S.M. el Rey entregó el World Peace & Liberty Award, de la World Jurist Association, a Andrew Young, icono de los derechos civiles en EE. UU. La sesión de presentación en Madrid, como antesala al World Law Congress New York 2023, es el escenario para la entrega de las medallas de honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg a Navi Pillay, Brenda Hale, Asifa Kakar, Imrana Jalal y Ambiga Sreenevasen.
El Rey señaló en su intrvención que "...today, on such a special occasion —one of homage and celebration— the WLC has been presented. New York takes the baton from Barranquilla (Colombia) next July to host the 28th edition, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Association, for which I offer my sincere congratulations, we all do so and wish them luck and success... for 60 years, the Association has carried out exceptional work, mobilizing the international legal community in a global campaign to promote a governance of laws, no of law, not the rule of arbitrary decisions, authoritarianism, and brute force; the rule of law, not tyranny..."