Bonavero/Matrix Chambers Webinar series - Session 2: Litigating Against Authoritarian Practices
Professor Philip Leach, Matrix Chambers
Adem Kassie Abebe (LL.D), International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Viviana Krsticevic, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
This webinar series has been organised by Matrix Chambers (Professor Philip Leach) and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford University (Professor Dr. Başak Çalı).
It is a series of four one-hour webinars focusing on current, cutting-edge issues arising in international human rights litigation, including the regional human rights systems (African, European, Inter-American) and the UN Treaty Bodies. The chairs and speakers are leading practitioners and scholars. The webinars will discuss substantive law, practice and procedure, as well as questions of strategy and priority.
Session 2: Litigating Against Authoritarian Practices
- Time: 13:00 – 14:00
- Date: Wednesday 2 April
- Register here
As human rights defenders, politicians, journalists, judges and others are increasingly being targeted by authoritarian regimes around the globe, this webinar will discuss how the African, Inter-American and European human rights systems can be utilised effectively to counter such forms of repression.
- Introduction: Professor Philip Leach (Matrix Chambers)
- Chair: Professor Dr. Başak Çalı (Bonavero Institute of Human Rights)
- Speakers: Adem Kassie Abebe (LL.D), Senior Advisor in Constitution and Peace Building at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL) and Viviana Krsticevic (Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL))