Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022

30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022

Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, USA

Speaker information

Alka Pradhan

Biography

Alka Pradhan is an expert on the application of human rights and humanitarian law to counterterrorism situations, and the impact of torture on fair trials. She is currently Human Rights Counsel at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, representing one of the defendants in the capital case of United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (the “9/11 case”), and Associate Counsel in the Al Hassan case at the International Criminal Court. Ms. Pradhan was a member of the Drafting Committee of the Principles of Effective Interviewing (the "Mendez Principles").

Session

Protecting judges in conflicts, revolutions and times of political oppression

Tuesday 1 November (1430 - 1730)

Room 209, Level 2

Speaker

Preventing coercive interrogations and forced confessions: the role of the legal profession

Tuesday 1 November (0930 - 1045)

Room 235, Level 2

Speaker

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