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Fixing Failed States - The Role of Lawyers

Date:
26 January 2009 - 6:00pm
Location:
Chancery/Breams Room, Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London
Organiser:
Law Society and Bar Human Rights Committee
Event Type:
Seminar/Conference: ticketed
Enquiry Email Address:
internationalhumanrights@lawsociety.org.uk

Fixing Failed States: The Role of Lawyers

Keynote Speaker: Clare Lockhart, Barrister, Co-Founder of the Institute for State Effectiveness, and Co-Author of Fixing Failed States

Chair: Samantha Knights, Matrix Chambers and Bar Human Rights Committee

Panel:
Philippe Leroux-Martin, Head of Legal Unit, International Civilian Office/European Union Special Representative, Pristina, Kosovo
Alex Wilks, former International Bar Association Legal Specialist for Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tinoziva Bere, Human Rights Lawyer and Councillor of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Conflict and state failure affect the security of all nations and peoples in a globalized world. This seminar will explore the role that domestic and international lawyers can play in transforming failed states, building justice systems and in contributing to the development of the rule of law in fractured societies.

Registration

Entry is free, but please email internationalhumanrights@lawsociety.org.uk in advance to reserve your place.

Solicitors may claim 1.5 hours of CPD credit. Barristers may claim 1.5 hours of CPD credit.

6:00-7:30 26 January 2008
Location: Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane