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While Mongolia enjoys a reasonably good overall human rights record, the picture is somewhat bleaker when it comes to domestic violence; and despite a number of recent, positive regulatory and judicial steps aimed...
Myanmar's third Rule of Law Centre, a joint UNDP-IDLO initiative, has opened in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State. The Centre will promote knowledge of the law, as well as training in skills and values...
In their efforts to consolidate national rather than local identities, African countries have historically privileged highly centralized models of governance. In recent years in Kenya, however, a consensus has grown that this model is no longer...
A publication that examines the critical role of the judiciary in the devolution process in Kenya...
A Comparative Justice workshop held at IDLO's Branch Office in The Hague in December 2015 offered a chance to debate recent developments in legal aid services and access to justice in the host country, the Netherlands, in Indonesia ...
Event Date
10 December, 2015
A workshop is taking place at IDLO's Branch Office in The Hague to debate recent developments in legal aid services and access to justice in the host country, the Netherlands, in Indonesia and elsewhere. Held on Thursday 10 and Friday 11...
Event Date
10 December, 2015
Tanzania's first national Rule of Law Stakeholders' Forum, organized by IDLO, is taking place in Dar es Salaam on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December. IDLO's Enid Muthoni has described the event as "an opportunity...
"The issue of justice for children is critical in this volatile region," IDLO's Dr. Faustina Pereira told participants to a Middle East and North Africa-themed gathering hosted by the World Bank. The IDLO-moderated event,...
With a view to replacing a culture of violence in Honduras with one of legality, IDLO has outlined a program to reduce violent acts and homicides through better access to justice. Work, carried out in partnership with national institutions and civil...
The Somali Ministry of Justice and IDLO have agreed to work together on reforming Somalia's Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IDLO undertakes to provide technical support, while ensuring that...
Honduras, Mongolia and Pakistan have formally joined IDLO, taking the number of Member Parties to 30. The three countries were unanimously welcomed as IDLO Members at the organization's Assembly of Parties, currently underway at the...
Event Date
25 November, 2015
People living with HIV and HIV legal experts from around the world are to convene in Harare, Zimbabwe, later this month for the 3rd Inter-regional Consultation on HIV-related legal services and rights, organised by...
It is only 25 years ago that Mali initiated its transition from dictatorship to a more inclusive democracy and a more equal society. In many ways it is, therefore, no great surprise that the country has not been able to either transcend personalised...
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“Laws do not magically enforce themselves: for them to effectively protect women, they must be known and implemented.” The words of Tooba Mayel, Gender Justice Advisor at IDLO’s Afghanistan Program, sum up much of...