Events
10 March, 2020
SIDE EVENT Women and Customary and Informal Justice Systems: Engagement and Action
Around the world, people claim rights and resolve disputes and grievances through a range of justice mechanisms. In many settings, however, it is estimated that 80-90 per cent of disputes are dealt with outside the formal courts. Women, among others, often resort to customary and informal justice systems (...
11 March, 2020
SIDE EVENT Justice for Women and Girls - From BPFA to SDGs: Moving from Commitments to Outcomes
Justice for women and girls is at the core of 2030 Agenda. It provides a foundation for more sustainable and inclusive development and is essential to the aspiration of the Beijing Platform for Action to ensure gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls everywhere...
2 March, 2020
East Africa Regional Forum - Alternative Dispute Resolution & Customary and Informal Justice: Advancing SDG16 and Pathways to Justice
IDLO, together with the Government of Kenya and the International Commission of Jurists have convened a prominent line-up of leading African lawyers and legal thought leaders to the East Africa Regional Forum in Nairobi 2-3 March 2020. The Forum is...
27 February, 2020
ROUNDTABLE PANEL: Gender-based Violence Survivors at the Core of Justice Programming
Gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls remains one of the most pressing justice challenges of our times and the most widespread violation of women’s human rights. The WHO estimates that intimate partner violence, which is the most prevalent form of gender-based violence, affects one in three women...
7 November, 2019
EVENT - Linking Peace, Justice and Development through Good Governance in the SDGs: The Role of Independent Oversight
The event will focus on the crucial role of independent oversight institutions in delivering peace and security, rule of law and justice, and good governance as envisaged in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. Highlighting the catalytic nature of SDG 16 for the wider 2030...
9 October, 2019
Join a dialogue with renowned experts and practitioners and share your thoughts and ideas on how to deliver justice for women and girls.
Issues of significance in the lives of women and girls such as family disputes, access to land and gender-based violence are often resolved by chiefs, elders, religious leaders or similar customary and informal actors because formal justice systems are...
9 August, 2019
La Organización Internacional de Derecho para el Desarrollo (IDLO) invita el público de San Pedro Sula a una exposición fotográfica que muestra el talento de un grupo de jóvenes del sector Rivera Hernández.
Cada obra revela historias de esperanza y retratos de personas que con su trabajo y actitud positiva están generando un cambio en la comunidad.
IDLO, desde un enfoque basado en el...
10 July, 2019
Searching for the Cutting Edge: Identifying Pathways to Achieving Access to Justice at the National, Regional and International Level
On the occasion of the working visit of the Chief Justices from Africa to The Hague (7 July – 11 July 2019), the African Foundation for International Law (AFIL), the Hague Project Peace and Justice, the African Institute for International Law and the...
10 July, 2019
Side event on Advancing the Role of Women in Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collective efforts to advance women’s roles in institutional and legislative reforms and policy decision-making at all levels furthers the goals of achieving strong, inclusive, and lasting economies for future generations. Panelists, each relying on evidence-based case studies, will discuss how stakeholders...
12 July, 2019
Review of SDG implementation and interrelations among goals: Discussion on SDG 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions
SDG 16 aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. The 2030 Agenda recognizes the need to build peaceful, just and inclusive...