Why everyone’s talking about Amal Clooney

Human rights lawyer is hired by the Maldives in genocide case against Myanmar

Amal Clooney
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The Maldives has hired British-Lebanese lawyer Amal Clooney to represent its case against Myanmar in an ongoing trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.

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