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Human Rights And The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct: Intersection And Integration, Martha F. Davis
Human Rights And The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct: Intersection And Integration, Martha F. Davis
Martha F. Davis
The American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct nowhere mention human rights as either a means or an end to ethical lawyering. The origins and history of the modern ABA Code, framed at a time when the ABA leadership was hostile to universal human rights norms, suggest possible explanations for this omission as an initial matter. But the Model Rules are frequently revised, and the ABA is now a leader in the promulgation and implementation of human rights worldwide. Still, the model ethics rules remain silent on human rights. State ethics codes, largely drawn from the ABA model, are …
The Icc Prosecutor V. President Medema: Simulated Proceedings Before The International Criminal Court , Pieter H. F. Bekker, David Stoelting
The Icc Prosecutor V. President Medema: Simulated Proceedings Before The International Criminal Court , Pieter H. F. Bekker, David Stoelting
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
On July 18, 2000, as part of the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, an all star cast of American and English lawyers gathered in the Common Room of the Law Society of England and Wales in London to simulate oral argument before the International Criminal Court ("ICC"). The fictitious proceedings involved a head of state, President Luis Medema, charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prosecutors and defense counsel engaged in lively oral argument before the Trial Chamber in the context of three critical issues: (1) jurisdiction of the ICC over citizens of non-state parties; …