We’re pleased to announce that as of May 12, 2017, the confirmed speakers for World Justice Forum V now include the following:

 

  • Prof. Etannibi Alemika, Chairman of the Board, CLEEN Foundation; Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos (Nigeria)
  • Ms. Najiba Ayubi, Managing Director, Killid Group (Afghanistan)
  • Ms. Hilarie Bass, President-Elect, American Bar Association
  • Dr. Juan Carlos Botero, Executive Director, World Justice Project (Colombia)
  • Ms. Saskia Brechenmacher, Associate Fellow, Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
  • Mr. Ethan Bronner, Senior Editor, Bloomberg News (USA)
  • Ms. Sreerupa Chowdury, Co-Founder, Bribe Hackers (India)
  • Hon. Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake, Judge of the High Court of Botswana; Judge of Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone; Co-Chair African Think Tank on HIV, Health and Social Justice - UNAIDS (Botswana)
  • Ms. Omotala Jalade Ekeinde, Actress and Philanthropist (Nigeria)
  • Hon. Hassan Jallow, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of The Gambia (Gambia)
  • Professor Margaret Levi, Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford University (USA)
  • Prof. Elizabeth Magill, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School (USA)
  • Ms. Elisa Massimino, President and CEO, Human Rights First (USA)
  • Ms. Robin McDowell, Reporter, Associated Press (USA)
  • Mr. John Nery, Editor-in-Chief, Inquirer.net (Philippines)
  • Mr. Raymond Ng, Director of Community Relations, Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong SAR)
  • Dr. Harris Pastides, President, University of South Carolina (USA)
  • Dr. Angela Pinzon, Professor of Medicine, University of Rosario (Colombia)
  • Dr. Alejandro Ponce, Chief Research Officer, World Justice Project (Mexico)
  • Dr. Mamphela Ramphele , CEO, Circle Capital Group (South Africa)
  • Mr. Vikrant Reddy, Senior Research Fellow, Criminal Justice and Policing Reform, Charles Koch Institute (USA)
  • Mrs. Lesley Rosenthal, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (USA)
  • Ms. Maya Sahil-Fadel, Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Internally Displaced Persons of the Africa Union (Algeria)
  • Prof. Barry Scheck, Co-Director, Innocence Project (USA)
  • Hon. Maria Lourdes Sereno, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Ms. Ingrid Srinath, Director, Centre for Social Impact & Philanthropy, Ashoka University (India)
  • Dr. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Secretary General, CIVICUS (Australia)
  • Hon. Mansour Sy, Deputy Speaker, Senegalese Parliament
  • Ms. Hilary Tompkins, Partner, Hogan Lovells (USA)
  • Ms. Robin Wright, Joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
  • Dr. Daniel Zovatto, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International IDEA (Chile)

 

Additional details about the World Justice Forum V agenda and speakers will be posted here in the coming days and weeks as information becomes available.

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