IBA Global Insight - February/March 2016
The content of IBA Global Insight magazine is written by independent journalists and does not represent the views of the International Bar Association.
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Technology 2030
As digital innovation continues to transform all aspects of our lives, Global Insight gets the views of tech experts around the world, predicting the ways we'll be living, working, playing and communicating 15 years from now - and what the implications might be.
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The continent's legal infrastructure is hampering economic progress.
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In many parts of the world, where draconian laws are used against journalists, students and dissenters, defamation is still treated as a criminal act. While campaigns for freedom of expression have achieved some progress, the rise of social media is presenting further challenges.
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Unprecedented numbers of migrants and an increased risk of terrorism have heightened tensions in Europe. Global Insight examines the issues and legal frameworks surrounding the greatest humanitarian crisis to confront the continent since the Second World War.
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In October 2015, Michael Kirby, Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democractic People's Republic of Korea, delivered the keynote address at the launch of the IBA's translation of the Korean Bar Association's own report, hosted by Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. This abridged version of his address calls for action now that the scale of the country's human rights crisis is known.
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