What Binds Us Together
In these days of sanctions, sabre-rattling, and "red lines," it is refreshing to see how the common values and commitments of the legal profession prove stronger than the political, economic, and ideological differences that would divide us.
On 30-31 May 2014, influential thought leaders from across the legal profession will meet in Moscow at the International Conference on Judicial Independence as an Essential Foundation of Justice and Peace.
This event, organized by the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace, will attract a group of distinguished lawyers from law firms, universities, foundations, government, and the judiciary from Europe, Asia, and North America, some of whom will attend despite the unofficial disapproval of their home country governments.
The session topics include:
Judicial Independence as a Central Foundation of a Culture of Peace
Strengthening Individual Independence of Judges and Institutional Independence of the Judiciary
The Impact of Transnational Jurisprudence on Judicial Independence
Judicial Independence, Rule of Law, Justice, and Peace
Continuing Discussion of Mount Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence
Conference sponsors include:
ART DE LEX Law Firm (Russia)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law (Israel)
Kutafin Moscow State Law University (Russia)
Russian Academy of Justice (Russia)
University of Cambridge Centre for Public Law (United Kingdom)
The Organizing Committee is chaired by Dmitry Magonya, the managing partner of the ART DE LEX Law Firm.
Events such as this conference in Moscow demonstrate that, notwithstanding the political, economic, and cultural disagreements in the world today — often exploited by compromised politicians and fanatics for their own gain — there are strong core values that bind together all members of the legal profession throughout the world: justice, peace, and the rule of law. These are stronger and more enduring than the forces that would divide the profession, and the nations and communities that we serve.