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Mark Ellis (lawyer)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Mark Steven Ellis

| image = MarkEllisIMG 2146

| birth_date = 19 April 1957

| citizenship = United Kingdom, United States

| education = King's College London (PhD)

Florida State University (JD, BSc)

| known_for = Executive Director of the International Bar Association, international criminal law expert

| children = 1

}}

Mark Steven Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an international criminal law attorney and the executive director of the International Bar Association. He has been admitted as a Fellow to King's College London.{{Cite web |title=IBA’s Executive Director recognised for contribution to international criminal law with King’s Fellowship |url=https://www.ibanet.org/IBA-Executive-Director-recognised-for-contribution-to-international-criminal-law-with-Kings-Fellowship |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}

Ellis was a member of the UN-created Advisory Panel on Matters Relating to Defence Counsel of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. From 1989 to 2000, Ellis was executive director of the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/mark-s-ellis-?guccounter=1|title=Mark S. Ellis|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-03}}

From 1999 to 2000, Ellis acted as Legal Advisor to the Independent International Commission on Kosovo, chaired by Justice Richard J. Goldstone, and was appointed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to advise on the creation of Serbia's War Crimes Tribunal. He was involved with the trial of Saddam Hussein and also acted as legal advisor to the defense team of Nuon Chea at the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal. In 2013, Ellis was admitted to the List of Assistants to Counsel of the International Criminal Court.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibanet.org/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=5FA93D7F-9921-4155-BF09-EBA286196FF7|title=Mark S. Ellis Biography IBA|date=2018-02-04|website=International Bar Association}}

He is a former adjunct professor at Columbus School of Law, and a current adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law.{{cite web|url=https://www.casematrixnetwork.org/fileadmin/documents/Mark_Ellis_Long_Resume_April_2009.pdf|title=Mark Ellis Long Resume|date=2009-04-01|website=Casematrix Network}}

Ellis also serves as Chair of the Management Board of the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI) Institute.

Background and education

Ellis was born in Washington D.C. He holds a B.S. in Economics (1979) and a J.D. (1984) from Florida State University. He completed two research grants to the European Union, one at the Institut d’Etudes Europeenes in Brussels, focussing on the law and institutions of the European Union, and the other at the Inter‑University Centre of postgraduate studies in Dubrovnik, in the Comparative Policy Studies Program for Yugoslav‑American Studies. In 2010, Ellis received his PhD in international law from King's College, London.

He has a twin brother named Scott Ellis, who is an American stage director and television director.

Career

= Career as attorney =

Between 1984 and 1986, Ellis worked as an attorney for Johnson and Associates in Tallahassee where he represented clients on matters dealing with administrative and governmental law, international law, tax law, and trial litigation. From 1988 to 1990, Ellis worked in Washington, D.C. as an attorney at Klayman & Gurley, where he specialised in international trade matters, foreign direct investment and U.S. anti-dumping regulations. He represented the United States Information Agency (AmPart Program) on three separate programs in Central and Eastern Europe on formulating new investment policies.

= Senior Consultant to the Foreign Investment Advisory Service of The World Bank =

From 1985 to 2000, Ellis acted as a senior consultant to the Foreign Investment Advisory Service of The World Bank. In that role, he focused on the legal environment for foreign investments in FSFR countries and the Balkans and advised Central and Eastern European governments on their draft investment laws.

= Executive Director, American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative =

In 1989, Ellis became the first executive director of the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, since 2007 part of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative. The initiative was created after the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the purpose of providing international legal technical assistance to countries in Europe and Eurasia. When the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia conducted its first trial, Ellis initiated and oversaw an assistance program for the defence team.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p29ZRJr5FX4C&q=the+first++defendant%2C+dusko+tadic%2C+would+not+have+had+a+fair+trial&pg=PA118|title=For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator|last=Goldstone|first=Richard|date=2000|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0300132085|language=en}}

Ellis was later appointed by the tribunal as a member of the Disciplinary Advisory Panel to the Defence Counsel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.{{Cite journal|last=Ellis|first=Mark|date=2009|title=Rule of Law Symposium - Searching for the Meaning of the Rule of Law: Finding Extraordinary People|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/mjgt18&div=20&id=&page=|journal=Minnesota Journal of International Law|volume=18|pages=425–430|via=Heine Online}} He later became President of the Coalition for International Justice.

= Legal advisor to the Independent International Commission on Kosovo =

The Independent International Commission on Kosovo, chaired by Richard Goldstone, was a commission established in August 1999 in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. Ellis joined the commission as a legal advisor and assisted the twelve-member commission in examining key developments prior to, during, and after the Kosovo war, including systematic violations of human rights in the region.

The assessment of the Commission regarding the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was that it was "illegal but justified." It reasoned that NATO had not been authorized by the UN Security Council, but the intervention was beneficial for the Kosovo population which was at a direct risk from the government crackdowns.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71146304|title=Conflict and peace building in divided societies: responses to ethnic violence|last=Oberschall|first=Anthony|date=2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415411608|location=London|oclc=71146304}} However, the commission criticized NATO's Kosovo Force and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo for failing to protect minorities in Kosovo and allowing "reverse ethnic cleansing". The commission stated that the Kosovo Force was reluctant and did not have the capability to prevent violence against ethnic minorities and that the Kosovo Liberation Army and other Albanians ethnically cleansed Kosovo after the international presence was established in Kosovo.

= Executive Director of the International Bar Association =

In 2000, Ellis became the executive director of the International Bar Association, the largest international organization of bar associations and individual lawyers, comprising 203 bar associations and 80,000 individual members from 194 countries. Since then, the organization has expanded in geographic scope, opening new regional offices in Latin America, Asia, North America, and The Hague.

Under the umbrella of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, Ellis originated their International Criminal Court Programme in The Hague, to monitor fair trial and defence related issues at the court.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibanet.org/ICC_ICL_Programme/Home.aspx|title=IBA International Criminal Court and International Criminal Law (ICC & ICL) Programme|access-date=2018-06-06}}

Ellis was also responsible, in partnership with Twanda Mutasah, for the creation of the Southern African Litigation Centre, a joint project of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, and focuses on three principal areas: support for human rights cases, advice on constitutional advocacy in the Southern African region, and training in human rights and rule of law issues. It is based in Johannesburg, and operates in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200803300011.html|title=Zimbabwe: IBA Urges South Africa to Act On Human Rights Dossier|access-date=2018-06-06}}

During the setup of the Iraqi High Tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein, Ellis created an initiative to train and advise the Tribunal's judges and prosecutors, with support from the British Foreign Office.{{Cite book|title=Enemy of the State: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|last2=Scharf|first2=Michael|publisher=Saint Martin's Press Inc.|year=2008|isbn=978-0312385569|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/enemyofstatetria0000newt}}

Ellis conceived and set in motion the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), headquartered in Stockholm. For over twenty years, ILAC provided initial assessments of what is needed to rebuild workable justice systems in post-conflict countries.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=f2e17436-9e78-4f55-b09f-09a59bbadd11|title=ILAC: all change|access-date=2018-06-06}}

Moreover, Ellis initiated the creation of eyeWitness to Atrocities, a mobile phone application directed at using pictorial evidence of international crimes in a court of law.{{cite web|title=Bringing war criminals to justice|url=https://stories.relx.com/eyewitness/index.html|access-date=2021-11-01|website=stories.relx.com|language=en}} The eyeWitness project uses social media to document crimes in a secure and verifiable way. It addresses evidentiary challenges to the use of photographic evidence by capturing metadata, including the hash values of photos, videos, and audio recordings. The pixel value can be used to verify that footage has not been edited or altered. The information received is reviewed by an expert team, who then seeks to ensure that the data is used to prosecute perpetrators of international crimes.{{cite web|url=http://www.eyewitnessproject.org/#about|title=eyewitness|website=eyewitness|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-04}}

After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2021, Ellis spearheaded efforts to evacuate the leadership of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA),{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan’s hour of need |url=https://www.ibanet.org/Afghanistans-hour-of-need |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}} eventually establishing the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association in Exile (AIBAIE).{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan Independent Bar in Exile |url=https://www.aibaie.org/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.aibaie.org}} In June 2024, the AIBAIE was formally granted membership status of the IBA.{{Cite web |title=The Afghanistan Independent Bar Association in Exile is officially welcomed to the IBA Council |url=https://www.ibanet.org/The-Afghanistan-Independent-Bar-Association-in-Exile-is-officially-welcomed-to-the-IBA-Council |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}

In February 2024, the BBC published a report detailing documented instances of Israeli soldiers abusing and humiliating Palestinian detainees, which Ellis said showed possible violations of international law regarding prisoners of war.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-17 |title=Israel troops continue posting abuse footage despite pledge to act |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-69020237 |access-date=2024-08-18 |language=en-GB}}

= Chair of the Management Board of the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI) Institute =

In 2022, Ellis was appointed as the new Chair of the CEELI Institute Management Board.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Mark Ellis Appointed as New Chair of the CEELI Institute's Management Board{{!}}CEELI Institute – Central and Eastern European Law Initiative |url=https://ceeliinstitute.org/dr-mark-ellis-appointed-as-new-chair-of-the-ceeli-institutes-management-board/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |language=en-US}} He oversees the institute's activities in advancing the rule of law, including supporting and fostering its Central and East European Judicial Exchange Network, composed of judges from eighteen countries in the region.{{Cite web |title=Strengthening judicial independence …{{!}}CEELI Institute – Central and Eastern European Law Initiative |url=https://ceeliinstitute.org/strengthening-judicial-independence-and-integrity/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |language=en-US}}

Academic activities

Ellis received two Fulbright scholarships to the Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia.

From 1993 to 1997, he was adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. He is a current adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law.

He has given a range of lectures, speeches, keynotes and talks, covering a variety of topics from international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Mark |date=2006 |title=Ending the Crime of Genocide: Is the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention the Answer? |url=https://fulbright.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FA-NEWSLETTER_Summer2000-web.pdf}}{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=X.-Ray |date=2006-12-11 |title=Legendary ballerina to speak at FSU commencement ceremony |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2006/12/11/legendary-ballerina-speak-fsu-commencement-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Florida State University News |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Mark |date=22 February 2012 |title=The Decline of Universal Jurisdiction – Is it Reversible? |url=http://www.unawestminster.org.uk/pdf/grot12_mark_ellis_lecture.pdf}}{{Citation |title=Shifting the Paradigm – Bringing to Justice those who Commit Human Rights Atrocities |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18uugLzpGb4 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-24}}{{Cite web |last=Chatham House |date=25 January 2016 |title=Civil Society Influence at International Criminal Courts |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/events/160125-meeting-summary-shaping-law-civil-society-influence-international-criminal-courts.pdf}}{{cite web|title=Program of the High-Level Conference on Rule of Law|url=https://www.2021portugal.eu/media/kqygkpec/programa-rule-of-law.pdf}}{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://lawday.lsnf.org/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Law Day|language=en-US}}

Publications

Ellis has written or edited several books focused on  international criminal law and human rights law, including:

  • Justice and Diplomacy: Resolving Contradictions in Diplomatic Practice and International Humanitarian Law, Cambridge University Press (co-author and co-editor with Yves Doutriaux And Tim Ryback, 2018).
  • The International Criminal Court in an Effective Global Justice System, Edward Elgar Publishing (co-author with Professors Linda Carter and Charles Jalloh, 2016).
  • Sovereignty and Justice: Creating Domestic War Crimes Courts within the Principle of Complementarity, Cambridge Scholars (author, 2014).
  • Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law, Oxford Press (co-editor and co-author with Dr. Anver Emon and Mr. Ben Glahn, 2012).
  • The International Criminal Court – Global Politics and the Quest for Justice, Idebate Press (co-Editor with Justice Richard Goldstone, 2008).
  • Doing Business with Yugoslavia Economic and Legal Aspects, Ljubljana Press (co-editor and co-author, 1986).
  • Contested Histories in Public Spaces: Principles, Processes, Best Practices" (2021)

He has also written contributions to books, articles in academic journals, book reviews, and policy papers primarily in the fields of international criminal law and international human rights law, and has published editorials in The New York Times, Washington Post, The London Times and the Huffington Post.

Since 2018, Ellis contributes to Los Angeles Review of Books, where he has published reviews on William Schabas's "The Trial of the Kaiser",{{cite web|last=Ellis|first=Mark|title=The Kaiser's Trial: How a Case that Never Happened Helped Create the International Criminal Justice System|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-kaisers-trial-how-a-case-that-never-happened-helped-create-the-international-criminal-justice-system/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Los Angeles Review of Books}} Michael Sfard's "The Wall and the Gate",{{Cite news|title=Human Rights Lawyers — A Stalwart Breed - Los Angeles Review of Books|language=en-US|work=Los Angeles Review of Books|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/human-rights-lawyers-a-stalwart-breed/|access-date=2020-06-15}} Philippe Sands' "The Ratline,"{{cite web|last=Ellis|first=Mark|title=Does Collective Violence Demand Collective Punishment?|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/does-collective-violence-demand-collective-punishment/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Los Angeles Review of Books}} and Michael Fleming's "In the Shadow of the Holocaust."{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=A Foundation for International Law: On Michael Fleming's "In the Shadow of the Holocaust" |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-foundation-for-international-law-on-michael-flemings-in-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |language=en}} In 2022, he was interviewed by Don Franzen, the Los Angeles Review of Books' legal affairs editor, on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-10 |title=Los Angeles Review of Books |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/russia-has-committed-war-crimes-in-ukraine/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |language=en}}

Awards

In 1998, Ellis received the American Bar Association's World Order Under Law Award. In 2010, he was recognized by Lawyer Magazine as one of the top 100 lawyers in the UK.

In October 2014, Ellis received the United States Department of State Recognition of lifelong commitment to the Rule of Law and contributions to international legal reform.

He is a recipient of The Florida State University's Distinguished Alumni Award (2013) and the Faculty Senate Torch Award (2014).{{cite web|url=http://alumni.fsu.edu/directory/mark-ellis|title=Mark Ellis {{!}} FSU Alumni Association|website=alumni.fsu.edu|access-date=2019-01-26}} He was also named distinguished FSU alumnus by the FSU College of Social Sciences.{{cite web|date=2013-10-31|title=International Bar Association director named distinguished FSU alumnus|url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/business-law-policy/2013/10/31/international-bar-association-director-named-distinguished-fsu-alumnus/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Florida State University News|language=en-US}}

In 2019, Ellis was awarded ILAC Lifetime Membership for his commitment to advancing the rule of law in conflict-affected and fragile countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilacnet.org/blog/2019/06/07/international-criminal-justice-expert-dr-mark-ellis-awarded-ilac-lifetime-membership/|title=International Criminal Justice Expert, Dr Mark Ellis Awarded ILAC Lifetime Membership|date=2019-06-07|website=International Legal Assistance Consortium|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}}

In 2022, Ellis was awarded the "Order Defender of the Ukrainian Bar”.

In 2023, he received the King’s College International Impact Award.{{Cite web |last=London |first=King's College |title=The 2022-23 King's Distinguished Alumni Award winners announced |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kdaa-2023 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=King's College London |language=en}} In the same year, Ellis was added to the King's College notable alumni.{{Cite web |last=London |first=King's College |title=Dr Mark Ellis |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-mark-ellis |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=King's College London |language=en}}

In August 2024, Ellis was admitted as a Fellow to King's College London. The Fellowship of King's dates back to 1847 and marks contributions by exceptional individuals to King's and/or to wider society.

Other activities related to international criminal law and the rule of law

In 2006, Ellis became a member of the Advisory Panel to the Defence Counsel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2013, he was admitted to the List of Assistants to Counsel of the International Criminal Court.

In 2014, Ellis chaired the Second International Meeting of Defence Offices at the Peace Palace in The Hague.{{Cite web |last=Special Tribunal for Lebanon |date=2014 |title=Summary Report 2nd International Meeting of Defence Offices |url=https://www.stl-tsl.org/sites/default/files/documents/defence/Summary-2nd-Meeting-EN.pdf}}

Moreover, Ellis is Co-Chair of the Advisory Board to New Perimeter, a nonprofit affiliate of the multinational law firm DLA Piper,{{Cite web |title=DLA Piper New Perimeter - About |url=https://www.newperimeter.com/about/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=www.newperimeter.com}} and, in 2022, became Chair of the CEELI Institute’s Management Board.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Mark Ellis Appointed as New Chair of the CEELI Institute's Management Board{{!}}CEELI Institute – Central and Eastern European Law Initiative |url=https://ceeliinstitute.org/dr-mark-ellis-appointed-as-new-chair-of-the-ceeli-institutes-management-board/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |language=en-US}}

He is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

Ellis co-conceived the Stockholm Human Rights Award{{cite web|title=IBA - David Miliband and the International Rescue Committee to receive 2019 Stockholm Human Rights Award|url=https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=a92a38eb-56cc-480d-93ff-60876884ee0f|access-date=2020-06-15|website=www.ibanet.org|language=en-gb}} and is a member of the Magnitzky Award Committee.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-27 |title=Magnitsky Awards Committee Members {{!}} The Magnitsky Human Rights Awards |url=https://www.magnitskyawards.com/magnitsky-awards-committee-members/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |language=en-US}}

= Activities with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine =

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ellis has led the International Bar Association in its condemnation of Russia's illegal actions and initiated a series of programs to assist Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=International |first=Bar Association |date=2022 |title=The International Bar Association's (IBA) response to Russia's war against Ukraine |url=https://www.ibanet.org/document?id=International-Bar-Association-Russia-Ukraine-actions}} In October, the IBA and the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to ensure accountability for war crimes and other international crimes.{{Cite web |title=IBA and Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announce signing of Memorandum of Understanding |url=https://www.ibanet.org/IBA-and-Office-of-the-Prosecutor-General-of-Ukraine-announce-signing-of-Memorandum-of-Understanding |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}} In November 2022, the IBA and Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice and Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision announced a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen engagement with Ukraine’s legal profession. As part of this, a Ukrainian language version of the IBA-founded eyeWitness to Atrocities app was launched to capture potential evidence of war crimes.{{Cite web |title=IBA Executive Director arrives in Ukraine for a week of high-level meetings focused on expanding IBA's support |url=https://www.ibanet.org/IBA-Executive-Director-arrives-in-Ukraine-for-a-week-of-high-level-meetings-focused-on-expanding-IBAs-support |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ellis has traveled to Ukraine on multiple occasions. He has been an outspoken proponent to bringing Russian war criminals to justice and holding the Russian leadership accountable for launching the war. Consequently, he was placed on the Russian Government’s sanctioned list.{{Cite web |last=Franzen |first=Don |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Russia's Blatant Violation of International Law |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/russias-blatant-violation-of-international-law/}} In April 2024, during talks with the Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, Ellis voiced support for the establishment of a Special international tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Presidential Office |first=Ukraine |date=18 April 2024 |title=Ukraine's Position on Holding Russia Accountable For Aggression Remains Unchanged — Iryna Mudra |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/poziciya-ukrayini-shodo-prityagnennya-rosiyi-do-vidpovidalno-90369}}

In August 2022, Ellis was admitted to the Ukrainian Bar Association after receiving the "Order Defender of the Ukrainian Bar”.{{Cite web |title=Елліс (Ellis) Марк (Mark) Стівен (Steven) {{!}} Єдиний Реєстр Адвокатів України |url=https://erau.unba.org.ua/profile/86389 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=erau.unba.org.ua}} On 29 November 2022, spoke at the Russian War Crimes Exhibition in London hosted by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.{{Cite web |title=Victor Pinchuk Foundation - News |url=https://pinchukfund.org/en/news/26986/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=pinchukfund.org}} On 30 March 2023, the IBA signed an MOU with the National School of Judges of Ukraine (NSJU) concerning the IBA's support to the NSJU in its aim to ensure effective judicial procedures in cases concerning domestic war crimes trials.

Further reading and resources

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Mark Ellis, "A conversation with..."

  • John J. Sullivan, September 2024{{Cite web |title=Mexico 2024 - A conversation with Ambassador John J. Sullivan |url=https://www.ibanet.org/Mexico-2024-Conversation-with-Ambassador-John-Sullivan |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}
  • Andriy Kostin and Liev Schreiber, Sebtember 2024{{Cite web |title=A conversation with Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, and Liev Schreiber, co-founder of BlueCheck Ukraine |url=https://www.ibanet.org/A-conversation-with-Prosecutor-General-of-Ukraine-Andriy-Kostin-and-Liev%20Schreiber |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}
  • Beth Van Schaack and Andriy Kostin, November 2022{{Cite web |title=Miami 2022 - A conversation with... Ambassador Beth Van Schaack and Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin |url=https://www.ibanet.org/Miami2022/Conversation-with-Beth-Van-Schaack-and-Andriy-Kostin |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}
  • Kerry Kennedy, November 2022{{Cite web |title=Miami 2022 - A conversation with Kerry Kennedy |url=https://www.ibanet.org/Miami2022/Conversation-with-Kerry-Kennedy |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.ibanet.org |language=en}}
  • John Kerry, November 2020{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=A conversation with... John Kerry|date=2020-11-03|url=https://vimeo.com/474991836|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Fatou Bensouda, November 2020{{Citation|last=Association|first=International Bar|title=A conversation with... Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor|date=2020-11-26|url=https://vimeo.com/483977308|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Gordon Brown, November 2020{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=A conversation with... Gordon Brown|date=2020-11-27|url=https://vimeo.com/484403863|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Thae Yong-hon, October 2019{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=A conversation with... Thae Yong-ho|date=2019-10-11|url=https://vimeo.com/365781777|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Hyeonseo Lee, October 2019{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=A conversation with... Hyeonseo Lee|date=2019-10-11|url=https://vimeo.com/365787242|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Romano Prodi, October 2018{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy, at Opening Ceremony, IBA Rome Annual Conference 2018|date=2018-10-09|url=https://vimeo.com/294089074|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Mary Robinson, October 2018{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=Mary Robinson, President of Ireland 1990-'97; founder, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, interview|date=2018-10-16|url=https://vimeo.com/295411731|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Julien Assange, October 2017{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=A conversation with... Julian Assange|date=2017-10-19|url=https://vimeo.com/238921283|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Robert Mueller III, September 2016{{Citation|last=Association|first=International Bar|title=A conversation with Robert Mueller III, FBI Director (2001-2013)|date=2016-09-28|url=https://vimeo.com/184677164|access-date=2021-02-11}}

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  • Mark Ellis, "Non-Negotiable", The Washington Post, May 1999{{Cite news|last=Ellis|first=Mark S.|date=1999-05-09|title=Non-Negotiable|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1999/05/09/non-negotiable/ecac07bb-9c7b-4608-bbc5-b7fbd0d776a0/|access-date=2021-05-24|issn=0190-8286}}
  • Mark Ellis, "From the Saddam trial, vital lessons", The New York Times, August 2006{{Cite news|last=Ellis|first=Mark S.|date=2006-08-04|title=Opinion {{!}} From the Saddam trial, vital lessons - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/opinion/04iht-edellis.2386855.html|access-date=2021-05-24|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Mark Ellis, "The International Criminal Court has every right to demand justice and accountability", The London Times, April 2008{{cite web|title=The International Criminal Court has every right to demand justice and accountability|url=http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/IBA260608.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121062650/http://swradioafrica.com/Documents/IBA260608.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 November 2008}}
  • Mark Ellis, "The Growing Crisis With the International Criminal Court", JURIST, 2019.{{cite web |last=Ellis |first=Mark |title=The Growing Crisis With the International Criminal Court |url=https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2019/05/mark-ellis-crisis-with-icc/ |access-date=2019-06-16 |website=www.jurist.org |language=en-US}}
  • Mark Ellis, Timothy W. Ryback, "Game of Stones", The Law Society Gazette, July 2020{{cite web|last1=Ellis|first1=Mark|last2=Ryback2020-07-16T10:41:00+01:00|first2=Timothy W.|title=Game of stones|url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/game-of-stones/5105007.article|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Law Gazette|language=en}}
  • Mark, Ellis, "Russia’s attack violates the most sacred principle in international law", The Times, March 2022{{Cite news |last=Ellis |first=Mark |title=Russia's attack violates the most sacred principle in international law |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/russias-attack-violates-the-most-sacred-principle-in-international-law-hdghf5n0m |access-date=2022-12-11 |issn=0140-0460}}
Mark Ellis, "Stockholm Human Rights Awards"
  • Award Ceremony 2021{{Citation |title=Stockholm Human Rights Award ceremony 6 December 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqxMRRBwPa4 |language=en |access-date=2022-06-27}}
  • Award Ceremony 2019{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=Stockholm Human Rights Award Ceremony 2019|date=2019-11-06|url=https://vimeo.com/371361968|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Award Ceremony 2018{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=Stockholm Human Rights Award 2018 event|date=2018-11-22|url=https://vimeo.com/302285340|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Award Ceremony 2017{{Citation|last=International Bar Association|title=Stockholm Human Rights Award 2017 ceremony|date=2017-11-20|url=https://vimeo.com/243732928|access-date=2020-12-05}}
  • Award Ceremony 2016{{Citation|last=Association|first=International Bar|title=Stockholm Human Rights Award|date=2016-11-24|url=https://vimeo.com/192967791|access-date=2021-02-11}}

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    Mark Ellis, "Global Commitments to the Rule of Law", 2020{{cite web|last=iPlatform|date=2020-10-21|title=Dr Mark Ellis|url=https://quraysh.com/dr-mark-ellis/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Quraysh|language=en-GB}}

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    Mark Ellis, "The Academy and International Law: A Catalyst for Change and Innovation", Keynote 2021{{Citation|title=The Academy and International Law: A Catalyst for Change and Innovation Keynote|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXtBBpiMris|language=en|access-date=2021-11-01}}

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