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Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
Elimination of discriminatory laws: Accelerating action for gender equality
Zoom Webinar
Thursday, 10 March 2022
I am pleased to open today’s event on Eliminating Discriminatory...
Equality in law is crucial for gender equality. Laws and policies shape the realities of women and girls in all aspects of life and in all parts of society. Just laws can be instruments to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of women and girls, contributing to just and inclusive societies, where no woman or girl is left behind. However, laws can also deny rights to women and girls and hinder the realization of a just and equal society.
IDLO and...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
International Women’s Day
8 March 2022
This International Women’s Day, IDLO joins our partners in celebrating the lives of women and girls around the world, and in highlighting this...
Remarks at the Human Rights Council Urgent Debate on the Situation in Ukraine by Mark Cassayre, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Permanent Observer to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva
March 3...
Event Date:
10 March, 2022
WEBINAR | 10 March 2022 | 14:00 – 15:30 Rome | 8:00 – 9:30 New York
ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS: ACCELERATING ACTION FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Equality in law is crucial to gender equality. Laws can...
Investment Support Programme for Least Developed Countries (ISP/LDC) provides technical and legal assistance, as well as complementary capacity building to LDC governments and private sector entities on investment-related matters, including negotiations and dispute settlement. Assistance under ISP/LDCs is provided at no cost to the beneficiaries, by harnessing the expertise of lawyers and experts working on a “pro bono” or reduced fee basis. ISP/LDCs was developed by IDLO in cooperation with...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
49th session of the Human Rights Council
High-Level Segment
1 March 2022
Geneva
Mr. President,
Distinguished Delegates,
I have the privilege of...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
25 February 2022
United Nations General Assembly
Mr. President,
I am pleased to address this High-Level Debate on Galvanizing Momentum for Universal Vaccination.
The unprecedented speed...
The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022. Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, CSW66 will take place in a hybrid format. All side events and parallel events will...
Event Date:
16 March, 2022
WEBINAR | 16 March 2022 | 14:00 – 15:30 Rome | 9:00 – 10:30 New York
Feminist Climate Action and the Rule of Law
Women and girls are key to strengthening...
Statement of the International Development Law Organization
14 February 2022
New York
Delivered by Sarah Papineau, Permanent Observer a.i., IDLO
Mr. President,
I am pleased to join today’s consultation on...
Dear friends,
As we come to the end of 2021, I wanted to share some reflections from what has been a challenging but eventful year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new and worrying phase of unequal recovery, made worse by severe vaccine...
Ministers,
Excellencies,
Colleagues and friends,
On behalf of the International Development Law Organization, the only global intergovernmental organisation exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law to advance peace and sustainable...
Statement by the Director-General Jan Beagle on United Nations Convention Against Corruption Conference of States Parties
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
17 December 2021
Mr. President,
Madame Executive Director,
Excellencies,
It...
Survivor-centered Justice: Why Is It Essential for Ending Gender-based Violence?
Published by the Global Women’s Institute in collaboration with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
As researchers, advocates, and practitioners...