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Terrorism and the Law
At a special session on the issues of global terrorism and international law, the IBA announced the funding and launch of a major task force, to report in Durban 2002. Click below for full details.
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Global Competition
The Global Competition Network launched to focus on reform and harmonisation of competition law. A new website, developed by the IBA, providing access to the world's competition laws, will follow.
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Conference CD
For the first time, the IBA has produced a full guide to the conference, together with many of the papers given, on CD-Rom. For further details please contact us at member@int-bar.org.
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Legal Education
The IBA agreed to work with the College of Law of England and Wales to develop an International Distance Learning Practice Diploma. The programme, aimed at practising lawyers throughout the world, will comprise distance learning modules in a number of key practice areas in the corporate and commercial fields.
Click here to read the full press release.
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2,500 Lawyers
2,500 lawyers gathered in Cancun to debate and develop international law issues on many fronts, despite the uncertain world environment.
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Keynote Speeches
Keynote speeches, led by President Vicente Fox of Mexico, emphasized the contribution to be made by the world community of lawyers in both the commercial and humanitarian arenas.
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International Legal Programmes
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Training for Human Rights Trials
 The first training programme for enabling war crimes trials to be held in former Yugoslavia, launched in August, has been successfully completed. Click below for more details.
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