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In 2014 a new international treaty entered into force – the Nagoya Protocol under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Protocol sets up a new global regime that aims to promote research and innovation using genetic resources and...
Kenya finds itself at an opportune moment to advance gender equality. The country’s new constitution, adopted in 2010, expanded the Bill of Rights including for the first time provisions on economic, social and cultural rights. One of the most...
Tajikistan’s enforcement framework and practice is considered to be the poorest in the region according to an assessment by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).  Non-enforcement and lengthy delays of court decisions,...
Opening IDLO’s Partnership Forum in December, President of IDLO’s Assembly of Parties, Nawaf Al-Mahamel, acknowledged that the event came at an important time for the organization with the Assembly of Parties having just approved its Strategic Plan...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PEACE FOR ALL: SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINING PEACE Workshop III: Strengthening...
This report aims to raise awareness about the role that the reform of public health laws can play...
Soda tax in Mexico. Salt limits in South Africa. Plain tobacco packaging in Australia. National health insurance in Ghana. Mandatory motorcycle helmets in Vietnam. They’re just some of the hundreds of examples of the vital role the law plays in...
Event Date
16 January, 2017
“How do we know when the rule of law works? What do we mean by justice?” opened IDLO’s Director of Research and Learning, Ilaria Bottigliero, at the expert roundtable, Critical Reflections on the 2nd Generation of Rule of Law Reform. “For IDLO, it’s...
Hawng Zawng, Deacon of Labang Baptist Church, WaingMaw Township, Kachin State "This training is very good for us because we originally come from the mountains, and we don’t have experience with and knowledge...
International law and national constitutions confirm the central role of the State in respecting, protecting and fulfilling the right to health, including through the regulation of the health sector and services, and of other sectors which affect...
Rea Abada Chiongson, Senior Gender Adviser and Nupur Prakash, Gender and Law Associate As we work towards the achievement of Agenda 2030, it is essential to recognize the mutually reinforcing nature of SDG 5 on gender equality and women’s...
Romualdo Mavedzenge – former Country Director for South Sudan IDLO has been working in South Sudan since before independence in 2011, when initial support was directed towards the National Constitutional Review Commission. The current focus of...
John Pearson, former Director of Prosecutions for the Ontario Attorney General’s Ministry in Canada, worked with IDLO supporting the Myanmar Union Attorney General’s Office. He spoke to Victoria Harrison Neves, Strategic Communications Adviser,...
IDLO and the University of Juba’s College of Law (COL) have published a collection of papers titled ‘Towards a People Centered Human Rights State in South Sudan’, initially presented by African academics and experts at a symposium held in May...
The Rio+20 conference ‘set out the parameters that define sustainable development … it was defined as consisting of three pillars: economic, social, environmental. The (post-2015) agenda … was supposed to concentrate on the inter-connectiveness...

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