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The Somali Ministry of Justice and IDLO have agreed to work together on reforming Somalia's Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IDLO undertakes to provide technical support, while ensuring that...
Honduras, Mongolia and Pakistan have formally joined IDLO, taking the number of Member Parties to 30. The three countries were unanimously welcomed as IDLO Members at the organization's Assembly of Parties, currently underway at the...
Event Date
25 novembre, 2015
People living with HIV and HIV legal experts from around the world are to convene in Harare, Zimbabwe, later this month for the 3rd Inter-regional Consultation on HIV-related legal services and rights, organised by...
It is only 25 years ago that Mali initiated its transition from dictatorship to a more inclusive democracy and a more equal society. In many ways it is, therefore, no great surprise that the country has not been able to either transcend personalised...
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“Laws do not magically enforce themselves: for them to effectively protect women, they must be known and implemented.” The words of Tooba Mayel, Gender Justice Advisor at IDLO’s Afghanistan Program, sum up much of...
Reforming the judicial system in transition countries is one – crucial – task. Another involves equipping the system with appropriate tools for transnational co-operation. What in other sectors might be described as ‘interoperability’ is...
Event Date
14 octobre, 2015
IDLO Photo Exhibition on justice and the new development agenda opens in New York at UN Headquarters
Sponsored by IDLO with Majority World – a platform for photojournalists from developing countries who seek diverse and authentic narratives from...
Having noticed the high incidences of sexual violence in recent times, the National Human Rights...
“IDLO will help provide the local community with the legal knowledge and skills needed to apply rule of law principles, such as equality and fairness, to local justice issues important to people in Myitkyina," Kartik Sharma, IDLO’s Country...
Paraguay’s first ‘House of Justice’ has opened in the north-eastern department of Concepción -- the first step in a national effort to provide free legal services and easy-access dispute resolution to vulnerable communities...
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As access to justice gains prominence as one of the pillars of Sustainable Development Goal 16, IDLO’s work in Latin America has echoed widely in international fora, including the 10th Meeting of Ministers of...
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The recently-approved 2030 Development Agenda established the empowerment of those who are vulnerable, including people with HIV/AIDS, as one of its guiding principles. It also sets the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
THE SIXTH COMMITTEE OF THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: AGENDA ITEM 85: THE RULE OF LAW AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
October 16, 2015...
In 2015, IDLO and Majority World launched an international photography exhibition about justice, the rule of law and sustainable development called 'In Focus: Justice and the Post-2015 Agenda'.
Click here to visit the In Focus: Justice...
A road trip through south~central Somalia offers a chance to observe some of the country's developmental assets and vulnerabilities.
Find out more about our work in Somalia.
All photos by Oskar Lehner