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Initiatives and Publications which are non-country specific.

The Origins of Goal 16

The Rio+20 conference ‘set out the parameters that define sustainable development … it was defined as consisting of three pillars: economic, social, environmental.

IDLO welcomes new UN SG Antonio Guterres

IDLO offers its full support to the next United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who was sworn in this week. IDLO’s Director-General, Irene Khan, congratulated him on his appointment and praised his political and humanitarian experience which, she said, gives him ‘a unique understanding of the challenges outside and inside the UN.’

Tribute to Miriam Defensor Santiago

IDLO is saddened to learn of the passing of Miriam Defensor Santiago, former Senator of the Philippines and esteemed member of our International Advisory Council.

Ms. Santiago died on September 29 following a long battle with lung cancer; she was a major figure in Filipino politics and the first Filipino to be elected to the International Criminal Court.

Justice is the core of development

‘Development for a very long time was seen as measuring health, jobs, education etc. - the famous Millennium Development Goals. But citizens around the world were demanding something else, they were saying that development wasn’t getting to them …..

The SDGs and Prosperity for All

IDLO’s Director General, Irene Khan, will be speaking about ‘The Power of SDGs to Achieve Prosperity for All’ at a side event, during the UN General Assembly, co-hosted by the Global Action Platform, IDLO and other partners.

Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources

Participants from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean joined workshops, organized by IDLO in The Hague, Guatemala and Bali, to explore legal frameworks for implementing the Nagoya Protocol.

Leaving no women or girls behind

‘No-one left behind is of course a very ambitious endeavor but it is absolutely essential if Agenda 2030 is to be transformative,’ stressed Irene Khan, Director General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) at the first meeting of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) s

Human rights, democracy and rule of law: the role of youth

We live in a highly unfair and unsafe world and no one knows that better than young people, Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) told a high-level side event at the 32^nd session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Wi

Rule of Law - essential component of climate solution

As world leaders attend a signing ceremony at the United Nations in New York to approve the historic ‘Paris Agreement’ on climate change, IDLO highlights the crucial role the rule of law and climate justice policy issues - such as legal certainty, trans

Key Initiatives

Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project

Sound legal and policy frameworks are key enablers in ensuring effective prevention, detection, and response to Public Health Emergencies of International Concern and other public health risks. The International Health Regulations, developed in 2005, is a legally binding instrument requiring States to develop core capacities for rapid detection of and response to public health emergencies such as COVID-19.