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BIC Policy committee

BIC Policy Committee

The BIC Policy Committee is made up of representatives from Bar Associations and Law Societies around the world providing global representation for Member Organisations. The role of the Policy Committee is to address issues of concern to Bar Associations around the world by creating and recommending policies for adoption by IBA Council and by ensuring that proposed IBA policies affecting Member Organisations be reviewed by the Policy Committee to ensure that such policies have the support of Member Organisations before being recommended for approval by IBA Council. Examples of issues addressed by the Policy Committee include:

Current projects:

Members of the Policy Committee are -

James Klotz (Canada) - Chair (Ex Officio)
Ed Nally (England)
Hans-Jürgen Hellwig (Germany)
Ken Reisenfeld (USA)
Alain de Foucaud (France)
Claudio Visco (Italy)
Helge Jakob Kolrud (Norway)
Olufunke Adekoya (Nigeria)
Margery Nicoll (Australia)
Haji Sulaiman Abdullah (Malaysia)
Peter Koves (Hungary)
Sam Okudzeto (Ghana)
Jonathan Goldsmith (Belgium)
Mikiko Otani (Japan)
Philip Jeyaretnam (Singapore)
Alejandro Ogarrio (Mexico)
Steven Krane (USA)
Michael Clancy (Scotland)

Ex Officio
Chair BIC: Michael Kutschera (Austria)
Vice-Chair BIC: Horacio Bernardes Neto (Brazil)

In attendance
Hugh Stubbs – BIC Secretary-General
Elaine Owen – BIC Project Manager

Co-opted Members - co-opted onto Regulatory Review Working Group
Michael Clancy (Scotland)

BIC Business Plan

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