WEBINAR: 'Waging war against impunity': the challenges of war crimes prosecutions
DATE: Tuesday 24 May 2022
TIME: 5:30-6:30pm
MORE INFO HERE: [Red Lion Consulting – ‘Waging war against impunity’: the challenges of war crimes prosecutions (redlionchambers.co.uk)] A webinar presented by RLConsulting members Sara Carnegie [CHAIR], Mark Guthrie and RLC member ...
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Klentiana Mahmutaj has been invited by The SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law to give a lecture on Sustainable Development and Human Rights in International Investment Law. The event takes place in person on Wed 18 May from 1-3pm at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS in Russell Square, London. Klentiana ...
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Former Tennis player and champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months at Southwark Crown Court on Friday 29 April. The charges Boris Becker was convicted on included: • Removing property totalling close to €427,000 from his bankruptcy estate (count 4)
• Failed to disclose ownership ...
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Sailesh Mehta was interviewed by BBC News on 27 April discussing the recent High Court ruling that government had acted unlawfully by discharging untested hospital patients into care homes during the early stages of the pandemic. He commented: "It was well known that in the first few days of infection, ...
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David Young and Nina Tavakoli from RLC's International Team will be taking part in a Webinar on Opportunities in International Criminal Law on Wed 4 May from 5.30-6.30pm. The 1-hour webinar will seek to explore a whole new spectrum of possibilities for the Criminal Bar and will consider some of ...
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