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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
- '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/BillBrowd… #skripal #RussiaSanctions @ruthsgreen
00:00 - 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
- 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
- '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/BillBrowd… #Putin
00:00 - 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 - 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
- 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
- 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/BillBrowd…
00:00 - 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-R…
- 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-vi…, share widely to spread the message. Vid here: building blocks of the rule of law #ibarome
00:00 - 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-Internatio…
- 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.
