The Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC) has recently explored Singapore's legal best practices, during a top-level official visit to Singapore. The visit is in line with the SLC undertakings to strengthen strategic collaborations with popular local and international legal and judicial bodies in addition to exchange, enrich, and deepen legal understanding to develop a thorough legal system that supports Dubai plans for sustainable advancement. Heading the high-ranking SLC General Secretariat delegation was H.E. Ahmad bin Meshar, the Secretary General, accompanied by Legal Advisor Dr. Mansoor Abdul Rahman Al Osaimi, Director of Legislation Directorate; Legal Advisor Dr. Belaisha Ali Bin Belaisha, Director of Legislative Audit Office; and Omar Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director of Strategic Planning and Institutional Excellence Office.

The SLC General Secretariat delegation began its official visit at the UAE embassy where they met H.E. Advisor Abdullah Al Mandoos, Charge d'Affaires of the UAE Embassy in the Republic of Singapore. Al Mandoos applauded the SLC energetic efforts to combine effective interaction with the regional and international legislative and legal community in order to establish the legal process in line with the global best practices. Members of the SLC General Secretariat delegation provided their genuine thanks and gratitude to H.E. Al Mandoos for the warm reception and exceptional coordination and organization that ensured the success of the visit, which aims at increasing cooperation in moving modern legal understanding and checking out the legislative finest practices in Singapore. On his part, H.E. Ahmed bin Meshar offered a memorial guard to H.E. Abdullah Al Mandoos in appreciation of the earnest efforts exerted by the UAE Embassy in the Republic of Singapore to develop bridges of civilization, financial and cultural interaction in between the two nations.

The SLC General Secretariat's delegation visited the Singapore Attorney General's Office, where they were received by H.E. Terence Aung, First State Advisor for Legislative Affairs at the Attorney General's Office, who provided a comprehensive account of the legal procedures embraced in Singapore and highlighted the function played by the Attorney General's Office to support them, showcasing the process implemented to develop the legal and judicial systems.

During a meeting with H.E. Justin Yu, Assistant Advisor for Parliamentary Affairs in the Ministry of Law of Singapore, H.E. Ahmad bin Meshar and the accompanying delegation went to a discussion on the functions and obligations of the Ministry of Law of Singapore in supporting the legal process and its role in monitoring legislative development. The presentation detailed the Ministry's efforts to supply customized legal advice to various government agencies.

The SLC main visit to Singapore was concluded by a meeting with H.E. Xiao Han Ping, Deputy Leader of your home of the Singapore Parliament, who elaborated on the functioning of the legal process in Singapore, highlighting the methods embraced to get rid of the challenges and obstacles facing its development.

H.E. Ahmad Saeed bin Meshar stressed the significance of the visit in checking out the best practices and the most recent approaches adopted to enhance the Singaporean legal system, a worldwide success story in legal system advancement. Bin Meshar mentioned that the Supreme Legislation Committee is keen on developing effective and direct communication channels with prominent international legislative bodies. Bin Meshar reaffirmed the SLC's commitment to establishing the legal procedure and updating and enhancing the legislation in line with quick regional and international developments, with the ultimate goal of accomplishing the SLC vision to construct a legal system that is compatible with the future prospects and ambitious goals of the Dubai Plan 2021; foremost among which is to catapult the UAE into the ranks of the most sophisticated nations worldwide.

"The visit to Singapore is an ideal chance to develop strong relationships with peer legislative bodies in Singapore. The visit also leads the way for the SLC to acquire the knowledge and expertise to enhance the quality of legislation in order to develop a recognized legal structure that is realistic and positive, and supports the principles of the guideline of law and legality, in application of the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and following the directions of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Supreme Legislation Committee", confirmed Bin Meshar.

The visit to Singapore belongs to a series of worldwide official sees consisted of in the SLC General Secretariat's strategic plan focused on opening brand-new channels for the transfer of understanding and exchange of best practices and effective experience with prominent local and global regulators. The visit also further the SLC goal to establish a legal system and a legislative framework that follow the enthusiastic expectations of the Emirate of Dubai. As part of this series of official visits, the SLC General Secretariat had actually earlier paid a visit to the USA to explore the applied finest practices and exchange experience in the development of legal systems at the local level in the states of California and New York and at the federal level in Washington, DC.