Klentiana Mahmutaj

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Klentiana Mahmutaj
Born1979
Tirana, Albania
OccupationBarrister

Klentiana Mahmutaj (born 1979) is a barrister, author and academic. Mahmutaj was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2005 (Middle Temple) and practises from Red Lion Chambers, a leading set of chambers in London.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Mahmutaj was born in Tirana, Albania, and graduated in 1997 from Sami Frashëri High School. During her teens, she presented programmes on national television and radio[2] and wrote and published works of poetry.[3][4] Mahmutaj studied law for a year at University of Tirana before leaving for the United Kingdom on a scholarship.

In 1999-2000 Mahmutaj worked for the British Red Cross assisting in the re-settlement of Kosovar refugees in the UK shortly after NATO's intervention in Kosovo.[5] In 2005-2006 she worked as a radio presenter for the BBC World Service, Albanian Section.[5] Mahmutaj was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2005, becoming the first Albanian national to qualify as a barrister in the United Kingdom.

Legal career

Mahmutaj practises in white-collar crime, human rights and international arbitration, frequently advising on the impact of domestic legislation on the UK's obligations in human rights law.[1][6]

In 2018, Mahmutaj represented the Government of Albania at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council's negotiations on the Zero Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.[7] Mahmutaj has also acted as a consultant to the Slynn Foundation on the work it carried out, under the aegis of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on reform of the legal profession in Albania, a project overseen by the late Sir Henry Brooke CMG.[8]

Mahmutaj has spoken at legal conferences and has published widely in the UK and abroad in the areas of criminal law,[9] human rights[7][9] and international arbitration.[10] In 2007, her book NATO's Intervention in Kosovo: Legal Right or Legal Wrong was published in Albania with a preface by Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE CMG QC.[11]

In March 2020 Mahmutaj was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as an independent expert on the Mechanism on the Right to Development.[12] That was the first time than an Albanian national was appointed as an independent expert on a Special Procedures Expert Mechanism at the United Nations Human Rights Council.[13]

In 2015, Mahmutaj wrote an article published in The Daily Telegraph on her upbringing in Albania and the role of women in demanding professions, which received worldwide attention.[14]

Personal life

Mahmutaj lives in London and is married to James Hayton, a fellow lawyer, with whom she has a son. Mahmutaj's father-in-law is the former BBC television foreign correspondent and news presenter, Philip Hayton.

References

  1. ^ a b "Klentiana Mahmutaj | Barrister | Red Lion Chambers". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Shikoni si dukej Bledi Strakosha kur ishte fëmijë". Kids' Time. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. ^ Mahmutaj, Klentiana (1992). "Vetmi". Shtepia Botuese Arbri.
  4. ^ Mahmutaj, Klentiana (1995). "Kur flasin enderrat". Shtepia Botuese Arbri.
  5. ^ a b "LinkedIn".
  6. ^ "The Legal 500 > Red Lion Chambers > London, ENGLAND > Lawyer profiles > Klentiana Mahmutaj". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Observations on the Zero Draft - A Detailed Proposal for a System of Arbitration".
  8. ^ "Legal reform in Albania". Counsel Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b Mahmutaj, Klentiana (October 2009). "Cash Forfeiture Following Acquittal: An 'Affront to Public Perception' or a Breach of A Fundamental Human Right?". Criminal Law Review. (2009) Criminal Law Review 783.
  10. ^ Mahmutaj, Klentiana (June 2016). "Bribery and Corruption and the case of National Iranian Oil Company v Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited and Crescent Gas Corporation Ltd [2016] EWHC 510". Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration Center, American Chamber of Commerce, Kosovo.
  11. ^ Mahmutaj, Klentiana (2002). Nato në Kosovë: ndërhyrje e ligjshme apo shkelje e së drejtës ndërkombëtare (in Albanian). Qendra Europiane. ISBN 9789992772331.
  12. ^ "OHCHR | Special Procedures Appointments to be made at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council (24 February - 20 March 2020)". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Klentiana Mahmutaj, shqiptarja e parë si eksperte në mekanizmin e OKB-së". top-channel.tv. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  14. ^ Mahmutaj, Klentiana (23 December 2015). "Growing up under Communist rule made me the tough feminist I am today". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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