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The Italian government and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) marked the launch of a new initiative of investment advisory support to the least developed countries (LDCs) with an event organized on the sidelines of...
Event Date
26 May, 2016
African policymakers, government officials, legal experts and civil society leaders will meet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from June 1-2 to discuss the rule of law as a driver for sustainable development on the continent.
Africa is a...
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
World Humanitarian Summit
Plenary
May 24, 2016
Istanbul, Turkey
Delivered by Irene Khan, Director General, IDLO. Video available for viewing below.
Mr. Chairperson...
Terrorism trials in Somalia have overwhelmingly been conducted in military courts under military laws that do not afford rights to the accused as enshrined in international human rights law or the Somali Provisional Constitution. Recognizing the...
More than 9,000 participants, including more than 50 Heads of State, joined the first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), called by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to demonstrate solidarity in the face of the ‘highest level...
Event Date
24 May, 2016
CONNECTING THE DOTS ACROSS THE SDGS - Lessons learned from biodiversity mainstreaming
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development brings together a range of environmental sustainability goals previously addressed across several agendas. This...
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,...