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SUMMARY:Human rights and the emerging role of whistle-blowers in democraci
 es - Robert Tibbo
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CONTACT:Miriam Berg
DESCRIPTION:Whistleblowers serve a variety of purposes from the protection
  of the rule of law\, democracy\, and separation of powers\, to a check on
  the corporate abuses of power. Whistleblowers face enormous risks. Those 
 risks and the degree thereof\, are related to the threats perceived by tho
 se governments and corporations whose misconduct is revealed. Whistleblowe
 rs and those who support them protect our human rights and help us to addr
 ess corporate and government misconduct\, and must themselves be better pr
 otected.\n\nRobert Tibbo has had a wide-ranging career\, encompassing chem
 ical process engineering in Australia and management consulting in Hong Ko
 ng. He is most famous for his legal work\, however\, having qualified to p
 ractice law as a barrister in Hong Kong in 2005\, followed by advanced tra
 ining in asylum and refugee law\, under Dr Manfred Nowak\, the former UN S
 pecial Rapporteur on Torture\, in 2009. Since then\, he has worked extensi
 vely on asylum and human rights cases\, acting for refugees\, conducting a
 ppeals for the transgender community\, as well as handling cases in commer
 cial\, contract and employment law\, including litigation against major ba
 nks and insurance companies.\n\nPerhaps Robert Tibbo's highest profile wor
 k is acting in extradition and deportation cases\, including that of the A
 merican whistleblower Edward Snowden (currently in Moscow) and the refugee
 s who sheltered Snowden (in Hong Kong). Mr. Tibbo successfully secured Mr.
  Snowden’s safety and security through the UNHCR in Hong Kong\, facilita
 ting his going underground in Hong Kong to avoid extraordinary rendition b
 y the United States government\, and safe passage for Snowden out of Hong 
 Kong on 23 June 2013.\n\nTo book for this free event please visit www.aru.
 ac.uk/events
LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University\, East Road\, Cambridge CB11PT - Science
  Centre\, SCI105
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