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Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
General Discussion
New York, 13 March 2023
Madam Chair,
As we have continued our efforts towards advancing...
Statement by the International Development Law Organization
52nd session of the Human Rights Council
Interactive Dialogue with David Boyd, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
10 March 2023
Thank you...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
LDC5
5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
Doha, 8 March 2023
Mr. President,
Madam High Representative,
Excellencies,
Distinguished...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
International Women’s Day
8 March 2023
On this International Women’s Day (IWD), IDLO celebrates women and girls in all their diversity, and recognizes their fundamental role in the...
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 6 to 17 March 2023.
Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the...
As a driver of inclusive economic development, the rule of law enables the design and implementation of legal and policy frameworks that are fair, transparent, coherent, and supported by predictable enforcement mechanisms.
International Investment Agreements (IIAs) are a key policy tool to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a source of financing for development. However, they entail significant risks for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to their traditionally unbalanced...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
High-Level Segment
27th February 2023
Mr. President,
Mr. High Commissioner,
Excellencies,
It is a pleasure to address this Council on behalf of the...
Event Date:
14 mars, 2023
Side Event organized by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) with the support of the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations and in collaboration with the International Association of Women Judges and the American Bar...
Event Date:
13 mars, 2023
Side event organized by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Global Women’s Institute (GWI) with the support of the U.S. Department of State, the Government of the Netherlands, and the Government of the Philippines on the...
Event Date:
7 mars, 2023
PSF Room 2, Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha Qatar
7 March 2023, 17:15 – 18:45 AST
The world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are in a race against time to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The Fifth United...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
2020 UN Biodiversity Conference
High Level Segment
15-17 December 2022
Montreal, Canada
Excellencies, It is a pleasure to address this Conference on behalf of...
Laws that discriminate against women and girls drive the systemic denial of their human rights and block their advancement and empowerment. They prevent women and girls from accessing resources, opportunities and rights. When women and girls can live free from discrimination, with laws that protect their human rights, they realize their full potential and society benefits as a whole.
In support of the ‘Equality in Law for Women and Girls By 2030: A Multi-Stakeholder Strategy for Accelerated...
More than 4.3 million people are stateless—that is, they are not recognized as a national by any country. Stateless people are often denied access to education, health care, employment, property ownership, freedom of movement, and political participation, and they are at a heightened risk of abuse and exploitation. The very existence of statelessness is at odds with the aspirations of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and the reduction of statelessness is vital to delivering sustainable...
The report Survivor-Centred Justice for Gender-Based Violence in Complex Situations is the result of new research conducted by IDLO, in partnership with the Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University, in six countries across the globe with the aim to identify approaches that centre survivors in all efforts to address gender-based violence (GBV) in complex situations.
The report is informed by country case studies in Afghanistan, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, the...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2022
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it is more important than...