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Sternford Moyo, Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and Holderness, is the new President of the IBA. Hailing from Zimbabwe, Mr Moyo is the first IBA President of African descent in the history of the 74-year-old organisation. Read more: tinyurl.com/y6hpmgzs
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'If you're going to poison people, this is what's going to happen to you' - @Billbrowder discusses sanctions (May 2018). Full interview at ibanet.org/film/BillBrowder.… #skripal #RussiaSanctions @ruthsgreen
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La International Bar Association manifiesta su gran preocupación por la celeridad con la que México impulsa una reforma del poder judicial de largo alcance. - Declaración de la Presidenta de la IBA, Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama.
Declaración completa
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La presidenta de la IBA, Almudena Arpón de Mendívil, expresó su preocupación por la interferencia del presidente mexicano en la independencia judicial de #México y los repetidos comentarios que socavan la integridad de su Corte Suprema. tinyurl.com/y2t9d5u4
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'They've sanctioned 7 oligarchs, there's another 193 to go' - @billbrowder discusses the power of sanctions on #Russia in clip from IBA interview - full interview at ibanet.org/film/BillBrowder.… #Putin
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IBA congratulates Fatou Bensouda, former @IntlCrimCourt Prosecutor, on receiving the Outstanding #Lawyer #MagnitskyAward for 2022. IBA Executive Director @MarkEllisIBA presented Ms Bensouda with the award in a ceremony on 16 November. #HumanRights #justice #Gambia
The Magnitsky prize 2022 for Outstanding lawyer award goes to Fatou Bensouda -a Gambian lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for her relentless justice work on behalf of women and human rights victims
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The IBA condemns the latest action by the Trump Administration to harass senior @IntlCrimCourt officials working on behalf of victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and to disrupt ICC investigations. Read the news release online: tinyurl.com/y4w73f7c
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Congratulations to Daye Gang, winner of the 2020 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Gang receives the award for her efforts in the emerging field of restorative justice for victims of sexual and family violence, and her pursuit for criminal accountability: tinyurl.com/y2tpbc5k
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Clip from IBA interview w/ @Billbrowder: #Magnitsky Act - 'The big question is now that legislation is in place, will UK have the guts and initiative to actually use the law?' Full interview on Magnitsky, Russia, whistleblowers, sanctions &more at ibanet.org/film/BillBrowder.…
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The IBA – the global voice of the #legal profession – condemns in the strongest terms #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine ordered by President Vladimir #Putin.
#RussiaUkraineConflict #RussiaUkraine #RuleOfLaw
Read: ibanet.org/IBA-condemns-Russ…
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What is the #ruleoflaw and why does it matter? Take a look at this introductory series of short and accessible videos from the IBA #ibaruleoflaw ibanet.org/rule-of-law-video…, share widely to spread the message. Vid here: building blocks of the rule of law #ibarome
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The IBA has expressed great concern about the speed with which #Mexico wants to carry out far-reaching #judicial reform. The proposed changes raise serious concern around the independence of the #judiciary.
Read the IBA President's statement: ibanet.org/The-International…
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The honoree of the 2022 IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights is #lawyer Jiang Tianyong for his dedication to defending #humanrights in #China. He is under house arrest and was unable to receive the Award in person at #IBAMiami. His wife accepted the Award.
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A statement of concern over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s interference with #Mexico's #judicial independence, and repeated remarks undermining the integrity of its Supreme Court, has been issued by IBA President Almudena Arpón de Mendívil tinyurl.com/yxjkebaw
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IBA condemns US President’s Executive Order authorising sanctions against @IntlCrimCourt personnel. Read the press release: tinyurl.com/ybu4y693
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Congratulations to @ElifGoksen_ winner of IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award 2019! ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail… . Award to be presented during #ibaseoul @LexisNexis
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IBA Executive Director, @MarkEllisIBA, has said of the recent arrest of Alexey Navalny’s lawyers:
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The 2022 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award recipient has been named as #Ghana’s Yorm Ama Abledu, Senior International Attorney at @Centurion_Law and Lecturer at @upsaccra, for remarkable achievements within academia and #law. @MsYorm remarked:
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The IBA and the @IBAHRI have joined 12,000 Iranian lawyers and the international legal community to condemn a draft bill that threatens to curtail the independence of the Iranian Bar Association. Read more: tinyurl.com/y8cbbj3w
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Congratulations to Malene Alleyne, winner, IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award, presented this morning #ibasydney @LexisNexis
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At Rule of Law Symposium session earlier today, @BenFerencz , the only surviving prosecutor of Nuremberg Trials, appeared via video message to accept a lifetime achievement award from IBA Rule of Law Forum and @LexisNexis
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If you are a #lawyer aged 40 or under, we encourage you to respond to our anonymous Young Lawyers Survey. The project aims to generate meaningful dialogue about the interests, priorities & concerns of young lawyers. Find out more and take the survey here: ibanet.org/LPRU/Young-lawyer…
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The IBA Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special UN-backed criminal tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. IBA Exec Director @MarkEllisIBA , Ukraine Prosecutor General @AndriyKostinUa
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The independence of judges is essential to the #ruleoflaw . Look after the rule of law and the rule of law will look after you. More at ibanet.org/rule-of-law-video… #ibaruleoflaw #ibarome
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Can you help? #ProBono legal expertise sought to assist Afghan women legal professionals and #HumanRights defenders who evacuated from #Afghanistan. Now in #Greece they are trying to secure onward final destinations.
Email Afghan.Appeal@int-bar.org
ibanet.org/Appeal-for-legal-… @ibahri
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The IBA has announced a fortified partnership with the @GrotiusCentre to annually stage the largest moot competition focussed on international criminal law: the final round of which usually takes place at the @IntlCrimCourt in The Hague. Find out more: tinyurl.com/yhvjfvel
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Sign up for #antitorture webcast this Mon co-presented w/ @UNHumanRights wcc.webeventservices.com/r.h… …
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IBA & @UNHumanRights have partnered to reaffirm importance of absolute prohibition of torture: ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Inst… #StandUp4HumanRights
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.@blairglencorse, IBA Innovation Fellow and @AccountLab founder, discusses the importance of justice reform in #Mali and involving local/informal justice systems, as well as international law
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The IBA mourns Sternford Moyo who died on 5 July 2024. He was the immediate past President of the Association and a former Co-Chair of the IBA’s Human Rights Institute. He was a fierce defender of the rule of law and human rights and is greatly missed.
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'As we near the 75th anniversary of the London Agreement that established the Nuremberg trials, we should also celebrate today the 22nd anniversary of the @IntlCrimCourt and its momentous objective to end impunity for atrocious crimes.' - @MarkEllisIBA #resilience #morejustworld
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.@DMiliband - the first refugees I ever met were my parents. How lucky I was that the UK admitted my parents. I had a normal life. That is what @RESCUEorg tries to help provide #shra2019
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International Bar Groups Call for Nation-States to 'Evacuate' At-Risk Judges and Lawyers From Afghanistan @NYLawJournal
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.@IntlCrimCourt wins 2017 Stockholm Human Rights Award: Pres, Prosecutr & Registrar to receive on ICC's behalf, Nov. ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail…
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Are Whistleblowing Laws Working? A Global Study of Whistleblower Protection Litigation – an IBA LPRU and @GovAcctProj co-publication – tracks #whistleblower laws in 38 countries and provides an understanding of whistleblower protection legislation: tinyurl.com/y4cco7ds
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This #IWD2021, the IBA announces the launch of a nine-year global ‘50/50 by 2030’ project – a reference to the aspiration of the 2030 @UN SDG No 5 on gender equality – supported by the @LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation: tinyurl.com/ya7krwrp #GenderDisparity #LegalProfession
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@LievSchreiber discusses his involvement with @BluCheckUkraine and the current situation in Ukraine with Global Insight.
Read the full interview: ibanet.org/An-interview-with…
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Event today with@unhumanrights, 12pm BST - 'Anti-torture day:
State of the world today - are we going into reverse?' ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Inst…
Torture is 100% illegal, 100% immoral & astoundingly ineffective. June 26 is Intl Day in Support of Torture Victims ow.ly/nZxh30cQqa0
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If you are a lawyer aged 40 or under, we encourage you to respond to our anonymous Young Lawyers Survey. The project aims to generate meaningful dialogue about the interests, priorities & concerns of young lawyers. Find out more and take the survey here: ibanet.org/LPRU/Young-lawyer…
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IBA Judges' Forum issues statement in support of Afghanistan's judges
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New IBA President Sternford Moyo, Senior Partner and Chairman of Scanlen & Holderness, discussed the International Criminal Court, radical nationalism, human rights, extractive industries and plans for his presidency at #IBAVT in November 2020. Read more: tinyurl.com/yxwtek23
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Today’s ‘A Conversation With’ starts at 1.15pm where international legal experts will discuss the threats to the rule of law and whether we’re at a crisis point #IBARome #RuleOfLaw
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Dr Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association, receives honorary lifetime member recognition from the International Legal Assistance Consortium during its AGM today @ILAC_rebuild @MarkEllisIBA
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On this day in 1998, the Rome Statute was adopted which led to the creation of the
@IntlCrimCourt. IBA Executive Director Mark Ellis stresses the ongoing role the ICC has to play in upholding the rule of law on this #WorldDayForInternationalJustice @IBAHRI
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#Lawyer Mashal Aamir from #Pakistan has won the 2024 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, supported by @LexisNexis. Given for her work raising awareness around and advocating for the #humanrights of people in #NorthKorea and minorities worldwide.
#IBAMexico
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The IBA remembers the visionary Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor who's passed away at 103. In 2022, he received the IBA Rule of #Law Forum and @LexisNexis Lifetime Achievement Award. In this interview he says: 'law and not war'.
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Congratulations to @CharleneYYZ, who in September will become the first Black & tenth woman President of @OBAlawyers! Charlene interned in the commercial department of the IBA in 2005, citing it as a 'turning point' in her career.
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#Singapore: #Lawyer Ravi Madasamy has received the 2023 Human Rights Award for his extraordinary dedication to defending #humanrights and advocating for the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the abolition of the #deathpenalty.
Read: tinyurl.com/3nd639fz
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'Us Too' author @KieranPender discusses bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession at the report launch event today.
Read the report at ibanet.org/harassment.aspx
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The IBA's War Crimes Committee publishes a new report:
Analysis of overcrowded and under-examined areas, following a mapping of organisations’ work on ameliorating domestic capacity to try serious international crimes ibanet.org/Document/Default.… @FDalessandra @SaretaAshraph #crime
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The 2019 recipient of the Stockholm Human Rights Award has been announced as David Miliband and the humanitarian aid body that he heads, @RESCUEorg. The Award will be presented 4 Nov in Stockholm by the IBA, @ILAC_rebuild & the Swedish Bar Association ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail…
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Before Covid-19 became a pandemic, the Chinese authorities suppressed information received from experts including whistleblower doctors in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. The move has proved devastating. Read the full Global Insight article here: ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail…
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Views on the threats corruption poses to legal profession? Contribute to our Anti-Corruption Strategy survey surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NN8JQN6
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As awareness of the importance of judicial accountability increases globally, a new IBA report focuses on the concrete processes available to hold judges to account for any misconduct; whether warranting disciplinary action or criminal sanctions. ibanet.org/Judicial-integrit…
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IBA pictured at yesterday's @WDLAwards - not trophy winners but, winners of great recognition and admiration for their work in the #Diversity, #Equity and Inclusion #legal arena. (Can you spot the gatecrasher, #IBAParis the bear?)
#WDLAwards23 @IBAevents
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The IBA's International Criminal Court & International Criminal Law Programme @IBAHagueOffice has submitted extensive recommendations to the Group of Independent Experts regarding urgent fair trial concerns at the International Criminal Court: tinyurl.com/wzsq967
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EVENT, 5 Jun 1900 CEST, The Hague: 'Accountability for #WarCrimes in Ukraine and the Crime of Aggression' - a roundtable discussion with input from expert speakers from #Ukraine, the #UK and the #US. IBA Executive Dir. Dr @MarkEllisIBA to moderate.
Reg: tinyurl.com/yyendr6f
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George Floyd killing: discriminatory, disproportionate use of force by police undermines rule of law. Read the latest news analysis here: tinyurl.com/y8sozxku
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With the importance of wellbeing in the #legal community gaining greater recognition, the IBA Professional Wellbeing Commission represents the IBA's commitment to prioritising #lawyers' welfare. Commission Co-Chairs Steven Richman and Deborah Enix-Ross @ABAPresident stated:
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In a podcast on #mental #wellbeing, Graham Boal QC, a former #judge at the Old Bailey talks about imposter syndrome, #alcoholism, #depression, stigma and the importance of promoting mental wellbeing in the legal profession with @SaraCarnegie1
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International criminal #law expert and IBA Executive Director, Dr @MarkEllisIBA, said in an interview with #Ukraine's @UKRINFORM: 'I believe #Putin will eventually find himself in The Hague.'
Read the interview here: ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/379…
#Russia #RussiaUkraineWar
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The IBA has released the initial results of a global evaluation into the #wellbeing of the #legal profession. Findings include:
▪️Confirmation that #lawyer wellbeing is a cause for global concern
▪️#Stigma is a major problem
▪️And more ➡️tinyurl.com/5j7u642n
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IBA Annual Conference Opens with Remarkable Speeches by IBA President Almudena Arlon de Mendivil, French President @EmmanuelMacron, and EU Brexit Negotiator @MichelBarnier
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IBA Executive Director @MarkEllisIBA : 'What better time to applaud the work of the @IBAHRI and augment our commitment to its work for the betterment of our world' #HumanRightsDay
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IBA and IBAHRI condemn and state as illegal the ‘trial’ and sentencing to death of Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Brahim Saaudun caught by #Russian forces when fighting on the #Ukrainian side of the war. Quash illegal ‘sentences’ immediately say orgs.
See: tinyurl.com/2cuh959a
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25 years ago, on 17 July, 120 countries adopted the #RomeStatute that established the International Criminal Court, @IntlCrimCourt. Today an event, at the @UN headquarters in New York, commemorates this achievement of a quarter of a century.
Watch live: media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1…
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‘I believe that defending human rights is part of a lawyer’s duty, ordinary and natural,' Jiang Tianyong
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Taliban close girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan days after announcing they would reopen.
@FawziaKoofi77 speaks about the devastating impact of the Taliban takeover, particularly on women’s rights and religious minorities.
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If you are a lawyer aged 40 or under, we encourage you to respond to our anonymous Young Lawyers Survey. The project aims to generate meaningful dialogue about the interests, priorities & concerns of young lawyers. Find out more and take the survey here: ibanet.org/LPRU/Young-lawyer…
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International rule of law: historic firsts in ICC’s conviction of Dominic Ongwen ➡️tinyurl.com/8brbtv3c
By @JenVenis. With insight from @DanyaChaikel, Secretary of the IBA War Crimes Committee, @Danielle_GJC @GlobalJusticeC and @skasande2 @theICTJ
ALT Shutterstock.com / Mike Chappazo
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'Are Whistleblowing Laws Working? A Global Study of Whistleblower Protection Litigation' is a new report co-published by the IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit and @GovAcctProj. Find out more: tinyurl.com/y4cco7ds #WhistleblowingLaws
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#Myanmar: coup jeopardises prospect of accountability for crimes against Rohingya tinyurl.com/p59agtam
By @yolaverbruggen. Insight from @theMTchair, @lvandenassum, @KTampadipa, @PillaiPriy @asiajcoalition and @DanyaChaikel
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The International Bar Association is profoundly concerned with #Israel's proposed reforms to the #legal system that would jeopardise the #RuleOfLaw, says IBA President Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama in a statement for the global body.
Read: ibanet.org/Israel-The-IBA-is…
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Dr Ewelina Ochab @EwelinaUO, Senior Programme #Lawyer at the IBA’s Human Rights Institute (@IBAHRI), highlighted the importance of the #universal jurisdiction principle to challenge impunity and support the victims/survivors of serious international crimes:
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Tomorrow in Geneva: IBA #unhrc side event on 'Civil Society Organisations and Criminal Accountability for Atrocity Crimes' w/Michael Kirby @IBAHRI, Catherine Marchi-Uhel, @FDalessandra @BracqNatacha @eyewitnessorg , Mazen Darwish ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Inst… #CSO
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On 21 September 1500 (BST): IBA President Sternford Moyo, @Moyosscanlenco2, will provide opening remarks at the launch of a report on the increase in systematic arrests of #Zimbabwean #lawyers.
Organised by @IBAHRI, @L4L_INT and @ZLHRLawyers
Register: tinyurl.com/48c9zuah
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eyeWitness to Atrocities (@eyewitnessorg) marks fifth anniversary combatting impunity. Read the news release here: tinyurl.com/y9zm3mmw
eyeWitness is 5 today! So far, we have worked with more than 70 organisations across 25 countries. The road to justice is long and hard, but the eyeWitness team and our partner organisations are proving that it can be won. #Justice #WarCrimes
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#IBASeoul: Friday's Rule of Law Symposium will cover persecution of lawyers and judges & threats to rule of law and the independence of the legal profession int-bar.org/Conferences/conf…
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IBA War Crimes Committee Co-Chairs, Natalie von Wistinghausen and @sspowles, comment on US President’s Executive Order authorising sanctions against @IntlCrimCourt personnel. Read the news release from the IBA here: tinyurl.com/ybu4y693
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We invite you to the London premiere of a film inspired by the life of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley: The Long Haul: Pressure, Persuasion, Patience. Free film screening and Q&A takes place on Mon 18th Feb 18.15. More details & register here: bit.ly/2E9QDJe @DoughtyStPublic
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TODAY, 13 September 2023, lawyers from across Africa are gathering in #Kigali, #Rwanda for the IBA #African Regional Forum Conference, tinyurl.com/6a9wuatm. Ahead of its start, the President of the @Rwanda_Bar, Moïse Nkundabarashi @Moisenkunda, said:
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Congratulations to Brazilian human rights lawyer Eloísa Machado de Almeida, winner of the IBA Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award 2018, presented today at 8th World Women Lawyers’ Conference #IBAWomen
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Introducing the inaugural IBA Women's Day #IBAWD2023 - Connecting #women #lawyers across the world on 8 March, International Women's Day @womensday. Find out more:
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IBA Executive Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA , who at the outset of #Russia’s invasion was determined that the IBA speak out against the aggression and that IBA expertise be employed to its fullest extent to support #Ukraine, commented:
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.@anneramberg: deplorable that major states such as China/Russia/US haven't supported @IntlCrimCourt and have used places on Security Council to block the process of justice. Sweden has opportunity in chairing Security Council to raise these issues #stockholmhumanrightsaward
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During a second visit to #Ukraine, IBA Executive Director Dr Mark Ellis talked with the Media Initiative for #HumanRights. He said: 'The world isn’t fighting just for the sovereignty of Ukraine, it is fighting for the observance of the world order'.
Read: mipl.org.ua/en/the-world-isn…
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.@ColmenaresPH, winner of the 2020 IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights, says the award is 'an inspiration to human rights lawyers like me to continue our work with the people despite the threats and difficulties.' tinyurl.com/y4wk8mzw
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Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, says criticism from the US has been an effort to undermine the ICC’s work, but that there has been overwhelming support for the Court’s work globally #IBARome
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From Jul-Sept 2023, the IBA and @Association_UBA are conducting #warcrimes trial monitoring in #Kyiv and #Kharkiv Oblasts, #Ukraine. A team of experts from the IBA has assisted the UBA through the preparation of the trial monitoring methodology.
Read: tinyurl.com/47jthf89
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The official London launch of the IBA’s landmark report ‘Us Too? Bullying and sexual harassment in the Legal Profession’ starts with moderator @JoshuaRozenberg
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On 6 December at 1700 GMT the Stockholm Human Rights Award for 2020 will be 'presented' to Hina Jilani. Watch via a livestream. advokatsamfundet.se/SHRA/liv…
It is free to attend, and no pre-registration is required.
#SHRA2020 #Pakistan
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The IBA congratulates Justice Richard J Goldstone, Honorary Life Member of the IBA Council, on being the recipient of the @ABILA_official 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award. In his acceptance and keynote remarks he talked of the importance of democracy:
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