The Commonwealth Lawyers
Association and the CPA are set to hold a webinar on "Lawyers, Parliamentarians and
the Rule of Law" on the 27 of April, 2021
Below are the details for the webinar:
Topic: CPA/CLA: Lawyers, Parliamentarians
and the Rule of Law
Description
This webinar will
highlight long-term policies and strategies for effective scrutiny and
preservation of the Separation of Powers for parliaments to function
effectively under the Rule of Law. The speakers will consider how lawyers and
parliamentarians can cooperate for the good of the citizens of the Commonwealth
and beyond, their respective roles in properly holding governments to account,
the variety of challenges in post-pandemic democracies, and how we can share
their commitments to maintaining an independent and effective legislature.
Register to join this engaging webinar.
Co-chaired by Brian Speers, President Commonwealth Lawyers Association and
Emily Davies, Head of Private Office, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Panellists include: Senator the Hon. Alincia Williams-Grant, President of the
Senate of Antigua and Barbuda; Judge Zak Yacoob, Justice of the Constitutional
Court of South Africa, Rtd; Hon. Mohamed Nasheed, MP, Speaker of The People’s
Majlis of the Maldives and Oluseun Abimbola, Chairman of the Section on Legal
Practice and a previous Attorney General of Oyo State, Nigeria.
We look forward to welcoming attendees for the session and there will be a Q
and A opportunity following our panellist contributions. Should you wish to
submit a question prior to the session, please email these to
[email protected], referencing this event.
Registration details may be retained for the purposes of contacting attendees
on upcoming events and news by either CPA or CLA and will not be passed onto
any third-party. If you do not wish for your information to be utilized for
such purposes, please email [email protected], referencing this event.
Time
Apr 27, 2021 01:00 PM in London.
Click here to register.