IDLO - International Development Law Organization

Strong Backing for Tunisia's Transition

“It takes me 50 minutes to fly to Tunis,” says Giulio Zanetti, speaking from Rome headquarters. “Compare this to Paris, which takes me 2 hours...”

IDLO States Somalia Commitment at Key Istanbul Gathering

ISTANBUL, May 31st/June 1st -- IDLO Director-General Irene Khan is taking part in a conference on the future of Somalia in Istanbul, as the organization seeks to aid progress towards a constitutional settlement in the shattered country.

First Steering Committee Meeting to Review the Legislative and Policy Environment in Pakistan with regard to the Human Rights and HIV

Islamabad, Pakistan - At the invitation of UNDP and UNAIDS Pakistan, Ms Naomi Burke-Shyne, IDLO, spoke at the First Steering Committee Meeting to Review the Legislative and Policy Environment with regard to the Human Rights and HIV in Islamabad.

Rio+20: Using law to build the future we want

As world leaders, civil society activists and private sector representatives gather for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is focusing its efforts on promoting the critical link between law and sustainable development.

Laws for the Planet: Using Law to Deliver Sustainability and Green Growth

This piece was originally published in the Huffington Post

Two-Year Study Helps African Communities Resolve Land Conflicts, Protect Rights from Land Grab

Communities that survived years of violent strife still struggle to secure permanent rights

Read the report here

H.E. Ambassador David J. Lane of USA presents his credentials to IDLO’s Director-General Irene Khan

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, David Lane, presented his diplomatic credentials to the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Irene Khan, at the organization’s headquarters in Rome.

The U.S. is the current President of the IDLO Assembly of Parties

Empowering Indigenous Peoples through Law

Indigenous communities, often unaware of their rights under law are unable to use them to their advantage. Law can help make the difference between poverty and development, between malnutrition and a dignified life. Legal empowerment – whether through national or customary law – of indigenous peoples is the key.

ASEAN Committee discusses Rule of Law issues with IDLO

Members of the ASEAN Committee in Rome, including the Ambassadors of the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia, and senior diplomats from the Embassies of Indonesia and Vietnam came to IDLO for a briefing on IDLO activities by the Director-General and senior management. The meeting, which was organized with the help of H.E.

‘Let them eat law’: The right to food, from soft consensus to hard reality

As representatives of big United Nations agencies, NGOs and the American Bar Association gather in Rome to debate the justiciability of the right to food, some may wonder if the word itself can be successfully pronounced.