Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, reviewed and approved the New Generation of Human Rights Lawyers in Tajikistan Interim Report. The goal of the grant is to develop a strong and independent legal profession in Tajikistan, and the expansion of IBAHRI activities from Azerbaijan to Central Asia, with a focus on supporting and mentoring Tajik law students and young lawyers, IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, April 2020
Service Activities
Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, reviewed and commented on 14 reports submitted by two HRI Trust Interns.Intern A worked on a variety of international criminal law, international human rights law, and foreign law projects in collaboration with the Europe and Central Asia program lawyer, MENA program lawyer, and Director of the IBAHRI. Intern B researched facts and legal issues of the UK Supreme Court in Vedanta Resources PLC and another v Lungowe and others. The work tackled parent company liability for human rights violations. B also worked on numerous intervention letters, open letters, press releases, on the following issues: attacks against the legal profession and the ongoing protests against the government of President Omar al-Bashir in Sudan; the attack on protestors and the rule of law in Zimbabwe; the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria; moratorium on the death penalty in California; and the detention of human rights lawyers in China, Iran, and Turkey, IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, April 2020
Paul Boudreaux, Gave the opening presentation, “Species … in Law,” at the International Wildlife Law Conference, International Wildlife Law Conference, April 2020
Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, conducted fiscal oversight and review of the IBAHRI Trust ICC Internship Programme Funding Recipients April 2019 – March 2020 Final Report. The Trust granted the IBAHRI ICC Programme €15,000 to fund its interns between April 2019 and March 2020. The interns receive financial assistance for 5-6 months. Interns support the IBA ICC Programme in monitoring and promoting fair trial standards and the rule of law at the International Criminal Court (ICC), IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, March 2020
Luz Nagle, As a US State Department legal expert, hosted a group of Afghan judges and prosecutors to Stetson where they attended my international law class, engaged with students, and discussed ways to improve investigation and prosecution of corruption cases, strengthen asset confiscation, and increase transparency and internal controls within the justice system to eliminate undue influence, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL, USA, March 2020
Timothy Kaye, Completely re-built the website of the Stetson Journal of Advocacy and the Law, Stetson University College of Law, March 2020
https://www2.stetson.edu/advocacy-journal/
Luz Nagle, As a member of the ABA Latin America and the Caribbean Council, I reviewed several CVs and participated in 4 interviews to pick the LAC Staff Director, ABA Latin America and the Caribbean Council, March 2020
Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, reviewed funding project on Lawyers at Risk, and the Role of Bar Associations Interim Report. The first of these projects aimed to support the Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers in the development of his report on the role of bar associations in protecting lawyers; as well as to develop the lawyers at risk toolkit. The Toolkit for Lawyers at Risk can be accessed on the IBAHRI website here: https://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/Toolkit-on-Lawyers-at-Risk-project.aspx). The Toolkit is currently being translated into Russian, as the IBAHRI plans to launch the training for lawyers based on the Toolkit in Central Asia later this year, IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, February 2020
Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, reviewed and approved Engaging with the UN on the Role of Lawyers at the Peaceful Protests Interim Report. IBAHRI held various activities to engage with the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom to peaceful assembly and of association, IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, February 2020