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ICJ commissioner Mary Robinson speaks at JUSTICE event on the rule of law
On 20 March 2006, Mary Robinson, ICJ Commissioner and member of the Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights delivered international rule of law lecture entitled “Five year on after 9/11- time to reassert the rule of law”.
The lecture was hosted by JUSTICE, the British Section of the ICJ.
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