Global Interest

Webinar – Customary and Informal Justice Systems: Expanding Women’s Access to Justice and Gender Equality

Rule of law key to COVID-19 recovery efforts; IDLO releases policy actions

Policy guidance published today by IDLO underlines the importance of commitment to the rule of law, participatory policymaking and investment in justice systems for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insolvency and COVID-19 – a crisis within a crisis

As countries around the world struggle to manage the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the economic fallout of the pandemic is becoming increasingly severe. Emerging economies are particularly strained by the consequences of the pandemic, given their often limited fiscal and institutional capacities.

Rule of law in the time of COVID-19

Like all other parts of public life, the administration of justice and access to legal remedies and dispute resolution have been severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The notes series ‘Rule of Law in the time of COVID-19’ provides a perspective from the field of how the justice system has been affected by the pandemic and how national justice actors are responding and adapting to the situation.