Final Programme - International Bar Association

Message from the Co-Chairs
of the International Bar
Association’s Human Rights
Institute
About the International Bar Association’s
Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
Established in 1995, the IBAHRI works to promote, enforce
and protect human rights under a just rule of law. The IBAHRI
believes that the independence of the judiciary is one of the
cornerstones of the rule of law and works to protect the right
of judges and lawyers to be able to practise freely and without
undue interference.
The IBAHRI undertakes a variety of projects to build capacity,
lobby for change and highlight issues of international concern to
the public, the media and the legal community. The IBAHRI also
leads the way in human rights training for judges, prosecutors,
public defenders and lawyers. For more information, visit:
www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI.aspx.
The IBAHRI’s work is conducted thanks to grants and donations,
and relies largely on individuals who become members by
contributing just £40 a year. To find out more about becoming
a member or supporting a project, visit: www.ibanet.org/
IBAHRI.aspx, or email hri@int-bar.org.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
(IBAHRI) is pleased to welcome you to Dublin for another
successful IBA Annual Conference! As has been done in the
past, the IBAHRI will host a variety of keynote and topical sessions
relating to human rights and the global legal profession.
This year’s IBAHRI Showcase ‘Peace after Terror: rules or reconciliation?’
discusses the law’s response to terrorism and whether reconciliation
processes are more effective than rules, with expert speakers from
both the international and Irish perspective. In addition, the IBAHRI will
host a joint session with the Judges’ Forum on judicial independence
and will co-present a session on same sex marriages and civil unions
with the LGBT Subcommittee and the Immigration and Nationality Law
Committee – ‘The tie that binds: same-sex marriage, civil unions, or
just friends? Why the difference matters’.
On the Friday, at the Rule of Law Symposium, we will present the
2012 IBA Human Rights Award, sponsored by LexisNexis, recognising
the outstanding achievements of a lawyer making a substantial
contribution to the promotion, protection and advancement of
human rights.
Dublin will also be host to the second plenary meeting of the
IBAHRI Task Force on Illicit Financial Flows, Poverty and Human
Rights. This exciting new project convenes well-respected lawyers,
leading academics, tax experts and development and human rights
authorities, to contribute to an innovative report analysing how illicit
financial flows, and specifically the proceeds of corporate tax evasion,
impact on poverty and as such are a human rights concern.
The IBAHRI will hold its biennial general meeting in Dublin and we
invite you to join us and put to the IBAHRI Officers any questions and
suggestions you have relevant to the Institute’s work.
We look forward to seeing you in Dublin.
Sternford Moyo Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Co-Chair, IBAHRI Co-Chair, IBAHRI
Message from the Co-Chairs of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
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