The annual conference of the International Bar Association was held in Paris, France, on October 29, 30, 31 and November 1 and 2 of this year: Seeking Solutions to Global Challenges (IBA). Where leaders and legal professionals from around the world gathered to share their knowledge and ideas on the most important global issues.
Our partner the Master Luis Palomino represented our firm at the meeting PALOMINO FLORES HERNANDEZ ABOGADOS.
The annual conference addressed issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, forums for government and public defenders and the IBA and the World Bank to forge closer ties to further development goals. The opening speech was given by Michael Barnier, the French Foreign Minist
Michael Barnier called on EU and US and Middle East leaders to work together towards a peace process, in which he also said that the security and sovereignty of the State of Israel “is non-negotiable” and added “we stand on the side of freedom and democracy against barbarity and terrorism”. The ceremony also featured a video address from President Frances Emmanuel MacronHe added, “As we know, France and the world are living a crucial moment in which the power struggle is supplanting relations based on law”, referring to the current situation of the conflict in Ukraine, which “has given rise to crimes that international justice must judge quickly and severely”.