IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019
22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019
Room 317 C, Floor 3
Session information
A new anti-corruption paradigm: sextortion
Wednesday 25 September (0930 - 1045)
Room 317 C, Floor 3
Committee(s)
Anti-Corruption Committee
(Lead)
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
(Lead)
Crimes Against Women Subcommittee
Judges' Forum
Women Lawyers' Committee
Description
In 2008, the International Association of Women Judges coined the term ‘sextortion’. This label was intended to describe ‘sexual exploitation and corruption that occurs when people in positions of authority... seek to extort sexual favours in exchange for something within their power to grant or withhold’. In other words, sextortion is a form of corruption, where the currency of the bribe is sex rather than money. While there is growing international recognition of sextortion, gaps in existing anti-corruption and sexual violence laws often render prosecution difficult. These issues and more are being considered by an IBA Working Group, led by the IBA Legal Policy and Research Unit. Their initial report, based on comparative research across eight jurisdictions, is launched at this session.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kieran Pender | Australian National University College of Law, Canberra, Australia; Member, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |
Speakers
| Fernanda Bayeux | Petros - Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Sara Carnegie | International Bar Association, London, England |
| Adriana Dantas | Lefosse Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nancy Hendry | International Association of Women Judges, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Hon Chief Justice Gita Mittal | Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Srinagar, India |
| Justice Ngozika Okaisabor | Court of Appeal, Abuja, Nigeria; Co-Vice Chair , Judges' Forum |
| David Sachar | Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |