The Commonwealth: Human Rights and International Law Issues - Alice Lacourt
15 March 2023
The Civil and Political Rights unit of the Human Rights Law Centre, in partnership with the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre, was pleased to welcome Alice Lacourt, Legal Counsel at the Commonwealth Secretariat, as a guest speaker.
Alice provided insightful perspectives on the intersection of human rights and international law within the context of the Commonwealth. She discussed key issues and challenges faced by member governments, and explored avenues for promoting and protecting human rights within the Commonwealth framework.
About the Speaker
Alice Lacourt is Legal Counsel at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is the principal intergovernmental body of the Commonwealth, responsible for advancing and achieving the shared goals of the association’s 56 member governments in advancing peace, democracy, sustainable development and respect for diversity and human rights.The Legal Counsel is the most senior lawyer on organisational matters, responsible for legal advice to senior leadership team and to the organisation as a whole on corporate governance, delivery and risk management, international administrative law and privileges and immunities.
Before joining the Secretariat, Alice was an Assistant Legal Adviser and later Legal Counsellor at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and served as First Secretary (Legal) at the UK Mission to the United Nations. Her areas of work included independence of States, humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes and economic sanctions.