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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: at the IBAHRI General Meeting, IBAHRI Co-Chairs Mark Stephens CBE and Hina Jilani reflected on the state of #HumanRights around the world. IBAHRI's Eleonora Scala highlighted some of the IBAHRI's projects, including the protection of children’s rights in #Ukraine and #Kenya.

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: IBAHRI's showcase session ‘The world and its children: the grave #legal challenges to protecting the wellbeing and rights of the child’ on 5 October shone a spotlight on the impact of conflict on children. Read the IBA Daily News (pages 4–5): tinyurl.com/yc23w5m4

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: IBAHRI's showcase session ‘The world and its children: the grave #legal challenges to protecting the wellbeing and rights of the child’ on 5 Oct shone a spotlight on the impact of conflict on children. Read the IBA Daily News (pages 4–5): tinyurl.com/yc23w5m4

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: 8 Oct join IBAHRI's Eleonora Scala for the session 'From courtroom to community: strategic lawyering in restrictive environments'. Panellists will examine the unique risks & measurable impact of strategic litigation in hostile environments: tinyurl.com/4w2m25sd

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social, IBAHRI Senior Programme Lawyer, stressed the need for more action on a domestic level to ensure accountability and #justice for atrocity crimes in the session 'Global legal order: the reboot'.

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: On Wednesday 7 October, 1615-1730, join IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for the session ‘Global legal order: the reboot’, which will focus on how conflicts across the world are ripping through social orders & what this means for international #law: tinyurl.com/yeskxef4

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: 'Law as shield and sword' - IBAHRI Co-Chair Hina Jilani on targeted sanctions as tools for deterrence, and how #lawyers can safeguard rights while supporting legitimate accountability efforts.

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: Leo Varadkar, former Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of #Ireland, speaks to IBAHRI Co-Chair Mark Stephens CBE about #LGBTQI+ rights and the important role of #lawyers in championing legislative reform.

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From commitment to action: IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social, Professor Rangita de Silva, Ambassador Stephen Rapp and Tahmina Salik discuss #CEDAW's General Recommendation 30 Addendum and how it could help to address some of the challenges faced by #women globally. #IBACopenhagen

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#IBACopenhagen: don't miss these upcoming sessions from the IBA's Human Rights Institute, featuring speakers including IBAHRI Senior Programme Lawyer @ewelinaochab.bsky.social, IBAHRI Co-Chairs Mark Stephens and Hina Jilani, Rangita de Silva, Tahmina Salik and Leo Varadkar. tinyurl.com/awze58xc

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣#IBACopenhagen⚖️: On Wednesday 7 October, 0930–1045, Leo Varadkar, first openly gay Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of #Ireland (serving from 2017–2020 and 2022–2024), will be speaking to IBAHRI Co-Chair Mark Stephens CBE in the session 'The future of #LGBTQI+ rights in a changing world'.

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC moderating the IBAHRI Showcase session, 'The world and its children: the grave legal challenges to protecting the wellbeing and rights of the child'. 📣#IBACopenhagen⚖️

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣#IBACopenhagen⚖️Mon 5 Oct 1430-1730, Room B2 1+3 on Level 0 of the Bella Center, Copenhagen, join IBAHRI for its showcase session 'The world and its children: the grave legal challenges to protecting the wellbeing and rights of the child'. Find out more: tinyurl.com/yttsywvz

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Pakistan: IBAHRI and partners are gravely concerned by the continued arbitrary detention of Pakistani #HumanRights #lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, and call for their immediate release. 🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/n4az7acw

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

IBAHRI delivered a video statement during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, as part of the General Debate on the human rights situation in #Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories. Watch the full video message below from IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy KC. #UNHRC63

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The #ECHR heard the case of 10 Ukrainian children missing since #Russia occupied #Crimea. #IBAHRI's Helena Kennedy addressed the court, saying it stands for thousands more missing. Watch: tinyurl.com/msck2aby (1:08:35 to 1:20:30)

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#UNHRC63: #IBAHRI and the Ukrainian Bar Association commend the UN Commission of Inquiry's continued work on the situation of #HumanRights in #Ukraine stemming from #Russian aggression. Francesca Restifo delivered the statement. VIDEO: tinyurl.com/mry5ukez STATEMENT: tinyurl.com/3sxskpfw

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#IBAHRI has co-signed a statement on #HumanRights barrister Chow Hang-tung’s seven-year sentencing under #HongKongSAR security law. The #law organisations call for her immediate and unconditional release. Read and share the full statement: tinyurl.com/39fpkknd

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Lawyers for Lawyers @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📣At #HRC63, join our side event "𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲." 🗓️ 23 Sept | 📍 Geneva | 🕐 13:00–14:00 CEST 💻 To join remotely, contact info@lawyersforlawyers.nl Find the practical information here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/hrc63-side-e...

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In a joint statement, #IBAHRI and partners raise grave concerns over judicial independence, access to justice and the safety of #lawyers in #Zambia before, during and after the 13 August 2026 general election. Read and share: tinyurl.com/2n8fwat4 #HumanRights #JudicialIndependence

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy KC spoke to Dr Sally Penni MBE for Women in the Law UK's Talking Law podcast. Baroness Kennedy discussed her decades-long career in #law, her dedication to #women’s rights & the importance of diversity within the #legal profession. Listen: tinyurl.com/48vcd3s7

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#IBAHRI renews warnings over escalating #WestBank settler and #Israeli military #violence, forcible #displacement of #Palestinians and the risk of unlawful annexation. Read and share: tinyurl.com/5463kh6n #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #RuleOfLaw

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Francesca Restifo, Senior Human Rights Lawyer & UN Representative for #IBAHRI, speaks on the panel Roadmap to Equality & Women's Rights in Practice at the Women in Law Conference, Vienna, 11 September, on gender justice. Find out more: lnkd.in/p/eNeaQXYn

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Five years after the #Taliban returned to power, #IBAHRI warns the rights of #women and girls in #Afghanistan have been systematically dismantled through decrees, policies and practices. #Accountability and #Afghan women’s participation must remain central. Read and share: tinyurl.com/mpez4aky

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Afghanistan five years on: IBAHRI calls for accountability as Taliban entrench discrimination against women and girls

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The High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom @hlpmediafreedom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Targeted by Law: Women Journalists and the Rise of Lawfare" The High Level Panel and @ibahri.bsky.social invite you to a side event at #UNHRC63. 📅11 Sept, 13:00–14:00, Room XI, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Co-sponsored by @coe.int and @pressfreedom.bsky.social

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

30 August marks the UN’s International Day of the Victims of #EnforcedDisappearances. #IBAHRI stands with victims, survivors & their families, urging states to ratify the Int'l Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances & end impunity. Share: tinyurl.com/2my7b847

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The IBAHRI is co-signatory to a statement addressing the conviction of #HumanRights barrister Chow Hang-tung, raising serious concerns about the #RuleOfLaw, #FairTrial rights and #lawyers’ ability to work without fear of prosecution in #HongKongSAR. Read and share the statement: tinyurl.com/y8427xv

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

22 Aug 2026: Today, we remember victims of violence based on religion or belief. Remembrance must lead to prevention, accountability and action #IBAHRI's Dr Ewelina Ochab writes in a new powerful piece. Read and share: tinyurl.com/2khp6jmx #Hazara #Rohingya #Uyghurs #Yazidis

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Leading #law experts have urged the #UK government to reinforce its commitment to international #legal mechanisms for preventing and responding to atrocity crimes. Find out more about the 2nd oral hearing of the Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes in @ukparliament.parliament.uk: tinyurl.com/55du4sad

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Referencing the IBA’s Raising the Bar: Women in Law global research project on gender parity in the #legal profession, IBA's Sara Carnegie noted that gender parity in law firms is consistently lower than in other sectors, especially in senior positions. Read more: tinyurl.com/23pvfp4e 2/2

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🧵‘Gender equality within legal professions is not only a matter of fairness and equal opportunity. It is a prerequisite for effective, independent, and trusted justice systems,’ says IBAHRI's Francesca Restifo in an article by Claudia La Via for Legalcommunity.ch. 1/2

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#Türkiye: The Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project and partners, including IBAHRI, have intervened before @echr.coe.int in the case of #lawyers of the People’s Law Office detained on charges relating to their professional activities and defence of #HumanRights. Read: tinyurl.com/3e2a3xdt

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#Cambodia: IBAHRI condemns decision of Supreme Court of Cambodia to uphold 14-year prison sentences imposed on #journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, despite accepting an amicus curiae brief from the IBAHRI setting out #legal obligations. 🔗Read: tinyurl.com/bdfycpn7

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#UnitedStates: IBAHRI and partners express gave concern about the arrest of Chinese #HumanRights #lawyer Wu Shaoping by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and the serious risks posed by his potential deportation to #China. Read and share: tinyurl.com/5n92br2r

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In an article for Commonwealth Lawyers Association, IBAHRI Co-Chair Mark Stephens CBE reflects on a recent webinar introducing a framework designed to improve the quality of capital defence and safeguard #FairTrial rights across #Asia. 📖 Read: tinyurl.com/ycx85bbe 🎬 Watch: tinyurl.com/347nbthb

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It does not merely restrict rights; it seeks to criminalise the defence of rights itself.’ 5/5 Read the IBAHRI’s statement: tinyurl.com/mvww5n4m

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

He added: ‘When a state starts treating identity as a crime, advocacy as propaganda and compassion as complicity, the issue is no longer morality — it is legality. This Bill strikes at the very foundations of equality before the law, human dignity and freedom of expression. 4/5

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

democratic society governed by the rule of law. Ghana has binding obligations under regional and international human rights law. Legislation that criminalises identity, advocacy and solidarity is not an expression of constitutional values; it is an abandonment of them.' 3/5

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

‘The true test of a democracy is not how it treats the majority, but how it protects the rights of minorities. This Bill fails that test. It transforms private identity into public suspicion, turns compassion into a potential crime and invites a culture of denunciation that has no place in a...2/5

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#Ghana: IBAHRI condemns passage of anti-#LGBTQ+ Bill, which, if enacted, would impose prison sentences of up to 3 years on LGBTQ+ individuals. IBAHRI Co-Chair Mark Stephens CBE commented:

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

INTERVIEW: IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC guested on @justicehq.bsky.social's Law for Lawmakers podcast. She talked with @fionarutherford.bsky.social about her efforts to evacuate 100+ #women judges & their families from #Afghanistan in 2021. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlob...

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#Uganda: serious concerns about the deteriorating state of the #RuleOfLaw, attacks against #lawyers and the independence of the #legal profession have been raised by IBAHRI and partners in a report for #UN Human Rights Council's 4th cycle Universal Periodic Review. 🔗Read: tinyurl.com/45batjfx

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IBA's Human Rights Institute @ibahri.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#Zimbabwe: IBAHRI and partners raise serious concerns about the independence of the judiciary and the #legal profession, as well as attacks against #lawyers, in joint report for the United Nations Human Rights Council's 4th cycle Universal Periodic Review. Read the submission: tinyurl.com/4ywfhb2b

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