generations For Peace Association
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Modern American Schools
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Al-Ma’arif Private Schools
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Al-Ma’ali Private Schools
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Al-Rai Schools
- Lawyer and legal advisor for Kingston Schools
- Lawyer for Jordan Telecom (Orange)
- Lawyer and legal advisor for a group of individuals
- Lawyer and legal advisor for a group of companies
- Specialist in labor law
- Specialist in company law
Union Work in the Bar Association
Member of the following committees:
License to practice from the Jordanian Bar Association
(1999)
Trainee Lawyers Research Committee
Introduction to the requirements for their registration in the register of lawyers
Training and Continuing Education Committee
(2011-2008) (2013-2011)
Freedoms Committee
(2011-2008) (2013-2011)
Practice and Offices Committee
(2008-2006) (2010-2008) (2011-2010) (2013-2011)
Palestine and Resistance to Normalization Committee
(2013-2015)
Experience as a Legal Lecturer
- Lecturer on human rights
- Lecturer at correctional and rehabilitation centers on human rights and prisoners’ rights
- Lecturer in an awareness and introductory workshop on the National Coalition Against Torture in Jordan, emerging from the Karama Project
- Lecturer in a workshop on the extent of the application of the Convention Against Torture in Jordanian courts
- Lecturer for the Police and Human Rights course – Fujairah Police – United Arab Emirates from 1/5/2011 to 5/5/2011
- Lecturer for the course on the relationship between correctional facilities, prosecution, and courts – Abu Dhabi Police – United Arab Emirates from 9/9/2012 to 13/9/2012
- Participant in preparing the shadow report for civil society organizations on Jordan’s implementation of human rights agreements
Associations
Founder and President of the Spirit of Justice and Law Association
Founder and Vice President of the International Peace and Mediation Organization Association
Courses
- Participant in a course titled “Application of Treaties in National Judiciary”
- Participant in a course titled “The Role of Judiciary in Protecting and Promoting Human Rights”
- Participant in a course titled “Judicial Independence in Protecting Human Rights”
- Participant in a course titled “Monitoring Mechanisms in Correctional and Rehabilitation Centers”
- Participant in a roundtable discussion on the recommendations of the UN Committee Against Torture, issued following the discussion of Jordan’s second, third, and fourth periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention Against Torture
- Participant in a training course on international refugee law
- Participant in the second advanced course for the National Monitoring Team on monitoring mechanisms in correctional and rehabilitation centers, organized by the National Center for Human Rights in cooperation with the Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture in Denmark (RCT)
- Participant in a course on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court, and the use of international treaties in judiciary
- Participant in a course on income tax
- Participant in a workshop held between the Freedom Committee (Jordan Bar Association) and the Criminal Investigation Department on 21/7/2010
- Participant in a course on the International Criminal Court
- Participant in a workshop titled “Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”
- Participant in a workshop titled “The Nature of Monitoring and the Objectives of Monitoring Visits”
- Participant in a course titled “Application of the Convention Against Torture at the National Level”
- Participant in a symposium titled “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Promoting the Right to Assembly and Organization”
- Advanced training course on preparing monitoring visit reports for the National Monitoring Team
- Participant in a workshop titled “Working Together to Combat Human Trafficking” in cooperation with the Protection Program at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal
- Participant in a training course titled “Techniques for Monitoring and Preparing Reports on the Right to Assembly and Organization
Conferences
- Chairman of the Higher Coordinating and Supervisory Committee for the “Jordanian Open Day for Human Rights” conference at the Jordan Bar Association
- Participant in the “No to the Culture of Violence” conference
- Participant in the conference for the launch of the draft laws on Extradition of Criminals and Prevention of Terrorism
- Participant in the Regional Forum for the Middle East and South Africa on Monitoring Places of Detention and Preventing Torture
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Address
Al Thaqafa St, branching off from Hussein Al-Jisr Street, Building No. 3, Al-Shmeisani, Amman
Phone
0096265623334 / 00962791573660
info@kiswanilaw.com
