IBA audio

Mila Versteeg, Director, Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law, on the role the Brazilian judiciary has played during the pandemic. Interview by Polly Botsford

As the world of work changed in response to Covid-19, law firms have adapted to the situation. Highly experienced law firm leaders from around the globe discuss the challenges and steps taken – from the technological to the logistical, from managing staff wellbeing and communications to responding to client demands. 

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC talks about the need to monitor the Covid-19 situation in the United Kingdom to ensure there aren't abuses of special powers. Full podcast available: https://www.ibanet.org/Podcasts/7549027.aspx

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC discusses the situation for asylum seekers at the United States border during the Covid-19 pandemic. Full podcast available: https://www.ibanet.org/Podcasts/7549027.aspx

Baroness Helena Kennedy discusses the situation in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. Listen to the full podcast from April 2020 here: https://www.ibanet.org/Podcasts/7549027.aspx

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC discusses the emergency legislation pushed through in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. Listen to the full podcast here:  https://www.ibanet.org/Podcasts/7549027.aspx

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC talks about the need for access to good information during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lack of freedom of expression in some states. Full podcast: https://www.ibanet.org/Podcasts/7549027.aspx

Due process paranoia is a concern that arbitrators’ robust procedural decisions will result in unenforceable awards. It can lead to inactivity and increased costs, but is it justified? Committee Co-Chair Philippe Pinsolle discusses the IBA report The Annulment of Arbitral Awards by State Court and Emmanuel Jacomy dispels misconceptions about setting aside awards in China.

Carmen Pombo, IBA Poverty & Social Development Committee Advisory Board Member and Co-Chair of the Rule of Law Forum, talks to Ian McDougall, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the LexisNexis, Legal & Professional division of RELX Group, about the relationship between poverty and the rule of law.

Kate Jenkins, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, has been leading the national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Despite the momentum of the #MeToo movement, she says people are still reluctant to call out sexual harassment

Kaweh Beheshtizadeh, an immigration solicitor at Fadiga & Co in London, believes the absence of a time limit on immigration detention of has caused irrevocable harm.

Deltan Dallagnol, Car Wash task force, on need for electoral campaign finance reform in Brazil

Olivier Niggli, Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the consequences of non-compliance and the case of Russia.

Chelsea Parsons discusses how the advocacy of the Parkland students has kept gun control issues on the agenda.

Mark Zaid, a specialist in national security law and government speaking on the Foreign Agents Registration Act

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Richard Painter, White House ethics counsel under George W Bush, discusses the cascade of Russiagate developments with IBA US correspondent Michael Goldhaber

Stanley Brand, former Counsel to Congress, says the Russiagate investigation is honouring the post-Watergate ethos of independence

Constitutional litigator Joshua Matz on 'emoluments'

Mark Stephens, prominent media lawyer, discusses fake news