Amal Clooney arrived in New York this week for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. I feel like this is the most I’ve ever written about the opening session of the UN, right? I mean, I’ve written about it before, usually in the context of Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie, etc, but it feels like this year’s opening was especially urgent and newsworthy in the confluence of celebrity/politics/dotards.
Anyway, these are photos of Amal at JFK, on her way to the UN. Amal wore a Bottega Veneta Pre-Fall 2017 skirt-suit and a pussybow blouse. I love Amal in red – she’s a woman who can really pull off many shades of red, and she can also pull off a strong red lip. I like this suit from a distance, but as I looked closely at the detailing… the fabric is weird. It has the look of, like, treated cotton. It’s strange. And I absolutely loathe the fact that Melania Trump is responsible for the resurgence of pussybow blouses. It was a bad look in the 1980s, and it’s a bad look in 2017. What else? Amal’s heels are Manolos, and her tote/satchel is Michael Kors.
As for what Amal got done at the UN – the Security Council approved a measure that basically says that yes, ISIS members can be tried for war crimes for what they’ve been doing (and continue to do) to the Yazidi people. Amal’s client is Nadia Murad, a Yazidi Iraqi who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by ISIS. Here’s a clip of the BBC interview with Amal and Nadia:
Amal Clooney and her client Nadia Murad speak about the UN resolution that could bring justice to the Yazidi peoplehttps://t.co/8X7D9YyRFV pic.twitter.com/0kwdYtVR9I
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 22, 2017
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Amal you’re doing amazing sweetie.
Red is SO her power color. And while I don’t LOVE the look I don’t care. She’s taking names at the UN. That’s more than SOME people can say *coughs*
Why can’t we like comments? Because I love this comment.
This resolution is due to an initiative by the UK gov, which pressured the Iraqi government. It has nothing to do with Clooney’s efforts; she didn’t initiate it, and it certainly doesn’t mean there’ll be a prosecution of ISIS by the UN or ICC. It’s evidence gathering to help a municipal prosecution by the Iraqi government – that’s the intent. Doubt the prosecution will happen though. HRW pointed Iraqi gov committed plenty of atrocities on its own.
It’s the first time I hear Amal speak, I knew she was a lawyer but she sounds very articulate and well spoken. More than I can say about our President and his wife wow!
I don’t know why I was surprised that she sounds so well spoken and educated. I mean, I know that she is, she’s very accomplished. I think it’s the association with Clooney that does it, I just really don’t like him. She could do better, I think she married down…like many women 😉 lol
She has a cute overbite too.
Yes, I loved listening to her on that BBC clip. And as much as I have always hated pussy bows, I actually love this whole look–the red is so fab on her and the bow looks good with that jacket. I just cannot figure out what’s going on with that skirt! Its style would be perfect if the fabric didn’t appear to be half-an-inch-thick starched cotton duck.
As for wishing we could click “like” on posts, THANK YOU for mentioning that, “I’m getting a root canal” (crazy-funny screen name). I have been wishing we had a “like” option for YEARS, ever since I first started posting here. Kaiser and CB, isn’t there some way that could be programmed into the software?
At first glance it almost looked like the skirt was a a different fabric from the jacket, but I guess not. very nice, love the bag,
Isn’t it?
The suit jacket looks thicker or something.
I do not like that fabric on the skirt, it looks cheap to me.
I love the colour though, Amal is always exciting with her styling. She’s honestly an inspiration to me for business dress.
I love her whole outfit from her suit to her shoes. Usually there is something amiss to her outfits but not this time IMO.
Btw – i hate the name “pussybow.” It sound so rated X. Plus the pussybow trend has been going on before Melanie was forced into the spotlight. I bought a cute pb blouse 2 or 3 years ago at Barneys
This is an appropriate look for her. I don’t mind the pussybow blouse, I like that it references a man’s tie but in a fem way.
I think the 2017 pussy bow is fresh and pretty, and now has this subversive message of women’s strength- to me, anyway.
I love amal’s sophisticated look, can’t stand her twee casual styles.
I think pussybow is a great, classic look that never really disappeared and I’m glad it’s back to being hip, but Melania didn’t make it so. PUssybow is having a resurgence for the last 2-3 years in fashion world.
Ooh, the fabric is problematic in the skirt. Should be sleeker.
I think she looks great. Wish she’d next team up with Hirsi Ali at the UN to oppose dangerous forms of FGM on young girls.
This is such an important issue and I love that she’s been taking it on. I also have no problem with the Clooney name bringing her more coverage if her cases get more attention. It’s not like she’s using it to sell cucumber wellness water or something.
Ditto. She could easily step back and live the movie star’s wife life now, but she’s still out there working and fighting for something really important. Who cares what she’s wearing?
Hey, Princess Nagini, this is how a professional woman dresses appropriately but with style and personal flair at the UN or in other settings where world affairs are being discussed. Please note, nothing is sheer. The skirt is not too short. No skin is exposed. Nothing is too tight. And her nipples aren’t protruding yet she looks good and feminine.
Exactly what I thought.
My thoughts exactly lightpurple! If I could afford such an outfit, I would rock that in the courtroom, no problem.
Yes. She looks amazing. This is how it’s done. The Trumps will never get it right.
Perfection. And I love that she wore her hair down instead of putting it up as if to say “look I’m acting profesh! So put my hair up like a librarian!” ala S. Palin. This is her wheel house.
Only looking at the pictures, I like the outfit.
The Rule of Law is coming for you in a red power suit! Tremble before it! Go Amal! My heart goes out to Nadia. We absolutely need to see murderers, rapists and war criminals put on trial asap.
It’s almost like the bold colour and flair are a big F You to ISIS and its repression of women. I do agree the material looks off though.
She looks good except for the nude heels.
Bottega Veneta forever! I can’t tell you how long I’ve loved this brand. I’m currently saving up for a purse…….she looks lovely, but I would have done black shoes. I also like what she working on-these people certainly need to be brought to justice.
I love their purses. From afar though.
I’d love one of the black braided leather ones.
Took the words right out of my mouth. All texture junkies love this line. Apparently there’s a second-hand shop in Paris that gets a lot of their bags, barely used. A friend in Paris says you can get a genuine and flawless Hermes Kelly handbag there for less than $300.
@raincoaster – would you happen to know the name of this shop?! (even a street name would do) You have no idea how badly I would love to get my mitts on a BV purse within my budget.
I really hope someone hires her to mediate Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Gorgeous style here and impressive woman. Glad the SC measure passed.
I really like that ensemble. What a beautiful shade of red on her.
She looks beautiful, but why does every celebrity ruin their look by wearing nude pumps? Enough with the nude pumps!
She is already back to her pre-baby weight so soon after having TWINS! I don’t understand this — two years after my last kid I can’t lose the last 10 pounds (and TBH, I wouldn’t be skinny without dropping another 20 pounds on top of that). Is this just what stars’ bodies are like or is their willpower really that much better than mine? How do you DO this? She doesn’t seem like a big exerciser. Could I look like this if I had a personal chef?
Different peoples bodies react differently to pregnancy and breastfeeding. I actually was at my very thinnest (a few pounds below my normal weight) (with no dieting or exercise) when my babies were about 6 months old.
different bodies and all that. I was very thin when I became pregnant, gained around 50lbs. and when my boy was year and a half, lost the last 10lbs of baby-weight+some. it just wouldn’t come down until he started running around, right in the summer when I was his only caregiver(dad was working back home). I lost 15lbs in 2 months, without even noticing.
It’s partly genes, partly tonus the body has got used to. I am a former professional ballet dancer, had to stop due to injuries but still do an exercis (routine) every day. I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight three months after giving birth. And if course, it matters how much one gains during pregnancy.
She’s a lawyer, one of the top human rights lawyers in the world. I don’t doubt she’s got iron discipline.
That is a laugh ,Amal IS junior lawyer,she go to UN ,have law degree,studied for 3YEARS UNLIKE US 7 ,like millions lawyers ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE THE CAMERA flash becauseof CLOONEY’ NAME.
top lawyers build thier own fame alone based on victories not propaganda .Amal like Civil international work because of big names expouser it afford ,Fame hungry kind of person not because she care ,human right is so far of what she done in last 10 yrs go and read amal clients track .Amal is a civil lawyer not human rights that is as far as sky from earth.
She looks great in red.
Wonder where is the commenter who posted this gem in the Sept 6 Amal article: “what has Amal actually done re work, what progress has she made with human rights? ” There’s your answer.
I think it was me? Sorry no time to go back and look through all the comments from something so long ago. But wow I feel really complimented if this was me that my comment resonated so much with you that you took the time to reference it and quote it here. Awesome! Anyways, I think this UN resolution is great and cheers to Amal if she is responsible for it, keep up the good work as it is needed.
I read an interesting article where human rights lawyers explained this field. A couple of excerpts. Note below where they say you don’t win most of your cases. It’s the small victories that keep you going.
“I think human-rights lawyers for a long time were thought of kind of like the hippie aspect of lawyers,” said Sara Elizabeth Dill, the director of criminal justice standards and policy at the American Bar Association in Washington, D.C. Dill has been aiding those hit by President Trump’s travel ban. Clooney and others, in Dill’s opinion, have brought “a level of professionalism and accomplishment” to the role. Since Clooney “came on the scene,” international human-rights lawyer Hilary Stauffer, who works at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said interest in her own work has spiked “100 percent.”
“Lawyers will also enlist help from local community-based partners. “They will know the context and they’ll know the local law,” Bernstein Institute faculty director Margaret Satterthwaite, who is also a clinical professor at New York University’s Global Justice Clinic, said. According to Dill, “Providing testimony, lobbying Congress, working with other countries in terms of rule of law development, training judges and prosecutors and politicians” can all come into play, along with the nonstop task of educating the public.
Lengthy court cases “may not necessarily be the right way to get the result that you want,” said Stauffer, noting that most human rights lawyers don’t spend too much time before judges. “Most of the time you don’t win your cases, actually,” Sukti Dhital, deputy director of the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU Law, said. “But you get these small victories that kind of propel you to keep going.”
Amal Clooney has been a top human rights lawyer for years now. Only a moron who couldn’t operate Google wouldn’t know that.
Wow, resorting to name calling. Classy.
Top lawyer who is clerk and no body till she married a mid talent actor and director ,legend in herown mind and baria
Er, this resolution has little to do with her. It was drafted by the UK gov. The outcome is having an UN team help Iraqi gov gather evidence, not to prosecute a specific party at the UN or ICC or some other UN body. The evidence is to be used by the Iraqi government in a domestic-/municipal-law capacity, not in an international tribunal.
The blog writer is wrong this has anything to do with what Clooney has been putting forward. She and Nadia probably gave it some extra coverage and a human face though.
She is rocking this look – the color is to die for! Go Amal! I am so happy to see so much support here for this working mama!
She looks great and it’s nice to see someone professional, and acting like it! I’m also glad she didn’t give up her career for George.
She has guts to take on anything ISIS, as does the young woman she’s representing. George wasn’t kidding when he said he “married up”. And just to get superficial for a second, Amal looks really sweet in that red outfit.
I agree robyn, I admire their courage and I love Amal’s style here (and in general).
Courage to do what ?! Go take herphotos at UN ,we all know that will lead nowhere.what is the outcome of this ?! Please, we all know the UN is a joke and do ,done nothing and have no real power over ISIS or to bring this courage hero Nadia her right.
This resolution has absolutely nothing to do with her or George! It arose from the UK gov’s draft resolution and results in UN committing evidence-gathering resources to help Iraqi gov in a domestic capacity, not an international court prosecuting ISIS! She and Nadia probably gave it some extra coverage but only PR basis – no extra legal legitimacy or force with what she tried to do.
Thanks for the update Mango!
She helped too. Isn’t that what counts?
Nadia said in an interview she is getting death threats from ISIS. I’m sure Amal is also getting death threats. That would terrify me. I do admire both of them.
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I saw other pix of her up close. She looks like she had another nose job. What’s that , her third ?
Kaiser wrote: “As for what Amal got done at the UN – the Security Council approved a measure that basically says that yes, ISIS members can be tried for war crimes for what they’ve been doing (and continue to do) to the Yazidi people”
— This is wrong. The resolution drafted by the UK gov. The resolution is about putting together an UN team to help Iraqi authorities with gathering evidence. There’s nothing about prosecuting any party. The evidence will be used by the Iraqi gov in a domestic capacity, not by the UN for prosecutorial purposes. Amal Clooney’s PR campaign has little to do with the resolution directly, legally speaking. The resolution certainty wasn’t created because she started “proceedings” and its origins didn’t have anything to do with anything she was trying to do. She gave the cause good publicity though.
How do you know that she had little to do with the resolution? She has been pushing this in the highest level in the UK for over a year. She met with Downing Street last year to discuss this. You know she cannot draft and put forward a Un resolution, that has to be done by a Government, but you have no idea how much she played behind the scenes to get the UK to take steps.
The resolution is to gather evidence which ISIS has committed and could lead to ISIS leaders and members being tried for war crimes against humanity. It is in the resolution. As the evidence is to be gathered in Iraq, of course they have a major part to play. She called them out in March to help get it through and they co-sponsered this resolution with the UK.
Why put her down over this? I don’t get it.
Because the uk gov put their resources into this for more than a year and just bc she happens to have repped one of the victims the celeb media credits her with the result. The uk gov did the work convincing Iraq gov to allow un teAm to assist. She IS a bit player and who really knows whether she made any difference. As for prosecution, read the resolution. Any prosecution outside of municipal law of Iraq has use the fathered evidence on the Iraq govs terms. Neither Iraq nor Syria are parties to statute of rome. The atrocities happened on this soil. ICC can’t hear it hence. So which int tribunal is realistically going to hear this? Some new one they form in the future, or a municipal court in Iraq is the only possibility. Iraq does not have legislation on human rights. They can only charge under terrorism laws, the closest fit for thus case, which is unlikely to get results Yazidi want. She can’t take credit for this, sorry. Maybe helped with the pr, but I suppose everyone loves a heroic, one-person-saves-the-day story. There was political will for this to happen, and the more important players are those actually mentioned in the resolution. And remember, she was actually asking the icc to prosecute(legally impossible as outlined above), not the Iraq local courts, and not just gather evidence.
And it’s not putting a capable woman down but giving credit where it’s due. If you read the news articles from april 2016, you’ll see the uk parliament took a very strong stance on thus issue and uk MPs pushed to refer the issue to the SC. the news stories predate Clooney’s June 16 announcement she was repping Nadia. All signs point to this push for the SC to get involved / referring matter to SC having huge support from uk parliament before Clooney even got involved. It’s pretty to safe to say she rode a good wave here.
Are you trying to insinuate that Iraqis would let Isis go? Who cares if it isn’t heard at the ICC. There is a counter terrorism law in Iraq if found guilty, it’s the death penalty. They are already prosecuting Isis.
Have you got some links for April 2016? I am an avid listener to BBC Parliament and missed it being discussed. No shade, generally interested
Mim, look up what Janet Benshoof of the global justice Center has said about lack of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide laws in Iraq and how it means they won’t be prosecuted for the full range of crimes even with terrorism laws. As compared to icc prosecution, which is what Clooney pushed for. As for Iraq prosecuting, orgs like hrw have already said it’s going lead to a lot of questions about Iraqi military forces and their acts as well. For april 16 coverage of sentiment among uk gov before Clooney took on case, try “mps unanimously declare Yazidis and Christians victims of ISIS genicide. “ articles in the guardian, independent, and elsewhere in April 2016. Articles Mention referring issue to security council.
Back on desktop so easier to post links.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/09/prweb14723232.htm
Comments from Sareta Ashraph and Janet Benshoof, whose resumes are super impressive and who’ve probably contributed to human rights much more than Amal but get 0.00000001% the coverage Amal gets.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/20/mps-unanimously-declare-yazidis-victims-of-isis-genocide
European Parliament and US House of Reps, along with UK legislature basically committed to pushing the SC on the issue in or before April 2016.
https://www.amarfoundation.org/uk-news/yazidi-daesh-victim-meets-uk-foreign-minister/
Brave Nadia Murad has been campaigning at a high level for at least several years, some of the time without Clooney. She was able to get “doors opened” without Clooney.
Not trolling. Just putting things into perspective and giving credit where it’s due.
But if they get found guilty for one act of terrorism the penalty is death. The ICC couldn’t give them a worse punishment. However by the time it gets to any prosecution stage most of Isis will be back in their own country because let’s face it most are not Iraqis, and then it will be far easier to bring them to a standard of justice that Clooney wants. It probably won’t lead to any death penalty and it will still be a big if, for an ICC prosecution. The ICC is a good idea, but they are very picky who they select to prosecute. Most will just get away with lighter misdemeanours anyway. The victims already have the world agreeing it’s genocide so in my opinion rock on Iraq.
It isn’t like Clooney is trying to claim it, she has repeatedly praised the UK government over it. I think it’s a great job all round any everyone involved deserves praise, not shade.
By the way, thanks for the links. I remember the debate now
I’m unfamiliar with the terrorism laws in Iraq so can’t comment, but can imagine situations where the terrorism-related act isn’t so severe to warrant capital punishment but acts relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially enabling or contributing to these crimes, aren’t covered and can’t be prosecuted. Perhaps Iraq will pass some new laws.
I pointed out that it’s evidence gathering for national-level courts in Iraq (and any future prosecutions elsewhere using the evidence in Iraqi government’s terms) rather than ICC — because Clooney was trying to push for ICC prosecution or direct probe by SC or some other international-level action — to differentiate between what Clooney was trying to do and what was actually achieved, and hence offer another piece of “evidence” that she wasn’t the “messiah” in this outcome.
I didn’t say she was trying to claim it herself but that some of the celeb and gossip media is presenting it as though she’d been the one who made all the difference. It’s clear that’s untrue and very strong political will existed in the UK and elsewhere before she signed up to represent Nadia.
She gets a lot of unjustified hate and undoubtedly some due to racism and misogyny but you have to admit she attracts ridicule to herself by constantly looking for the paps, acting like a movie star, and playing up her fashion when it’s not appropriate (IMO, like last year at the UN).
As for how her career has been repped in the media, you only have look at people like Ashraph and Benshoof to work out whether Clooney is really a top human rights lawyer/advocate as Brand Clooney would like you to believe.
Your thoughts on Iraqi justice is not correct. They have given the death penalty to hundreds of Isis members already, in 2016 they were trying over 8 every day and if found guilty they are hanged. There are 5000 waiting trial just from Mosul and 28 were hanged last month. A Russian captured in Mosul was the first foreigner to receive the death penalty earlier this month. The West’s concerns are that the Iraqis are killing too many without undeniable proof, not that they are letting them go.
I think you’re completely missing the point. Don’t you see how someone committing, enabling, or supporting genocide or war crimes or crimes against humanity might not have committed any terrorism-related acts? What if they wanted to punish an arms dealer or a rich person who enabled or financed the genocide and even directed it but these ppl weren’t formal ISIS members and/or didn’t conduct any terrorism acts directly? You keeping going back to severity of punishment under counter-terrorism laws. The point is the scope of laws. Calling the crime by its real name is important for justice as well as for the victims as formal recognition. Anyway, let’s see how Iraq handles this.
A new article written by Amal Clooney,, as contributing writer to the HuffingtonPost, on the Security Resolution 2370 being passed and the U.N. launching an international investigative team..
“‘Finally, We Have A Coordinated Effort To Bring ISIS To Justice”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amal-clooney-isis_us_59c569bae4b01cc57ff22947?utm_hp_ref=amal-clooney
Edit. Security Resolution “2379.”
She looks beautiful, stylish and professional in this outfit. The pussy bow was coming back before Melania, so I’m not blaming our FLOTUS for this tragic fashion revival 😀
I’ve never heard Amal speak before. Very impressive and she’s doing vital work.