Also present from Spain at the business and political level were figures of the stature MEP Ciudadanos and the former president of the Balearic Islands with PP, José Ramón Bauza; Pedro AzagraAvangrid CEO; Santiago Martinez Garrido, General Secretary Iberdrola; Also from Iberdrola is his general counsellor, Gerardo Code; Mayor Vicente López-iborpresident of EFELA; Teresa Parejo, Director of Sustainability in Iberia; or economist Saioa Armendariz.

FELIPE VI AVOID THE WORLD PRIZE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM TO ANDREW YOUNG LAST MAY IN MADRID

The World Jurist Association awarded the World Peace and Freedom Award to Andrew Young, a civil rights icon in the US.

This is the highest award given by the WJA and recognizes Young’s work “social, political and economic progress of the oppressed throughout the world”. Andrew Young, Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest associate, was the first African-American US ambassador to the United Nations, which also pushed for US Civil Rights and Voting Rights legislation.

Difference delivered in Madrid by the King, during the presentation of the 2023 New York World Law Congress and inauguration of the Rule of Law Digital Center.

At the event, the WJA also awarded the 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor to prominent women jurists, including Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014), and Lady Brenda Hale, the first woman president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom .

The event will take place on July 20 and 21 and will bring together more than 350 high-level lawyers, politicians and businessmen.

Don Felipe in the first row of seats at the start of the World Law Congress in Madrid

The planet’s leading legal experts, along with heads of state and high-level politicians, will meet around 35 discussion tables on July 20 and 21 at the headquarters of the United Nations and the New York City Bar Association, in New York City, where it will be 28th edition of World Law Congress.

closing ceremony will present the World Peace and Freedom Prize – a prize deemed as The Nobel Law Prize is the highest honor awarded by the World Jurist Association to the European Commission for its commitment to promoting peace through Law and the Rule of Law. Ursula von der Leyenpresident of the European Union institution, will receive the award as the organization’s highest representative.

SPANISH IS OBLIGATED BY THE BEST LAWYERS TODAY

The extensive program will be divided into working panels on which prime ministers, presidents, ministers, judges, prosecutors, judges, academics, lawyers, directors of international organizations and prominent members of the WJA will debate the role of law around the worldand in which Spain will have a relevant role according to the excellent professionals who have decided to attend this biennial global event.

In one of WLC’s presentations in Madrid

Of course he wouldn’t miss an appointment Javier creamPresident of the World Jurist Association and other Spanish legal officials such as: Colomes pillaradvisor in the International Litigation and Arbitration department at Eversheds Sutherland; Bla Jesus Imbroda, president of the subcommittee on Immigration and International Protection of the General Council of Lawyers in Spain, Honorary President of the Association of International Criminal Lawyers and dean of the Melilla Bar Association; one of Juan Gonzalo Ospinamanaging partner criminal lawyer from Ospina Abogados, recognized in the previous edition of WLC -Colombia 2021- for his performance Commitment to uphold the rule of law and the law, as well as recognition of the legal profession which is more respected within the institution. At the appointment we can also listen to the teacher Abbot of Montserrat Castelos Monastery or lawyer Carolina Marin Pedreno among others.

THE BUSINESS WORLD WILL ALSO COME TO NEW YORK

Also present from Spain at the business and political level were figures of the stature MEP Ciudadanos and the former president of the Balearic Islands with PP, José Ramón Bauza; Pedro AzagraAvangrid CEO; Santiago Martinez Garrido, General Secretary Iberdrola; Also from Iberdrola is his general counsellor, Gerardo Code; Mayor Vicente López-iborpresident of EFELA; Teresa Parejo, Director of Sustainability in Iberia; or economist Saioa Armendariz.

FELIPE VI AVOID THE WORLD PRIZE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM TO ANDREW YOUNG LAST MAY IN MADRID

The World Association of Jurists presented the World Peace and Freedom Prize to Andrew Young, a civil rights icon in the US.

This is the highest award given by the WJA and recognizes Young’s work “social, political and economic progress of the oppressed throughout the world”. Andrew Young, Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest associate, was the first African-American US ambassador to the United Nations, which also pushed for US Civil Rights and Voting Rights legislation.

Difference delivered in Madrid by the King, during the presentation of the 2023 New York World Law Congress and inauguration of the Rule of Law Digital Center.

At the event, the WJA also awarded the 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor to prominent women jurists, including Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014), and Lady Brenda Hale, the first woman president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom .

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