Pauline McNeill
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- British citizen , Scotland , former member of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish politics , Middle East ,Criminal Justice Policy
- MSP for Glasgow Kelvin Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture Constitution and External affairs
Interests/Expertise:
- Palestine, Middle East Affairs, Scottish politics, Justice Policy. Parliamentarian since 1999, Served on Justice committee from ’99 until 2007.
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- As Chair of the Middle East Forum – hosted Former President of Iraq Mr Al Jaafari , Guma El Gamaty UK coordinator for Libya , Former Ambassador / representative to UK ,US and Russia Afif Safieh
- Chaired the All Party Group on Palestine at the Scottish Parliament
- Served on the UK Observer Mission to Palestinian Elections 2006, Delegation to Lebanon post Israel war 2007 , Led two humanitarian missions to the Gaza Strip,
Chaired the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament,
- Convened 22 bills of the Scottish Parliament including Family Law ,Land Reform, Human Right Commission, International Criminal Courts
- Chaired the Shirley McKie Enquiry / Scottish Criminal Records office
- Spokesperson on Calman commission in to Scottish Devolution
- Reported to Brussels on areas of Scottish civil law
Selected publications:
- 2006: The Palestinian Elections.
- 2008: published articles in the Scotsman on Calman commission , Future of the Scottish Press , 2010 Culture policy for Scottish Election Campaign – drafting mainly.
- 2011: Egypt – tentatively scheduled for publicatio.
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