“The Impact of Pro Bono on Transformational Change: Working to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” - Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session B7: Pro Bono, Asylum and Refugees

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:18:30 +0000

Drawing from experiences in different parts of the world, we will explore how lawyers can be involved in responding to the defining issue of our times – forced displacement of millions of asylum seekers and refugees – while also expanding their own world views, connecting with peers from around the globe, working alongside United Nations colleagues, meaningfully impacting individual lives, and creating lasting transformational change. We hope to share challenges and success stories from countries that are signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its Protocol (signatory countries) and countries that are not signatories (non-signatory countries). We will work together to come up with concrete initiatives for increased pro bono engagement and coordination in this space.

Speaker(s):

Dina Hapsari

Emma Dunlevie

Febi Yonesta

Jessica Marsh

Trish Cameron

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 13:45-08/31/2016 - 15:15

Room:

Kintamani Room (2nd Floor) at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session B2: Pro Bono and People with Disabilities

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:10:43 +0000

This session will focus on regional legal and other barriers faced by people with disabilities and ways that pro bono initiatives can help more modernize thought, legal norms, etc to provide A2J rights to these persons.

Speaker(s):

Muhammad Joni Yulianto

Lindsay Ernst

Nicholas Booth

Vidjia Phun

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 13:45-08/31/2016 - 15:15

Room:

Negara Room (2nd Floor) at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session A3: Pro Bono and Public Health

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:10:06 +0000

This session draws on a variety of regional and international experiences to highlight the multi-faceted ways that access to pro bono services can support enhanced individual and public health outcomes, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised populations including people who use drugs, persons with HIV/AIDS, prisoners, sex workers and migrant populations.

Speaker(s):

Catriona Martin

Jihan Jacob

Marlene Halpern

Mimi Zou

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 11:00-08/31/2016 - 12:30

Room:

Tabanan Room (4th Floor) at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session A4: The Links Between Pro Bono, Access to Justice and Socio Economic Development

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:06:58 +0000

Increasing access to justice can directly impact the socio economic environment and during this session successful case studies of where access to justice helped to increase the socio economic environment for a community will be shared.

Speaker(s):

Bruno Langhendries

Gemma-Jane Cooper

Mark Woods

Natalie Matranga

Neil Pacamalan

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 11:00-08/31/2016 - 12:30

Room:

Amlapura Room (4th Floor) at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session A6: Pro Bono, Drug Users and Access to Justice in Asia

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:06:05 +0000

People who use drugs in Asia are at greater risk of deleterious interactions with police than non drug using community members and are consequently disproportionately overrepresented in the criminal justice system. This leads them to face the significant likelihood of spending periods of time in prison or compulsory detention. The majority of these people face only minor or misdemeanor charges associated with their drug use and in many cases would be released from the criminal justice system if they had access to legal representation. This panel symposium will bring together legal service providers from across Asia who are seeking to grow the potential of pro-bono (including clinic and legal aid services) to support access to justice for people who use drugs (PWUD). Supporting the unmet legal needs (criminal, civil and administrative) of people who use drugs in Asia will not only result in decreasing numbers of people unnecessarily caught up in the criminal justice system but will also ensure that the negatives individual and public health implications of detention are averted. The session will also act as an initial step in a multi-faceted process to develop and strengthen a regional pro bono network alliance which provides support for PWUD. A follow up strategic network building meeting will be held on September 2^nd, in Bali, following the 5APBC. Those attending the session and interested in attending and participating at this meeting will be invited to do so.

Speaker(s):

Doug Colbert

Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh

Nick Thomson

Pan L. Khun Ring

Preeda Saiupparat

Ricky Gunawan

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 11:00-08/31/2016 - 12:30

Room:

Negara Room (2nd Floor) at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk

Session A1: Pro Bono and Migration

Wendy Morrish — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 07:38:15 +0000

This session will introduce participants to the wide range of legal needs that migrant persons have, across migration routes that span various home and host countries and ways pro bono can support these needs. Participants will have a chance to discuss what they know, learn about the latest issues in multiple jurisdictions, and consider next steps for either getting involved or advancing their own work in migration.

Speaker(s):

Retno Dewi

Rachel Hines

Leni Widi Mulyani

Purificacion Bartolome-Bernabe

Soyeon Jeong

Sri Aryani

Session Time Slot(s):

Time:

08/31/2016 - 11:00-08/31/2016 - 12:30

Room:

Griya Agung Ballroom at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel

Session Track:

Session Tracks (2016 Asia Pro Bono Exchange)

Pro Bono-Walking the Walk