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Event Date:
7 March, 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...
Funded by the Delegation of the European Union to Mongolia, the “Child Protection Enhancement Project” (CPEP) builds on the results of its first phase of COVID-19 response programming addressing child access to justice in Mongolia. CPEP works to...
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...
Event Date:
30 November, 2022
The Assembly of Parties is IDLO's highest decision-making body. It is composed of representatives of all Member Parties, which are signatories to the Establishment Agreement of IDLO, with the regular session...
Event Date:
30 November, 2022
Justice in Crisis
November 30, 2022 - 3:00 to 4:30 pm CET | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 and online
The world is experiencing major, intersecting crises...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
High-level Segment
COP27
Sharm El Sheikh
16 November 2022
Excellencies,
It is a pleasure to address this Conference on behalf of the International Development...
Gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls is a human rights violation. It is both a cause and consequence of gender inequality. GBV is globally prevalent, takes multiple forms and affects women throughout their life cycle, irrespective of...
Event Date:
15 November, 2022
International criminal justice came into being for the purpose of curbing some of the most serious international crimes. Switzerland and Italy strongly support the principles and structures charged with implementing the...
At IDLO, we firmly believe that the causes and effects of climate change – and the actions needed to address them – are rooted in issues of justice, equity and the rule of law.
That is why, as the only global intergovernmental...