Mark Ellis

Executive Director, International Bar Association

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The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine (by #Russia) has crossed a critical threshold an op-ed in @just_security reveals. Authored by: @IrynaRMudra, Ambassador Anton Korynevych, Mykola Yurlov and @MarkEllisIBA.

Read and share: https://t.co/mOXNDXl8VS

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WEBINAR: 11 May @ 1700 AEST (Sydney) on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for #Ukraine. Join IBA Exec Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA and other leading international criminal #law experts for this timely discussion, hosted by @thelawcouncil

Register: https://t.co/JWCYQzb8fD

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@IrynaRMudra @IBAnews I could not be more honoured to receive these words. 🙏 First, because they come from Iryna Mudra, a giant in the field of international law. Second, Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens the very foundations of international law itself. The stakes could not be higher.

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Dr @MarkEllisIBA makes the case for why #legal institutions must respond decisively to #Russia’s crime of aggression against #Ukraine.

Read his remarks delivered at the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine: https://t.co/ZekjKkn7vq

#Accountability #InternationalLaw

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17 April, 1500 BST: The Crime of Aggression and Challenges to the Exercise of International Jurisdiction.
Host @KingsCollegeLon
Reg: https://t.co/5o4zxPBvns
Dr @MarkEllisIBA to participate in examining efforts to ensure accountability for the crime of aggression against #Ukraine.

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23 March: IBA President Claudio Visco introduced a side event in the margins of @UN_HRC 61 on the role of state cooperation with @IntlCrimCourt. IBA Exec Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA joined the panel, which was co-organised by the IBA and the Permanent Mission of Belgium in Geneva.

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Friday 13 March, 1300 CET at #UNHRC61: a side-event to discuss initiatives to advance accountability for #WarCrimes committed in the context of #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.
IBA Executive Director @MarkEllisIBA will moderate.

Read & register: https://t.co/DkdORZMjo5

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We were inspired to see recent reporting from  @Zaporizhzhia National University highlighting the powerful training of future law enforcement professionals on the eyeWitness App conducted by @dmytrogladky.

https://t.co/sHYnrizhcn

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@AndriyKostinUa @MinBZ 👍👍

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A @JustSecurity op-ed by Pres. Zelenskyy’s Deputy Head of Office Iryna Mudra, Anton Korynevych and IBA's Mark Ellis outlines why a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine is essential to hold #Russia's leaders accountable for the war.
https://t.co/5EvJAzM0jS

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24 February 2026, 1000 EST: on the 4th anniversary of #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, IBA Exec Dir. @MarkEllisIBA to participate in an American Society of International Law (@asilorg) webinar on #Ukraine’s progress in advancing #accountability.
https://t.co/AApPJJUT8w

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IBA strongly condemns #Iran for serious and repeated breaches of its binding obligations under #InternationalLaw. A state crackdown on nationwide protests has reportedly resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests.

Read and share: https://t.co/VYfZ3mRYua

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The International Bar Association (#IBA) expresses concern about the recent military intervention in #Venezuela, which, regardless of any asserted justifiability, raises serious questions under #InternationalLaw.

Read the IBA statement here: https://t.co/Ug1k5SvMF8

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#IBA condemns the imposition of sanctions by the US on @IntlCrimCourt judges Gocha Lordkipanidze and Erdenebalsuren Damdin, and calls on all States Parties to take concrete actions to protect the Court and its officials. Eight of 18 ICC judges sanctioned.

https://t.co/OZZ6BA8zsd

[Mark Ellis @MarkEllisIBA]

@AmiSiroos @IBAnews @Europarl_EN @IRIMFA_EN @Iran @IRIran_Military @CFR_org @AlinejadMasih @IranHrm @IHRights @BahmanKalbasi @ir_humanrights 🙏

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Attending the 24th session of the Assembly of States Parties, IBA Executive Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA emphasised the importance of States' cooperation with the @IntlCrimCourt (#ICC) to ensure its continued effectiveness. He stated: 1/4

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IBA Executive Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA, calls for states to finance, manage and support the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine. He said:

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IBA called for States to support the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine, in a side event held on the margins of the 24th session of the Assembly of State Parties, #ASP24, to the #RomeStatute of the @IntlCrimCourt.

Read: https://t.co/PQxZ219Xgr

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As part of the Public #InternationalLaw & Policy Group (@PILPG) 'Defending Justice series', IBA Executive Director Dr @MarkEllisIBA reflects on the evolution of the defence counsel’s role in international criminal law. Now institutionally embedded.

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Highlighting his pride in the important work of the IBA-founded eyeWitness to Atrocities app, IBA President Jaime Carey explained, in a video, how digital evidence helps to end #impunity.

WATCH: https://t.co/2vM8zuIkOt