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Supporting LDCs on their path towards graduation

The Italian government and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) marked the launch of a new initiative of investment advisory support to the least developed countries (LDCs) with an event organized on the sidelines of the Midterm Review conference for the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries, which

Tanzania to host IDLO Africa rule of law for sustainable development conference

African policymakers, government officials, legal experts and civil society leaders will meet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from June 1-2 to discuss the rule of law as a driver for sustainable development on the continent.

Professor Yunus links rule of law and poverty eradication

Rome – “The underlying issues that the poor face in the finance sector can teach us valuable lessons for the justice sector: in many places, the law serves only the people who can afford it,” said Professor Muhammad Yunus, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering work on microcredit and women’s empowerment.

Membership to the International Aid Transparency Initiative

IDLO is pleased to announce its membership to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), a voluntary, multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the transparency of aid, development, and humanitarian resources.

IDLO + Milan Center collaborate on Food Law

IDLO has signed a cooperation agreement with the Milan Center for Food Law and Policy, establishing a firm basis for collaboration between the two organizations on legal issues relating to food, nutrition and agriculture. Opportunities being explored include joint res

IDLO at World Bank Fragility Forum 2016

IDLO gathered with representatives from the World Bank, development actors and think tanks in the field of security & justice reform to participate in a round table discussion at the World Bank’s Fragility Forum 2016 in Washington, DC.

CSW60: Achieving Gender Parity

Representatives from government, civil society and the private sector gathered in New York at the United Nations to discuss the importance of promoting equal participation of women in international positions of authority to promote sustainable development.

IDLO mourns Filipino lawyer Tadiar

IDLO mourns the loss of Professor Alfredo Flores Tadiar who was the former Chair of IDLO’s Board of Advisers. On December 3, 2015, Prof. Tadiar sadly passed from a brain stem infarct.

IWD2016: International Agencies commit to Gender Equality

ROME - Leaders of international organizations based in Rome today gathered to highlight the achievements and the real prospects for achieving gender equality. The speakers all agreed accelerating the empowerment of women everywhere is fundamental to achieving a zero hunger world and reaching the world’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Key Initiatives

Global RECAP: Capacity building to prevent NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes represent a major challenge for sustainable development and the achievement of Agenda 2030. They hamper social and economic development, increase inequalities, and perpetuate poverty. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year NCDs contribute to the deaths of 17 million people under the age of 70, with 86% of these premature deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
Capacity building programme to support the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

The entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol in 2014 represented a major milestone in the global commitment to promote access and benefit sharing (ABS) of the use of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way. As of August 2017, 100 Parties in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) had ratified the Nagoya Protocol, and many now need to adopt national measures to operationalize it at the domestic level.