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Photos from Opening Session Madrid – World Law Congress Colombia 2021
(July 5-6, 2021)
- Master of Ceremonies Maria Eugenia Gay, President of the World Jurist Association Spain
- Institutional Opening by Javier Cremades Spain, President of the World Jurist Association
- Luncheon & Presentation of the World Law Congress 2021 Host City Barranquilla, presented by Arancha González Laya Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
- Presentation of the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor by H.M. King Felipe VI and Jane Ginsburg
- Remarks by Christine Lagarde, France, President of the European Central Bank at the Awarding of the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- Closing Remarks by Viviane Reding, Luxembourg, VP of the World Law Foundation, VP of the European Commission (2010-2014)
- Mother, Jurist & Myth: I Met Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Opening Remarks by Jane Ginsburg, USA, Professor at Columbia Law School
- Moderator of panel on Mother, Jurist & Myth: I Met Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilarie Bass, USA, President of the American Bar Association (2017-2018)
- Panel discussion on the Development of the Role of Women in Justice in the XXI Century (Javier Moscoso del Prado, Maria Luisa Segoviano Astaburuaga, Ana Fernández-Tresguerres, Rosa Vidal, Silvia López)
- Signing ceremony for the hosting of World Law Congress 2021 event in Barranquilla, Colombia
- 5G Privacy and Cybersecurity, Keynote Speaker James M. Black II, USA, WJA President for North America, WLF Trustee, and partner at Silverman Acampora
- Awardees of the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- 5G Privacy and Cybersecurity moderator Teodora Toma, Romania, Executive Director of the World Jurist Association
- Mother, Jurist & Myth: I Met Ruth Bader Ginsburg Panelist Alexandra Black, USA, University graduate
- Panel discussion, Mother, Jurist & Myth: I Met Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Amanda Tyler, Christine Lagarde, Encarnación Roca, Maria Eugenia Gay, Patricia Lee Refo, Moderator: Hilarie Bass)
- 5G Privacy and Cybersecurity Panel (Keynote Speaker James M. Black II, Eduardo Mayora, Elisa Figueiredo, Farlei Kothe, Kim Quarles, Michał Jackowski, Selena Stan, Moderator: Teodora Toma)
- Covid Related Regulations And their Effects on Citizens & Investors Panel (Keynote-Speaker Orlando Viera Blanco, David E. Kovel, Norman G. De Castro Campbell, Harald Czermak, Florin Dobre, Fabiana Menichetti, Mark Northway, Siphana Sok, Moderator: Diego Solana)
- Luncheon at the Casa de América
- Panel on The Independence of the Judiciary in Europe (Keynote Speaker & Moderator Juan José Gonzalez Rivas, Damijan Florjancic, Domnica Manole, Josep-D. Guardia Canela, Kari Kuusiniemi, Sanita Osipova)
- Covid Related Regulations And their Effects on Citizens & Investors, Panel dicussion (Keynote-Speaker Orlando Viera Blanco, David E. Kovel, Norman G. De Castro Campbell, Harald Czermak, Florin Dobre, Fabiana Menichetti, Mark Northway, Siphana Sok, Moderator Diego Solana)
- Closing of the events by Juan Carlos Campo, Spain, Minister of Justice of Spain
- Closing Remarks, H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain
- H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain awarding Christine Lagarde with the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- Ecumenical Memorial Service (Moisés Bendahan, Cardinal Carlos Osoro, David Hatchwell Altaras)
- Dining room at Casa de América
- Remarks by Christine Lagarde, France, President of the European Central Bank at the Awarding of the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- Gillian Triggs awarded with the WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor
- H.M. King Felipe VI and Supreme Court Justices of Europe and the Americas