Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law
كيمبرلي موتلي: كيف أحمي سلطة القانون
American lawyer Kimberley Motley is the only Western litigator in Afghanistan's courts; as her practice expands to other countries, she thinks deeply about how to build the capacity of rule of law globally. Full bio
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في مجال البناء،
يكسب 50 دولاراً في الشهر.
father didn't have the money,
لم يكن لدى والد (نغمة) المال الكافي،
فإن جيرغا هو شكل من الوساطة
informal justice system.
غير الرسمي في أفغانستان.
rural countries like Afghanistan,
الدول الريفية كأفغانستان.
best way to satisfy the debt
the neighbor's 21-year-old son.
و الذي يبلغ من العمر 21 عاما.
تملك نظاماً تشريعياً،
long-standing tribal customs,
عادات قبلية متواجدة منذ زمن،
من المفترض أن يتم اتباع القوانين،
بل إنه غير قانوني.
on this nine-month program
people that were locked up,
الذين كانوا متحفظين،
measures were overused.
إجراءات العقاب الفادحة و غير الشرعية.
open up a private practice,
قررت أن أفتتح مكتب محاماة خاص،
على الصعيد المهني والشخصي
of Fortune 500 companies
من مدراء تنفيذيين لـ 500 شركة غنية
to what their legal rights were,
فيما يتعلق بماهية حقوقهم المشروعة،
الموجودة في الكتب،
that are willing to fight
human rights economy,
إقتصاد حقوق الإنسان العالمي،
العدالة العالمية بشكل ملحوظ.
على هذه المشكلة
what needed to happen
get involved in this thing,
that I preside over it.
القانون في محور الأمر كله،
they would go to prison.
سيذهبون إلى السجن.
for having me as their lawyer.
لأني محاميته
I'm standing behind my clients,
ago by my friend David Gill.
منذ عدة سنوات.
thousands of journalists
both foreign and domestic,
الأجانب والمحليين،
in places like Afghanistan,
في أماكن كأفغانستان،
press does exist in Afghanistan,
then it intimidates others,
فإن ذلك يخوف الآخرين،
more accountable to us
in a different world now,
مشاكل عالمية بالنسبة لنا جميعاً.
و هذه خطوة كبيرة،
eight-year-old daughter
we need to change with it,
و نحن بحاجة إلى التغير معه،
بدأت بمحادثة من القلب معي،
a certain level of protection
books for years and years,
speak above a whisper.
رفع صوتها أعلى من الهمس.
arrested for what they did to her,
جراء ما ارتكبوه بحقها،
باستخدام القوانين
plane ticket and go to Afghanistan,
و نذهب إلى أفغانستان،
ليس ضرباً من الجنون.
of law benefits all of us.
فإن سلطة القانون تفيدنا جميعاً.
اقتصاد حقوق الإنسان العالمي
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kimberley Motley - International litigatorAmerican lawyer Kimberley Motley is the only Western litigator in Afghanistan's courts; as her practice expands to other countries, she thinks deeply about how to build the capacity of rule of law globally.
Why you should listen
Kimberley Motley possesses a rare kind of grit—the kind necessary to hang a shingle in Kabul, represent the under-represented, weather a kaleidoscope of threats, and win the respect of the Afghan legal establishment (and of tribal leaders). At present she practices in the U.S., Afghanistan, Dubai, and the International Criminal Courts; as her practice expands to other countries, she thinks deeply about how to engage the legal community to build the capacity of rule of law globally.
After spending five years as a public defender in her native Milwaukee, Motley headed to Afghanistan to join a legal education program run by the U.S. State Department. She noticed Westerners stranded in Afghan prisons without representation, and started defending them. Today, she’s the only Western litigator in Kabul, and one of the most effective defense attorneys in Afghanistan. Her practice, which reports a 90 percent success rate, often represents non-Afghan defendants as well as pro-bono human rights cases.
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