The International Bar Association (IBA) has announced the winners of its four annual Section on Public and Professional Interest (SPPI) awards for 2021. The IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, in recognition of William Reece Smith Jr, is bestowed upon Michael Polak, of the United Kingdom; the IBA Pro Bono Award is received by Geoff Budlender, of South Africa; the IBA Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award, in recognition of Anne-Marie Hutchinson, is given to Beth Michoma, of Kenya; and the IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights is jointly bestowed upon Ludmila Kazak and Maxim Znak, of Belarus. All four awards, sponsored by LexisNexis, will be presented by the respective IBA committees during a virtual ceremony on Thursday 28 October, 1315 – 1400 (BST) as part of the IBA Global Showcase.
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Several large-scale rallies took place at once on March 8.
Several rallies in support of women activists in Belarus and Russia were held in Brussels on March 8. DW report on what Brussels thinks about the female face of the protests and the situation in Belarus.
The 8 March holiday in Brussels turned out to be truly international this year. The point is not only that US Vice President
Kamala Harris and New Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern made a video link at the opening of the plenary session of the European Parliament, but also the special attention paid to women in Belarus and Russia at several rallies in Brussels.
We are torchbearers at funerals, the famous lawyer
Safia Kalistratava, who defended political prisoners in Soviet times, said to herself and her colleagues. It is not difficult to guess what she meant - 50 years ago in this region, the outstanding defense could not break through the meaninglessness of the judicial system, writes
Maryja Kalesnikava, whose appeal is published by the telegram channel of
Viktar Babaryka s team.
Nothing has changed in a single country. Outstanding professionals go to jail and lose their licenses; communicate with wards in rooms filled with microphones; listen to convictions for their clients, despite a brilliant legal job.