IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025
Room 716 A, Level 700, MTCC
Session information
SPPI Showcase - Law not war: part 2
Thursday 6 November (1115 - 1230)
Room 716 A, Level 700, MTCC
Committee(s)
Section on Public and Professional Interest
(Lead)
Human Rights Law Committee
IBA's Human Rights Institute
Rule of Law Forum
War Crimes Committee
Description
This session is organised to discuss possible role of lawyers in using law and legal procedures to broker peace talks/ bring war crimes to justice and related issues.
Don't forget to attend SPPI Showcase - Law not war: part 1
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Babatunde Ajibade SAN | SPA Ajibade & Co, Lagos, Nigeria; SPPI Chair |
| Kirsty Sutherland | 9 Bedford Row Chambers, London, England; Co-Chair, War Crimes Committee |
Speakers
| Keebong Paek | International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Ambassador Stephen Rapp | US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Council Member, IBA's Human Rights Institute |
| Berit Reiss-Andersen | The Norwegian Bar Association, Oslo, Norway; Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission |
| Professor Yuval Shany | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel |