Born in Zambia and grew up in Zimbabwe, Petina Gappah studied in Zimbabwe, Cambridge and Graz. For many years, she has worked for the WTO and the ACWL in Geneva. In 2009, she published her first book that was awarded the Guardian First Book Award. She is currently on a world book tour to promote her new novel.
Read MorePriti Suri is an international lawyer who won the “Mayre Rasmussen Award” winner for the Advancement of Women in International Law by the American Bar Association. From 2016 to 2018, India Business Law Journal has consecutively rated her as one of India’s top 100 lawyers and Indian Corporate Counsel Association has listed her as one of India’s top 100 corporate advisers.
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Read MoreNani Jansen Reventlow is an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is a recognised international lawyer and expert in human rights litigation, responsible for ground-breaking freedom of expression cases across several national and international jurisdictions. Nani has also developed and delivered training sessions on freedom of expression and human rights litigation strategy to dozens of lawyers worldwide.
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Read MoreYou are in London as a newly-selected associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers.
Yes. I've been an associate tenant for a year, since the fall of 2014.
Read MoreTo start with the basics, as a criminal defence lawyer, what do you do?
I represent people accused of crimes, organisations accused of crimes, businesses accused of crimes. That's what I do. People who've been accused of crimes or who are afraid they're going to be accused of crimes or have been convicted of crimes and want someone one to represent them on appeal... I also do tangential things to that. There are people who have property forfeited. There are civil suits and I also have done some civil rights lawsuits but mostly criminal defence.
Read MoreYou’re initially from Peru, which operates a civil law system, but you are practicing in the UK, which uses a common law system. How does that work?
I am trained in both systems. I originally studied law in Latin America. I then practised international law for a number of years before becoming a barrister. I was called to the Bar in 2014, becoming the first Latin American lawyer to be practising at the Bar of England and Wales.
Read MoreYou received your Bachelor's Degree from the University of Valencia...
Yes, I studied law there, and then I came to the US and studied law there, too. The law programme in Valencia was meant to last for six years, but I finished it in five. I met a boyfriend, and I was in a rush to finish my studies and begin working.
Read MoreWhat do you do?
I am a full partner in a French law firm that I founded, with other French partners, five years ago.
Read MoreWhat do you do as International Legal Advisor for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)?
I'm almost entirely working on rule of law reform and human rights in Myanmar. I have been undertaking field research that leads advocacy and policy work aimed at strengthening the role of stakeholders such as the government, judges, lawyers, prosecutors, legal aid groups, lawyer networks and civil society organisations. I work on capacity building initiatives and devise and deliver training on the independence of the judiciary, bilateral investment treaties and development, environmental laws, and economic, social and cultural rights.
Read MoreWhat do you as a tenant at Doughty Street Chambers?
I have a fairly broad practice in public international law; immigration and asylum; crime and related aspects of public law.
Read MoreWhat do you do?
I run a programme at the American Bar Association (ABA) that provides pro bono assistance to human rights advocates who face retaliation for their work.
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