18th Commonwealth Law Conference, 14-18 April 2013, Cape Town, South Africa

The conference programme for the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference is now available at http://www.commonwealthlaw2013.org/

Current topics include

• Anti-Bribery and Corruption in the Corporate World
• Intellectual Property in the Developing World 
• New Frontiers of Competition Law: Role of Non-Competition Considerations in Adjudication of Mergers and Takeovers 
• Privatising the Courts: Alternative Dispute Resolution 
• Legal Aspects of the Mining and Extractive Industries
• Government Lawyers Exposed 
• Separation of Powers: Constitutional and Media Perspectives 
• Human Trafficking: Commerce and Slavery in the Commonwealth
• LGBT: Decriminalisation and the Role of Lawyers 
• Pitcairn Island – Mutiny on the Bounty: Violence against Women as a Cultural Norm 
• Playing Fair? Sports Law in the Commonwealth 
• Information, Secrecy and Wikileaks 
• Forced Marriages: What Should the Legal Response Be? 
• Defamation Law Reform: Thresholds, Defences and the Value of Free Speech 
• Cyber Security in the Commonwealth 
• Immigration, Migration and Refugees in the Commonwealth – the Legal Response
• How ‘International’ is the International Criminal Court?

Keynote speakers confirmed are: Dr Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
Justice Dr Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice of Kenya