IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
Rooms 212-213, Level 2
Session information
The confluence of the rule of law and LGBTI issues
Wednesday 1 November (1615 - 1730)
Rooms 212-213, Level 2
Committee(s)
LGBTQI+ Law Committee
(Lead)
Rule of Law Forum
Description
LGBTQI communities are used as scapegoats to distract citizens from practical bread and butter governmental policies and even the protections of the rule of law. Recent political groups both in the west and nations throughout the world have been using this strategy effectively to win elections. What can the world’s lawyers do to support the rule of law and protect citizens from being swept away by these manufactured scares. Learning from advocates organising for human rights and immigration protection, lawyers can harm themselves with knowledge to put these tactics in the trash bin of history.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Steeves Bujold | McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Website Officer, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |
Speakers
| Njeri Gateru | National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Elai Katz | McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, New York, USA |
| Henry Koh | National LGBTQ+ Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Filip Rak | Wardynski Partners, Warsaw, Poland |