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'''Amal Clooney''' ({{nee|'''Alamuddin'''}}; {{lang-ar|أمل كلوني}}; born {{birth date|1978|2|3|df=yes}})<ref name="People-40thBday-2018">{{cite news|last1=Russian|first1=Ale|title=Amal's Big 40! George Clooney Celebrates Wife's Birthday on 24-Hour Getaway|url=http://people.com/movies/amals-big-40-george-clooney-celebrates-wifes-birthday-on-24-hour-getaway/|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=5 February 2018}}</ref> is a British<!--Do NOT add "Lebanese" without consensus, see [[MOS:NATIONALITY]].--> international [[human rights lawyer]].<ref name="VanityFair">{{cite magazine|title=George Clooney Finally Meets His Match With Human Rights Lawyer Amal Alamuddin|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/amal-clooney-international-human-rights-lawyer-job-explained|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=29 March 2017}}</ref> Notable clients of hers include former Maldivian president [[Mohamed Nasheed]],<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk">{{Cite web|title=Amal Clooney|url=https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/amal-clooney|access-date=28 October 2021|website=[[Doughty Street Chambers]]}}</ref> Australian [[WikiLeaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]],<ref name="ABCNews-5Things-2014">{{cite news|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-george-clooneys-lady-friend-amal-alamuddin/story?id=22960268|last=Rothman|first=Michael|title=5 Things About Amal Alamuddin|date=19 March 2014}}</ref> former Ukrainian prime minister [[Yulia Tymoshenko]],<ref name="Independent-Engagement-2014">{{cite news|first1=Ian|last1=Johnston|title=George Clooney Engaged To Amal Alamuddin: Actor To Marry British Human Rights Lawyer Who Has Represented Julian Assange|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/george-clooney-to-marry-his-british-lawyer-girlfriend-amal-alamuddin-9294602.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428045512/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/george-clooney-to-marry-his-british-lawyer-girlfriend-amal-alamuddin-9294602.html |archive-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|date=27 April 2014}}</ref> IraqiYazidi human rights activist [[Nadia Murad]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.vogue.me/culture/lifestyle-and-travel/nadia-murad-amal-clooney-nobel-peace-prize/|title=Nadia Murad is Joined by Amal Clooney as She Accepts Nobel Peace Prize|magazine=[[Vogue Arabia]]|last=Day|first=Emma|date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Filipino-American journalist [[Maria Ressa]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Clooney|first=Amal|title=Amal Clooney: A test for democracy in the Philippines|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/12/amal-clooney-test-democracy-philippines/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 12, 2020|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Azerbaijani journalist [[Khadija Ismayilova]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-05-25 |title=Azerbaijan court frees journalist backed by Amal Clooney |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36379828 |access-date=2024-01-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> and Egyptian-Canadian journalist [[Mohamed Fahmy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/06/amal-clooney-egypt-journalist-mohamed-fahmy|title=Amal Clooney calls on Egypt to release journalist Mohamed Fahmy|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last=Kingsley|first=Patrick|date=6 November 2014|access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref> She has held various appointments with the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] and the [[United Nations]], and is also an adjunct law professor at [[Columbia Law School]]. In 2016, she and her husband, the American actor [[George Clooney]], co-founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
 
== Early life and education ==
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== Career ==
[[File:Chrystia Freeland and Amal Clooney at the Global Conference for Media Freedom - 2019 (48264889267) (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|Clooney (right) with Canadian foreign minister [[Chrystia Freeland]] at the Global Conference for Media Freedom in London, 2019]]
Clooney is qualified to practice law in the [[United States]] and England and Wales. She was admitted to the bar in [[New York (state)|New York]] in 2002.<ref name="doughtystreet24"/> In 2010, andClooney was called to the Bar of England and Wales, in[[Inner 2010Temple]]. She is a practising barrister at [[Doughty Street Chambers]].<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=BSB|title=Barrister Details – Mrs Amal Clooney|url=https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/barristers-register/BD7FF6F657B19042634B9F49F1B8B67C.html|access-date=28 October 2021|website=www.barstandardsboard.org.uk}}</ref> She has also practised at international courts in [[The Hague]], including the [[International Court of Justice]] and the [[International Criminal Court]].<ref name="DoughtyStreet-BioPDF-2014"/> She worked at [[Sullivan & Cromwell]] in New York City for three years as part of the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, where her clients included [[Enron]] and [[Arthur Andersen]].<ref name="Forbes-Engaged-2014"/><ref name="DoughtyStreet-BioPDF-2014"/>
 
Clooney completed a judicial clerkship at the [[International Court of Justice]] in 2004, serving under Judge Vladlen S. Vereshchetin from Russia, Judge [[Nabil Elaraby]] from Egypt,<ref name="IILJ-Clerkship-2004-2005">{{cite web|title=Clerkships&nbsp;– Prior and Present Clerks|url=http://www.iilj.org/oldbak/experience/Clerkships2.htm|website=Institute for International Law and Justice|publisher=[[New York University School of Law]]|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904095632/http://www.iilj.org/oldbak/experience/Clerkships2.htm|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="People-5FastFacts-2014">{{cite web|last=Chi|first=Paul|title=George Clooney Engaged to Amal Alamuddin: 5 Fast Facts About Her |access-date=6 May 2014|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20791492,00.html|work=People|date=27 February 2014}}</ref> and ad hoc [[Franklin Berman|Judge Sir Franklin Berman]] from the United Kingdom. She was subsequently based in The Hague working at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]],<ref name="ExpandingJurisdiction-2010">{{cite journal|volume=8|issue=5|page=1219|journal=Journal of International Criminal Justice|title=Expanding Jurisdiction over War Crimes under Article 8 of the ICC Statute|doi=10.1093/jicj/mqq066|last1=Alamuddin |first1=A.|last2=Webb|first2=P.|year=2010}}</ref> where she was Judicial assistant to Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding Judge. The case charged the former President of former Republic of Yugoslavia with crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia during the war in the former Yugoslavia.<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/> Clooney also worked as a Prosecutor at [[Special Tribunal for Lebanon#:~:text=The Special Tribunal for Lebanon,responsible for 14 February 2005|The Special Tribunal for Lebanon]]. She prosecuted the case against five people, who were members of Hezbollah, accused of [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri#:~:text=On 14 February 2005, former,George Hotel|assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri]] and others in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Special Tribunal for Lebanon |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-special-tribunal-for-lebanon-9780199687459?cc=us&lang=en& |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=global.oup.com}}</ref>▼
She worked at [[Sullivan & Cromwell]] in New York City for three years as part of the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, where her clients included [[Enron]] and [[Arthur Andersen]].<ref name="Forbes-Engaged-2014"/><ref name="DoughtyStreet-BioPDF-2014"/>
 
Clooney regularly represents journalists. In March 2018, Clooney joined the international legal team that represent the Pulitzer Prize-winning Burmese journalists for Reuters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were sentenced to seven years in prison by the Government of Myanmar for reporting on the murders of ten Rohingya men by the Buddhist villagers and Myanmar paramilitary police in the village of [[Inn Din]] in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Griffiths |first1=James |last2=McKirdy|first2=Euan|date=7 May 2019 |title=Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar released after more than 500 days|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/06/asia/reuters-journalists-myanmar-freed-intl/index.html|access-date=17 July 2024|website=CNN |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717055901/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/06/asia/reuters-journalists-myanmar-freed-intl/index.html|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc19" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Amal Clooney to Defend Reuters Journalists Jailed in Myanmar|url=https://time.com/5221820/amal-clooney-reuters-myanmar/|access-date=31 January 2022|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717032815/https://time.com/5221820/amal-clooney-reuters-myanmar/|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> They were released in May 2019.<ref name="bbc19">{{Cite news|date=7 May 2019|title=Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48182712|access-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717033121/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48182712|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2019, she and Irish barrister [[Caoilfhionn Gallagher]] became the leaders of the international legal team that represent Filipino-American journalist [[Maria Ressa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Richard |last2=McKirdy|first2=Euan|date=8 July 2019 |title=Amal Clooney will represent Philippines journalist Maria Ressa|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/asia/amal-clooney-maria-ressa-intl/index.html|access-date=17 July 2024|website=CNN |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717054516/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/asia/amal-clooney-maria-ressa-intl/index.html|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Ressa faces a series of legal charges that could lead to about decades in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2021|title=Amal Clooney decries 'legal charade' after journalist Maria Ressa charged again with libel|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/amal-clooney-decries-legal-charade-after-journalist-maria-ressa-charged-again-with-libel|access-date=31 January 2022|website=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717031523/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/amal-clooney-decries-legal-charade-after-journalist-maria-ressa-charged-again-with-libel|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her "courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2021|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/|access-date=31 January 2022|website=NobelPrize.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717032716/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
She completed a judicial clerkship at the [[International Court of Justice]] in 2004, serving under Judge Vladlen S. Vereshchetin from Russia, Judge [[Nabil Elaraby]] from Egypt,<ref name="IILJ-Clerkship-2004-2005">{{cite web|title=Clerkships&nbsp;– Prior and Present Clerks|url=http://www.iilj.org/oldbak/experience/Clerkships2.htm|website=Institute for International Law and Justice|publisher=[[New York University School of Law]]|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904095632/http://www.iilj.org/oldbak/experience/Clerkships2.htm|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="People-5FastFacts-2014">{{cite web|last=Chi|first=Paul|title=George Clooney Engaged to Amal Alamuddin: 5 Fast Facts About Her |access-date=6 May 2014|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20791492,00.html|work=People|date=27 February 2014}}</ref> and ad hoc [[Franklin Berman|Judge Sir Franklin Berman]] from the United Kingdom.
 
Clooney represents victims of mass atrocities, including genocide and sexual violence. In January 2015, she became a member of a legal team that represent Armenia on an appeal before the [[European Court of Human Rights]] against Turkish politician [[Doğu Perinçek]] who was convicted of denying the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 January 2015|title=Amal Clooney on legal team in Armenian genocide case|url=https://apnews.com/international-news-general-news-celebrity-54ea653551424a56b5aaf0a8d1c2a8ce|access-date=17 July 2024|website=[[Associated Press]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717052415/https://apnews.com/international-news-general-news-celebrity-54ea653551424a56b5aaf0a8d1c2a8ce|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2021, Clooney was co-plaintiff's and victims' counsel in the first case in which [[Islamic State]] member, [[Taha al-Jumailly]], was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. Al-Jumailly was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=German court finds former 'IS' member guilty of genocide {{!}} DW {{!}} 30 November 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-finds-former-is-member-guilty-of-genocide/a-59976226 |access-date=23 December 2021 |website=Deutsche Welle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717033401/https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-finds-former-is-member-guilty-of-genocide/a-59976226|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Clooney was also co-plaintiff's counsel in the case against Al-Jumailly's ex-wife, German-born Islamic State member Jennifer Wenisch, for her role in crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a foreign terrorist organization. She was sentenced to 14 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2024 |title= Highest German court confirms sentence in the first trial ever against an ISIS member for crimes against Yazidi victims|url=https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/highest-german-court-confirms-sentence-first-trial-ever-against-isis-member-crimes-against|website=Doughty Street Chambers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717081157/https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/highest-german-court-confirms-sentence-first-trial-ever-against-isis-member-crimes-against|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
▲She was subsequently based in The Hague working at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]],<ref name="ExpandingJurisdiction-2010">{{cite journal|volume=8|issue=5|page=1219|journal=Journal of International Criminal Justice|title=Expanding Jurisdiction over War Crimes under Article 8 of the ICC Statute|doi=10.1093/jicj/mqq066|last1=Alamuddin |first1=A.|last2=Webb|first2=P.|year=2010}}</ref> where she was Judicial assistant to Judge Patrick Robinson, Presiding Judge. The case charged the former President of former Republic of Yugoslavia with crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia during the war in the former Yugoslavia.<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/> Clooney also worked as a Prosecutor at [[Special Tribunal for Lebanon#:~:text=The Special Tribunal for Lebanon,responsible for 14 February 2005|The Special Tribunal for Lebanon]]. She prosecuted the case against five people, who were members of Hezbollah, accused of [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri#:~:text=On 14 February 2005, former,George Hotel|assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri]] and others in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-special-tribunal-for-lebanon-9780199687459?cc=us&lang=en& |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=global.oup.com}}</ref>
 
Amal represents victims of mass atrocities, including genocide and sexual violence. In 2021, Amal was co-plaintiff's and victims' counsel in the first case in which an ISIS member was convicted of genocide and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=German court finds former 'IS' member guilty of genocide {{!}} DW {{!}} 30 November 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-finds-former-is-member-guilty-of-genocide/a-59976226 |access-date=23 December 2021 |website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> In 2023, sheClooney filed a civil case on behalf of over 400 Yazidi-American plaintiffs against French cement manufacturer, [[Lafarge (company)|Lafarge]], for conspiring to provide material support to the [[Salafi jihadism|Salafi jihadist]] group, [[Islamic State|ISIS]].<ref>{{Cite web |lastfirst1=SottileSabrina |firstlast1=Sabrina Souza, |first2=Zoe |last2=Sottile |date=2023-12-17 |title=Amal Clooney is representing over 400 plaintiffs in lawsuit seeking 'accountability for genocide against Yazidis' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/us/amal-clooney-isis-yazidi-genocide-lawsuit/index.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=CNN |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717033825/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/us/amal-clooney-isis-yazidi-genocide-lawsuit/index.html|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit seeks to hold Lafarge accountable for its admitted criminal conspiracy with ISIS and obtain compensation for the Yazidi people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |date=14 December 14, 2023 |title=Nobel laureate and hundreds of Yazidi sue French company for supporting ISIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/nobel-laureate-hundreds-yazidi-sue-french-company-supporting/story |urlaccess-statusdate=live17 July 2024|work=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717034249/https://abcnews.go.com/International/nobel-laureate-hundreds-yazidi-sue-french-company-supporting/story|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> AmalClooney's long time client Nadia Murad is the lead plaintiff in the case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Nadia Murad and Amal Clooney appear on CNN |url=https://www.nadiasinitiative.org/news/nadia-murad-and-amal-clooney-appear-on-cnn |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Nadia's Initiative |language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine#Russia|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Amal led a legal task force created at the request of the Government of Ukraine to provide legal advice on the potential avenues to secure criminal accountability for Russia in national jurisdictions, the ICC, and the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Covington, Withers and Amal Clooney Team Up on Ukraine Legal Task Force |archive-url=https://wwwweb.lawarchive.comorg/international-editionweb/202220240717034410/04https:/01/covingtonwww.nadiasinitiative.org/news/nadia-withersmurad-and-amal-clooney-team-upappear-on-ukrainecnn|archive-legal-taskforce/?slreturndate=2024042314155617 July 2024|websiteurl-status=Law.comlive}}</ref> ▼
In 2010, Clooney was called to the Bar of England and Wales, [[Inner Temple]]. She is a practising barrister at [[Doughty Street Chambers]].<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/> Clooney regularly represents journalists and she is currently leading the international counsel team which is acting for the Filipino journalist and CEO of the news website [[Rappler]], [[Maria Ressa]]. Ressa faces a series of legal charges that could lead to about 100 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2021|title=Amal Clooney decries 'legal charade' after journalist Maria Ressa charged again with libel|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/amal-clooney-decries-legal-charade-after-journalist-maria-ressa-charged-again-with-libel|access-date=31 January 2022|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her 'courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2021|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/|access-date=31 January 2022|website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref> She previously represented Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters journalists from Myanmar who were sentenced to seven years in prison by the government of Myanmar for reporting on crimes which were committed against Rohingyas by the Myanmar forces.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Amal Clooney to Defend Reuters Journalists Jailed in Myanmar|url=https://time.com/5221820/amal-clooney-reuters-myanmar/|access-date=31 January 2022|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> They were released in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 May 2019|title=Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48182712|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
 
Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine#Russia|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Clooney and other prominent international human rights lawyers led a legal task force created at the request of the Government of Ukraine to provide legal advice on the potential avenues to secure criminal accountability for Russia in national jurisdictions, the ICC, and the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Covington, Withers and Amal Clooney Team Up on Ukraine Legal Task Force |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/04/01/covington-withers-and-amal-clooney-team-up-on-ukraine-legal-taskforce/?slreturn=20240423141556 |website=Law.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240430044644/https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/04/01/covington-withers-and-amal-clooney-team-up-on-ukraine-legal-taskforce/|archive-date=30 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also appointed to a group of international legal experts by President of Ukraine [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] to advise on legal mechanisms for survivors of the conflict to claim compensation.<ref name="doughtystreet24">{{Cite web |title= Amal Clooney|url=https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/amal-clooney|website=Doughty Street Chambers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717035728/https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/amal-clooney|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
▲Amal represents victims of mass atrocities, including genocide and sexual violence. In 2021, Amal was co-plaintiff's and victims' counsel in the first case in which an ISIS member was convicted of genocide and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=German court finds former 'IS' member guilty of genocide {{!}} DW {{!}} 30 November 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-finds-former-is-member-guilty-of-genocide/a-59976226 |access-date=23 December 2021 |website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> In 2023, she filed a civil case on behalf of over 400 Yazidi-American plaintiffs against French cement manufacturer, [[Lafarge (company)|Lafarge]], for conspiring to provide material support to the jihadist group, [[Islamic State|ISIS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sottile |first=Sabrina Souza, Zoe |date=2023-12-17 |title=Amal Clooney is representing over 400 plaintiffs in lawsuit seeking 'accountability for genocide against Yazidis' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/us/amal-clooney-isis-yazidi-genocide-lawsuit/index.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The lawsuit seeks to hold Lafarge accountable for its admitted criminal conspiracy with ISIS and obtain compensation for the Yazidi people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Nobel laureate and hundreds of Yazidi sue French company for supporting ISIS |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/nobel-laureate-hundreds-yazidi-sue-french-company-supporting/story |url-status=live |work=ABC News}}</ref> Amal's long time client Nadia Murad is the lead plaintiff in the case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Nadia Murad and Amal Clooney appear on CNN |url=https://www.nadiasinitiative.org/news/nadia-murad-and-amal-clooney-appear-on-cnn |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Nadia's Initiative |language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine#Russia|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Amal led a legal task force created at the request of the Government of Ukraine to provide legal advice on the potential avenues to secure criminal accountability for Russia in national jurisdictions, the ICC, and the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Covington, Withers and Amal Clooney Team Up on Ukraine Legal Task Force |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/04/01/covington-withers-and-amal-clooney-team-up-on-ukraine-legal-taskforce/?slreturn=20240423141556 |website=Law.com}}</ref>
 
In May 2024, sheit was announced that Clooney served on an advisory panel that reviewed the [[Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court|Prosecutor of the]] prosecutor[[International Criminal Court]]'s investigation into potential [[war crimes]] committed in the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref name="holpuch20may2024-nyt">{{cite news |last1=Holpuch |first1=Amanda |title=Amal Clooney Was Among the Experts Consulted on I.C.C. Warrants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/world/middleeast/amal-clooney-icc-gaza.html |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240521014753/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/world/middleeast/amal-clooney-icc-gaza.html|archive-date=21 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The panel was convened by the ICC prosecutorin January 2024 at the request of ICC Prosecutor [[Karim Ahmad Khan|Karim A. A. Khan]] KC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John |first=Tara |date=2024-05-20 |title=Amal Clooney supports ICC's decision to seek arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/middleeast/amal-clooney-icc-arrest-warrant-israel-hamas-gaza-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=CNN |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717040229/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/middleeast/amal-clooney-icc-arrest-warrant-israel-hamas-gaza-intl-latam/index.html|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=PANEL OF EXPERTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/240520-panel-report-eng.pdf |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=www.icc-cpi.int|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717040620/https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/240520-panel-report-eng.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref Clooneyname="holpuch20may2024-nyt"/> She and seven other legal and academic experts unanimously recommended that an application be made for arrest warrants against the Prime Minister of Israel, [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], the leader of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip [[Yahya Sinwar]], two other Hamas leaders and the Israeli Minister of Defense, [[Yoav Gallant]].<ref name="unsigned20may2024-guardian">{{cite news |title=Amal Clooney advised ICC prosecutor who seeks arrest of Israel and Hamas leaders |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/amal-clooney-advised-icc-prosecutor-who-seeks-arrest-of-israel-and-hamas-leaders |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717040750/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/amal-clooney-advised-icc-prosecutor-who-seeks-arrest-of-israel-and-hamas-leaders|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In a statement, Clooney said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that all five individuals committed war crimes and [[crimes against humanity]].<ref name="unsigned20may2024-guardian" /> On 20 May 2024, ''[[Financial Times]]'' published an [[op-ed]] article written by Clooney and the other panel experts.<ref name="FT_why_we_support_ICC_IL_Gaza">{{Cite Q|Q126009892|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Since 2015, Clooney has been a visiting faculty member as well as a senior fellow at [[Columbia Law School]]'s [[Human Rights Institute]], where she co-teaches the Human Rights Course with Professor [[Sarah Cleveland|Sarah H. Cleveland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amal Clooney |url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/amal-clooney |access-date=28 October 2021 |website=www.law.columbia.edu}}</ref> Clooney has also lectured students on international criminal law at the [[SOAS School of Law]] in London, [[The New School]] in New York City, [[The Hague Academy of International Law]], and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref name="DoughtyStreet-BioPDF-2014" />
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=== Appointments ===
[[File:Mark Field with Amal Clooney in London - 2018 (41999192931).jpg|thumb|Clooney with British foreign minister [[Mark Field]] in London, 2018]]
* Appointed as Special Adviser to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, [[Karim Ahmad Khan|Karim Khan KC]], Without Portfolio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Advisers to the Prosecutor |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/about/otp/special-advisers-to-the-prosecutor |publisher=International Criminal Court }}</ref>
* Appointed to the UK [[Attorney General's Office (United Kingdom)|Attorney General's Office]] Public International Law Panel (Panel C from 2014 to 2019 and Panel B from 2020), a panel of experts on international law which is called upon to advise and represent the UK in domestic and international courts.<ref name="AttyGenPanel-Website-2015">{{cite web|title=Attorney General's civil panel counsel: appointments, membership lists and off panel counsel|url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/attorney-generals-panel-counsel-appointments-membership-lists-and-off-panel-counsel|website=Treasury Solicitor's Department, Government Legal Department and Attorney General's Office|access-date=30 August 2015|date=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="UKAttyGen-PubIntlLawPanelC-2014">{{cite web|title=Public International Law Panel of Counsel – Summary of Selection Process|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285743/Public_International_Law_Panel_of_Counsel_-_Summary.pdf|website=[[Attorney General's Office (United Kingdom)|UK Attorney General]]|access-date=30 August 2015|date=25 February 2014|archive-date=8 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008003858/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285743/Public_International_Law_Panel_of_Counsel_-_Summary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/>
* Appointed as UK Special Envoy on Media Freedom (2019–2020) by the UK Foreign Secretary (2019–2020).<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Amal Clooney appointed Foreign Office special envoy|agency=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47825327|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/>
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* Appointed to the [[Human Dignity Trust]] Bar Panel, a small panel of barristers who act pro bono and provide advice on cases challenging discrimination against the LGBT community.<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/>
 
== Clooney Foundation for Justice ==
== Philanthropy ==▼
Clooney is the co-founder and co-president of the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), which she co-founded with her husband, George Clooney, in 2016. TheirThe goalfoundation is to wage justiceworks to create a world where human rights are protected and no onenobody is [[impunity|above the law]]. The organizationCFJ gathers evidence of mass human rights abuses, provides free legal support to victims, and works to ensure that perpetrators are held to account. CFJ now operates in more than 40 countries: investigating war crimes in Ukraine, monitoring sham trials targeting women and journalists, and fighting back against a global trend of authoritarianism that seeks to punish those who speak truth to power. Its latest initiative, Waging Justice for Women, uses strategic litigation to reform discriminatory laws and increase [[accountability for gender-based abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clooney Foundation for Justice |url=https://cfjaccountable]].org/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Clooney Foundation For Justice |language=en}}</ref>
 
CFJ now operates in more than 40 countries: investigating [[war crime]]s in [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Ukraine]], monitoring sham trials targeting women and journalists, and opposing a global trend of [[authoritarianism]] that seeks to punish those who "[[speaking truth to power|speak truth to power]]". Its latest initiative, Waging Justice for Women, uses [[strategic litigation]] to reform discriminatory laws and increase accountability for gender-based abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clooney Foundation for Justice |url=https://cfj.org/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Clooney Foundation For Justice |language=en}}</ref>
 
▲== Philanthropy ==
She partnered with the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative in beginning the Amal Clooney Scholarship, which was created to send one female student from Lebanon to the [[United World College Dilijan]] each year, to enroll in a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-amal-clooney-scholarship-100-lives-20151217-story.html|title=Amal Clooney launches scholarship for Lebanese girls |date=17 December 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
 
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== Personal life ==
[[File:Amal and George Clooney (2022).jpg|thumb|AmalClooney with her husband [[George Clooney]] in 2022.]]
Clooney is a dual Lebanese-British citizen.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Mike|title=With American George and British Amal, What's Next for the Clooney Twins?|url=https://people.com/parents/george-clooney-american-amal-british-twins/|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=7 June 2017|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> She is fluent in English, [[French language in Lebanon|French]], and [[Lebanese Arabic|Arabic]].<ref name="doughtystreet.co.uk"/><ref name=CNN-Engaged-2014>{{cite news|last1=Respers France|first1=Lisa|title=What we know about George Clooney's fiancée|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/28/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/george-clooney-engaged-amal-alamuddin/|work=[[CNN]]|date=28 April 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2022, Article 3 Human Rights Global Treasure Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 |url=https://www.article3.org/2022 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Article3.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2023, ''[[Honorary degree|Doctor Honoris Causa]]'' of the [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amal Clooney, Honorary Doctorate 2023 |url=https://www.kuleuven.be/english/about-kuleuven/honorary-doctorates/2023/amal-clooney |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=kuleuven.be |language=en}}</ref>
* 2023, [[BBC]], [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] list, which features 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2023 |title=BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234 |access-date=2023-11-24 |publisher=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
{{Portal|Lebanon|United Kingdom|Biography|Law}}
* [[Lebanese people in the United Kingdom]]
*[[List of Druze]]
 
== References ==
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