Mark Stephens

Biographical Details
He is a partner of Finers Stephens Innocent.

"Mark has a deep interest and commitment to fundamental human rights and regularly practises before the European Court of Human Rights - principally on freedom of expression issues...

"Mark was rendered into a Spitting Image puppet."

Appointments

 * Appointed by Foreign Secretary to the FCO Free Expression Advisory Board
 * Appointed by the Lord Chancellor to be a Champion of the Community Legal Service
 * Vice Chair of the International Bar Association Media Law Committee
 * IBA trial observer most recently to Thailand in 2005
 * Chair of Policy Board Internet Watch Foundation (1996 - 1999)
 * Vice Chair of IWF (1999 - 2003)
 * Board Member of ICSTIS (Premium Rate telephone regulator) (1990-1999)
 * Trustee of SPARKS (Sport Aiding Research for Kids) with many celebrities (1996 - 2004)
 * Chair Greenwich & Docklands International Festivals (1999 - 2004)
 * Chair Solicitors’ Law Festival (1998 - 2001) formerly the Solicitors Annual Conference
 * Legal Director - Artlaw (1982 - 1984) a national legal advice centre
 * Senior Partner - Stephens Innocent (1984 - 1999)
 * Partner in a European cabinet of law firms - EEIG
 * Chair of the Management Committee of the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at Wolfson College, Oxford’s Centre for Socio Legal Studies
 * Former President of the North East London Law Society
 * Former member of the Law Society Public Relations Advisory Board
 * Founder of the Joint Ethics Committee for the Visual Arts
 * Held a seat on the British Copyright Council
 * Trustee of the Solicitors’ Pro Bono Group of the Law Society of England and Wales for 7 years
 * Holds a seat on the International Advisory Board for the University of Hong Kong
 * Admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at London University
 * Recently conferred with Doctor of Laws (Honoris causa) by the University of East London
 * Editorial Board of the Entertainment and Sports Law Journal

Human Rights

 * Sits on: Law Society Human Rights Committee.
 * Member: Amnesty International ‘urgent action’ panel.
 * Work before the European Court of Human Rights in relation to breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights.
 * Trustee of Index on Censorship.
 * Patron of Justicia an organisation working for the victims of torture in Chile during Pinochet’s rule.
 * Trustee of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation.

Related Sourcewatch

 * WikiLeaks