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IDLO Speaks on Lampedusa Tragedy

ROME, October 4, 2013 – “The loss of life in the waters off Lampedusa underscores the tragic globalization of human misery.” IDLO Director-General Irene Khan said as Italy observed a day of mourning.

Assisting Yemen’s Steps Toward Successful Nationhood

Following on from its engagement with Afghanistan, and its more recent one with Somalia and South Sudan, IDLO is stepping up its commitment to fragile states by providing assistance to Yemen. The nation, which has only recently emerged from authoritarian rule, has embarked on a reform experiment known as the National Dialogue Conference.

Notorious Rio district in line for civic empowerment

As Rio de Janeiro is busy preparing for the upcoming World Cup and Olympic games, a team of IDLO experts is visiting the Brazilian city to work on a project to improve access to justice for some of its most impoverished inhabitants.

La Directora General de IDLO participa en la “Primera Cumbre Agentes de Cambio - Un millón de jóvenes por México”

Dirigiéndose a una platea de jóvenes procedentes de todo México, la Directora General de IDLO, Irene Khan, habló de la relación entre el estado de derecho, la justicia, los derechos humanos y la seguridad.

IDLO DG Urges Rights-Conscious Response to Philippines Typhoon

"As evidence mounts of thousands of lives lost and many more wrecked in the Philippine typhoon, our thoughts and most heartfelt sympathy go out to the victims," IDLO Director-General Irene Khan has said.

IDLO to Showcase Rule of Law at Warsaw Climate Conference

As the Philippines counts the cost of a devastating typhoon, delegates from 195 countries are meeting in the Polish capital, alongside NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, academics and civic groups, for the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change The race is on to reach a new international accord for cuts and adaptation to green

IDLO-Backed House of Rights Opens in Rio

Cidade de Deus, Rio’s deprived neighborhood made famous by the eponymous 2002 film, is about to host Brazil’s first “House of Rights” (Casa de Direitos).

Statement at the Human Rights Council Forum on Minority Issues Sixth Session

November 26, 2013

Geneva

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Madam Chair,

Distinguished Forum members,

Excellences,

IDLO's Annual Assembly Marked by Spirited Debates

“Italy is actively engaged in the global effort to advance the rule of law and strongly supports IDLO, whose contribution to this effort is its very raison d’être,” Italian Minister for Integration Cécile Kyenge said. She was speaking at IDLO’s Assembly of Parties, on November 26.

IDLO Signs Seat Agreement for Branch Office in The Hague

THE HAGUE – Lilianne Ploumen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), signed the Seat Agreement for the establishment of a Branch Office of IDLO in The Hague.