Three judges appointed at Constitutional Court

AMMAN — A Royal Decree was issued on Tuesday appointing Numan Khatib, Mansour Hadidi and Khalaf Raqqad as members of the Constitutional Court for a six-year term as of October 6. 

According to the law, the court should consist of nine judges appointed by a Royal Decree and serve a nonrenewable six-year term, including the president.

In their résumés, the appointees have served in different senior positions in the judiciary.

With a PhD in law from Ein Shams University in Egypt, obtained in 1983, Khatib was the president of the private Al Isra University before his appointment to the Constitutional Court.

He has also served as a member of the National Centre for Human Rights, and authored several books and research papers on the Kingdom's judicial system, pluralism and political life.  

Hadidi earned his BA in law in Morocco and then earned two diplomas, from the French International Management Institute in 1976 and the French National School for the Judiciary in 1991. 

Before being appointed to the court, he served as the director general of the Judicial Institute of Jordan since 2011. 

Earlier this year, Hadidi was bestowed the medal of Chevalier Légion d’honneur for his role in boosting relations with France, especially in the field of judicial cooperation.

Raqqad earned a PhD in law from Ein Shams University in 2002 and a master’s degree in law from the University of Jordan in 1993.

He also earned a high diploma in law from Cairo University in 1979 and BA in law from Beirut Arab University in 1977. 

Prior to his new job, Raqqad was a judge at the Cassation Court after serving as the Court of First Instance’s prosecutor general, and a judge at the Criminal Court and the Amman Court of Appeal, according to his résumé.