The UN Office of Legal Affairs provides unified legal services for the entire UN Organization. Committed to international law surrounding treaties, war, peacekeeping, oceans and criminal justice, the OLA also presides over legal agreements with UN facility host countries and advises nations on legal system development - all while overseeing internal legal affairs for a UN staff of more than 60,000.
Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares (United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel) joins UNU Rector David M. Malone for a conversation examining the extraordinary range of legal matters that the UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) is tasked to confront. As the UN’s top legal adviser, Mr. Serpa Soares addresses the UN’s responsibility to uphold the rule of law and the demanding role of administering international justice in the context of some of today’s most acute issues, ranging from Ebola virus disease and the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic to maritime disputes and piracy.
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