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Study by Swedish and NYC Bar Associations Raises Concerns on Press Freedom in Montenegro

Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 11:25am by Administrator
A report on a February research visit to Montenegro by a four-member team from the Swedish and New York City Bar Associations has found that while the laws governing the press are generally satisfactory, “the relationships between the independent press and the government and between the independent press and pro-government press are permeated by polarization and antagonism.”
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Barbara Berger Opotowsky – by Carey R. Dunne

Posted on Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:08am by Administrator
“The Association is an extraordinarily complicated institution. Even a two-year term does not enable presidents to master its intricacies,” Michael Cooper said recently. Mike was president of the New York City Bar Association from 1998 to 2000, and I had reached out to him and some other former City Bar presidents for their thoughts on our outgoing Executive Director, Barbara Berger Opotowsky.
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City Bar Urges President Obama to Take Executive Action to Close Guantanamo

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2013 - 12:26pm by Administrator
Calling Guantanamo a “stain on our nation’s reputation” and “a serious threat to our national security,” the New York City Bar Association has written to President Barack Obama urging him to take Executive action to release or transfer the prison’s 86 detainees previously cleared for release and “to take concrete steps to restart the process toward closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility, including the eventual prosecution, transfer or release of the remaining individuals currently held there.”
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The Hon. Dr. Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice/President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, gave a presentation on May 13th focusing on the implementation of Kenya’s current constitution and the role of the Kenyan judiciary in the transformation of Kenya. The event was sponsored by the African Affairs Committee, the Council on International Affairs and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. From left, Hon. Dr. Willy Mutunga; Alex Papachristou, Executive Director, Vance Center; Bret Parker, incoming City Bar Executive Director; Carey R. Dunne, City Bar President.

 

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