The Defence of Human Rights and the Right to Defend
20 January 2009, 18:00 - 19:00
Event Type:
Lecture
Speakers
SARA CHANDLER,
Associate Professor and director of Pro Bono at the College of Law
Chair: Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Description
The lecture will give a summary of the detailed findings of the August 2008 international lawyers' delegation to Colombia. The delegation was able to visit Bogota and 7 other regions where they met lawyers, human rights defenders and prosecutors, judges, victims and non governmental organisations involved in the defence of human rights. They also visited Universities and University Law Faculties running human rights programmes and Law Clinics. A total of 42 delegates went from the UK, and joined lawyers from Latin America, Canada, France, Germany and Spain. Of particular interest has been the growing support for an independent bar association or law society in Colombia. Colombia is the only country in Latin America which does not have a national representative professional organisation and members of the delegation attended meetings with local lawyers who are working to create such an organisation. Human rights lawyers are at risk in Colombia and during the last 5 years the number of threats and assassinations has risen without any steps being taken to prevent these risks.
This lecture is organised under the joint auspices of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.
The lecture is accredited with the Solicitors Regulation Authority for one CPD hour
Venue : IALS
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Charles Clore House
17 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5DR
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