Court, as an appellate, if a nullification of the proceedings affects the judgment. In this regard, the Department of Shari’a Procedures has jurisdiction over such cases. Hence, the litigants have the right to challenge the judgment before the Court of Cassation - the apex of the judicial pyramidto achieve justice. This court is allowed to verify the correct implementation of the law and the realization of justice. 20. In this respect, the National Institution values the procedures that preceded and coincided with the promulgation of the Family Law, through the issuance of the Royal Order forming a Shari’a Committee to review the draft Family Law. The committee included ten scholars from the Sunni jurisprudence and the Ja’afari jurisprudence. It is specialized in studying the draft Family Law, reviewing its provisions, and ensuring that it conforms to the provisions of the Islamic Shari’a. The committee submits to the Royal Court a report containing the results of its work and its recommendations on the draft law referred to herein. The work of the committee ends with the promulgation of the Family Law according to the constitutional procedures in place. 21. Moreover, it commends the pioneering initiative of establishing the Family Court Complex, which was founded in compliance with the Royal Order of by His Majesty the King- May God protect him- and upon the recommendation of Her Royal Highness the President of the Supreme Council for Women. It aims to establish a separate building that provides privacy for litigant spouses and keeps their children away from the halls of the court, provide greater privacy to the parties to the proceedings, contribute to strengthening social stability, and consider the psychological conditions surrounding personal status issues. 22. In the context of providing legal protection of the family, in general, and of women, in particular, Law No. (17) of 2015 on Protection from Domestic Violence provides a very important legal framework for the protection of child and family rights. The Law considers domestic violence to be any act of abuse within the family by one of its members against another, whether the act of abuse is physical, psychological, sexual, or economic. 23. With regard to protection of women, in practice, in 2015, the National Strategy for the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence was launched. Throughout the preparation stages of this Strategy, it adopted the principle of full partnership with the concerned parties from the ministries, official institutions, the private sector, and civil society organizations in order to translate these this Strategy into a detailed plan of action based on a specific timeframe that is measured by quantitative and qualitative indicators to assist in the monitoring and evaluation processes. 24. In order to provide the greatest possible stability of the family, Law No (34) of 2005 amended by Law No. (33) of 2009 established the Alimony Fund, which regulated all the matters related to alimony and its disbursement rules, with granting women, whether a wife or a divorcee, priority debts when competing arrears of maintenance. 25. Concerning the implementation of the civil rights of women in particular, especially the right to life, and specifically with regard to the death penalty, the Code of Criminal Procedures promulgated 72

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