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STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
32nd Session of the Human Rights Council: annual full-day discussions on the human rights of women
June 16, 2016
Geneva
Delivered by Charlotte Horekens, Office of the...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
32nd Session of the Human Rights Council: High-Level Panel on the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Council
June 13, 2016
Geneva
Delivered by Julian...
The rule of law has often been regarded as an abstract concept in development circles, a poor second cousin to the tangible targets set by the eight Millennium Development Goals. But that changed in January 2015, with the adoption by the African...
We live in a highly unfair and unsafe world and no one knows that better than young people, Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) told a high-level side event at the 32nd session of the United Nations...
Promoting increased accountability for sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia.
In 2016, IDLO launched a two-year program in Liberia funded by the U.S. Department of State: “Promoting Increased Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based...
The Myanmar Union Attorney General H.E. U Tun Tun Oo visited the Yangon Rule of Law Centre where he met with staff and graduates from the rule of law courses and observed an ongoing ‘training of trainers’ course.
The Yangon ...
As part of IDLO's program in Benin, the Benin Association for Law Development and IDLO, with the...
“Overcoming environmental destruction is an act of justice”, said Helene Molinier, IDLO’s Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives, at the opening of Connecting the Dots Across the SDGs: Lessons in Biodiversity Mainstreaming. The workshop was...
“There is no peace and security without democratic governance and development. We need to invest in the rule of law and human rights,” opened George Mukundi Wachira, Head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, African Union (AU)...
More than 120 participants attended a three-day symposium in South Sudan, organised by the College of Law (COL) and supported by IDLO, to promote awareness of and dialogue on contemporary human rights issues. Discussions focused on the process of...
Italian and Montenegrin justice sector counterparts and government representatives discussed enhancing public access to judicial information in commercial law cases and ways to further strengthen Italian-Montenegrin legal cooperation in a roundtable...
While Tunisia has long served as a regional model of women’s rights, actual implementation of the Constitution’s provisions on women’s rights and the eradication of all forms of gender-based violence (GBV) remains a challenge. Women’s organizations...
Rates of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) remain high in Uganda due to cultural practices, continued internal displacement, and low capacity of the justice system. IDLO is working to advance accountability for SGBV crimes committed in times...
It is well recognized that discrimination against people living with HIV and affected populations (such as injecting drug users and women in the sex industry) blocks HIV prevention efforts. Discrimination discourages HIV testing and can limit access...
(Rome, Italy) June 9, 2016
Africa-wide collaboration on strengthening the rule of law will play a key role in realizing international development goals.
This was the consensus at the end of a two-day rule of law and development meeting...