Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law
کیمبرلی متلی: چگونه از حاکمیت قانون دفاع کردم
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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father didn't have the money,
informal justice system.
عدالت را در افغانستان اجرا می کند.
rural countries like Afghanistan,
افغانستان مورد استفاده قرار می گیرند،
best way to satisfy the debt
برای بازپرداخت پول
the neighbor's 21-year-old son.
long-standing tribal customs,
مقاومی را بنا نهاده اند،
on this nine-month program
people that were locked up,
صحبت کردم،
measures were overused.
به شدت مورد استفاد قرار می گرفت.
open up a private practice,
یک دفتر وکالت خصوصی باز کنم،
of Fortune 500 companies
to what their legal rights were,
that are willing to fight
human rights economy,
what needed to happen
آنچه که نیاز دارم
get involved in this thing,
این قضیه شوم،
that I preside over it.
they would go to prison.
باید به زندان بروند.
for having me as their lawyer.
مجازات شوند.
I'm standing behind my clients,
ago by my friend David Gill.
چند سال پیش گرفته شده.
thousands of journalists
both foreign and domestic,
اعم از خبرنگاران خارجی یا داخلی،
in places like Afghanistan,
بویژه در کشورهایی مانند افغانستان،
بطور غیر قانونی از کشور اخراج شده بود،
press does exist in Afghanistan,
در افغانستان وجود دارد،
then it intimidates others,
این دیگران را مرعوب می کند،
more accountable to us
in a different world now,
ما در دنیای دیگری امروز زندگی می کنیم،
eight-year-old daughter
دختر هشت ساله من
we need to change with it,
ما می بایستی که با آن تغییر کنیم،
a certain level of protection
books for years and years,
speak above a whisper.
از یک زمزمه بیشتر صحبت کند.
arrested for what they did to her,
که با او کرده اند دستگیر شوند،
plane ticket and go to Afghanistan,
به افغانستان برویم،
of law benefits all of us.
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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