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STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
AFRICA AND THE RULE OF LAW
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
May 18, 2016
Rome
Delivered by Irene Khan, Director-General, IDLO
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Event Date
24 May, 2016
To promote greater awareness and dialogue on contemporary human rights issues in South Sudan, the College of Law (COL) at the University of Juba in South Sudan, supported by IDLO, will host a three-day Symposium, providing a platform for academic...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
14TH SESSION OF THE UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
Agenda item 4: Implementation of the six mandated areas of...
Event Date
11 May, 2016
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...
Hossam Helal is an Egyptian judge, who has worked with IDLO in Afghanistan since 2005 in many roles, including Acting Chief of Party and Head of Training for JTTP.
'When I first arrived in Afghanistan ten years ago to lead a course on commercial...
The protracted civil war and the weak state control over territory in Somalia has enabled new criminal activities to take hold, including illegal checkpoints, maritime piracy, cybercrimes, money laundering and counterfeiting, human trafficking,...
While showing steady progress, the formal justice system in Somalia remains fragile. Somalis continue to use traditional dispute resolution (TDR) mechanisms to resolve conflicts in their communities due to their physical accessibility, low cost and...
After 20 years of civil war, Somalia remains in the grip of a major human security crisis, with violence and widespread poverty. To address the justice needs of the people of Somalia, particularly members of vulnerable groups, IDLO is working to...
The Constitution of Kenya, adopted in 2010, made way for a new governance system composed of a national government and 47 county governments. Most of the assistance provided to the county governments has been focused on technical support. However,...
After the brutal rape of a young woman in New Delhi in 2012, the issue of violence against women in India was thrust into the spotlight. The intensity of the national outcry in the aftermath led to the establishment of the Verna Committee, a...
As world leaders attend a signing ceremony at the United Nations in New York to approve the historic ‘Paris Agreement’ on climate change, IDLO highlights the crucial role the rule of law and climate justice policy issues -...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
PLENARY SESSION
HIGH-LEVEL THEMATIC DEBATE ON ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
21 April 2016
United Nations, New York
Delivered by Patrizio...
In a recent survey, less than 30% of Somalis said that they would resort to the formal justice system in their country to resolve a dispute. As is the case with informal justice systems in many countries, elders in Somalia are often seen to dispense...
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 looks...
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,...