Global Interest
In many parts of the world, the past year has been marked by flagrant disregard for the rule of law – from mass killings of civilians and deliberate displays of cruelty to horrific violence and discrimination against women and girls, unfair trials and gross miscarriages of justice. Widespread corruption robbed citizens of resources, agency and dignity.
"Experience shows that there can be no gender equality unless women can access justice and dispense justice," IDLO Director of External Relations Judit Arenas has said at the launch of the GQUAL campaign for gender parity in international bodies.
More than twenty international law and global health experts have adopted a consensus statement on responses to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the end of an expert meeting in The Hague.
Realizing the Right to Food: Legal Strategies and Approaches
Alongside the University of Pennsylvania Law School, IDLO organized a panel discussion under the theme 'Leaving no one behind: The rule of law as a force for delivering an integrated people-centered development agenda' at the United Nations in New Yor
“The time is ripe to move from the ‘what’ – what we must do to realize sustainable development - to the how,’ IDLO Director-General Irene Khan said at an IDLO event on ‘
by Monica Martinez, IDLO Rule of Law specialist
“What differentiates the rule of law from rule by law is human rights,” IDLO Director-General Irene Khan has said at a roundtable discussion in Geneva.
In an address to IDLO staff in Rome, Albie Sachs, formerly of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, shared memories from a lifetime spent defending freedom – first as an exiled member of the African National Congress (ANC)
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