Part 5 Liberty, Equality, and The Rights of Minorities, 5.2 Civil and Political Rights as a Precondition for Democratic Participation

The conference held by the Max Planck Institute on “Constitutional reforms in the Arab States” comes at a time in which the Arab world has been witnessing several indications and new developments depicting prospects in its horizons. These are different from those one may be used to and which one may have known throughout the decades of the second half of the last century and at the beginning of the third millennium. Hopefully the conference will resultantly contribute, through its research work papers, discussions, and recommendations, in providing some...