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2015 WOMEN’S BENCH/BAR CONFERENCE – From New Jersey to the World— Are Women Human?

9:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

2.7 CLE CREDITS!

New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick

Presented by The New Jersey State Bar Association Women in the Profession Section and the International Justice Project

 

HONORED GUEST

Hon. Madeline Cox Arleo
Recipient of the 2015 Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Award for Distinguished Service and Excellence

& Discussion on Women and Human Rights Issues with the Following Panelists:

• Wanda M. Akin, Esq., Co-Founder, International Justice Project, Legal Representative of Victims at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prof. of International Criminal Law and International Human Rights
• Raymond M. Brown, Esq., Co-Founder, International Justice Project, Partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Legal Representative of Victims at the International Criminal Court
• Paulette Brown, Esq., President of the American Bar Association, Partner at Locke Lord LLP
• Monica Feltz, Esq., L.L.M., Executive Director, International Justice Project
• Elise Groulx Diggs, Esq., Ad.E., L.L.M., Doughty Street Chambers, expert in International Criminal Law and Business and Human Rights
• Jehanne Henry, Esq., Senior Researcher in Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
• Fathia Kaka, Darfur Genocide Survivor and Women’s Rights Activist
• Simone Monasebien, Esq., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Representative & Chief of New York Office
• Stephanie Reckord, Esq., Chair, Women in the Profession Section, Associate at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis

*Special Introductory NJSBA membership rate. Register for the conference and get one year of NJSBA for $125

Topics Will Include:
• Gender-based crimes and use of sexual violence against women as a weapon of war
• Representing victims of Genocide in Darfur at the International Criminal Court
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Business and human rights issues and impact on women
• Human Trafficking of Women
• Human Rights Defenders

COST: $35 per person

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