Fighting for Justice Across the Globe, Holding International Organizations to Account

On this podcast, GLA's Jason Poblete talks with Washington, D.C. International Human Rights litigator, Ms. Abbe Jolles. Abbe represents clients worldwide, including in conflict zones. She has handled individual and corporate, criminal, and civil matters involving unlawful property confiscation, incarceration, or risk of incarceration, and other fundamental rights violations. 

Ms. Jolles is admitted to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR), where she achieved a landmark decision; to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) - Discipline Council; the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL); and the Special Tribunal of Lebanon (STL). She is also the first American woman admitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the first American admitted to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.

The speakers discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the ICC,  international organizations in general, and their potential effects on American sovereignty, the Constitution, and the rule of law. Does the system work, or is there a better way to hold human rights violators to account? 

Further reading:  Hear Their Cries, Abbe's victims' rights organization | Global Legal, Abbe's law firm in Washington DC