King Felipe VI has highlighted Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s «example of service to the rule of law and the values of freedom and equality that are inherent to it.» And added “her firm defense of the Constitution as the supreme norm, her constant attention to its proper interpretation, was always linked to her conviction that the […]
On the morning of Monday, July 5, Casa de América hosted the presentation of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medals of Honor promoted by the World Jurist Association (WJA) and the World Law Foundation (WLF) in recognition of those women who, during their careers, have promoted the rule of law and gender equality throughout the world. [...]
WORLD LAW CONGRESS COLOMBIA 2021Program: Opening Session MadridJuly 5-6, 2021Casa América – Plaza Cibeles MAIN EVENT: WORLD LAW CONGRESS COLOMBIA 2021 Thu, Dec 2 2021, 8:00 - Fri, Dec 3 2021, 12:30 Colombian Standard Time Puerta de Oro Caribbean Convention Center, Track 40 # 79B – 06, Barranquilla, Atlantic, Colombia About this event RULE OF LAW: DEVELOPMENT [...]
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By: Javier Cremades – President of the World Jurist Association and Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo Lawyers, and Diego García-Sayán – former President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2010-2014). On January 30, 2020, the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom, declared a planetary public health emergency. From that moment on, it was clear – and official […]
The World Law Congress 2021 begins this coming July 7, with an innovative On-going format that will hold fifteen monthly Online Opening Sessions from different countries around the world, finalizing in Cartagena de Indias on November 17 and 18, 2021. The Barcelona Bar Association, led by Dean Ma. Eugenia Gay, President of WJA Spain, will […]
La World Law Foundation ha celebrado, de forma telemática, una nueva reunión del Patronato que ha contando con Javier Cremades, como presidente, y con Alfredo Dagnino como el secretario del Patronato. En el encuentro virtual han participado Viviane Reding, vicepresidenta del Patronato de la World Law Foundation y miembro del Parlamento Europeo, Elisabeth Cassin, sobrina nieta de Rene Cassin, Hanna Stanisława Suchocka, primera ministra […]
In Colombia, the World Jurist Association recognized media and journalists in a ceremony held on February 11, 2020 at the headquarters of the National Media Association “Asomedios” in Bogota. As the WJA, this association defends freedom of expression and promotes the development of the media sector in Colombia. A total of four distinctions were awarded […]
The Mayoress of Bogota, Claudia López, met with a delegation of the World Jurist Association (WJA) and the World Law Foundation (WLF), headed by their President, Javier Cremades, on the occasion of the presentation of the World Law Congress 2021, which will be hosted by Colombia on February 8-10, 2021. The meeting was also attended by the Inspector General of Colombia, Fernando Carrillo […]
The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was presented with the World Peace & Liberty Award by the World Jurist Association and the World Law Foundation on Friday, February 7 at the American Bar Association. As the second woman nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg was chosen in recognition of her contributions to […]
