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28 November, 2023
The Assembly of Parties is IDLO's highest decision-making body. It is composed of representatives of all Member Parties, which are signatories to the Establishment Agreement of IDLO, with the regular session...
Statement by International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Room XX, Palais des Nations
September 27, 2023
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Vice-President,...
Statement by International Development Law Organization (IDLO), delivered by Henk-Jan Brinkman, Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York
Thursday, 21 September 2023
Excellencies,
It is a pleasure to address you on...
United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Statement by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
New York
United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response with the overall...
Public health emergencies (PHEs) require a prompt and effective response at all levels: local, national, regional and global. To support timely and effective action, countries must be prepared well in advance, including legally, to ensure that systems for preventing, managing and responding to PHEs are in place and well-functioning.
The rule of law provides guidance and tools to strengthen States’ legal preparedness for PHEs. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, IDLO has supported...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
SDG Summit Leaders’ Dialogues
Leaders’ Dialogue 4: “Strengthening integrated policies and public institutions for achieving the SDGs”
New York, 18 September 2023
As...
Globally, most people do not resort to formal justice systems to address their justice problems. Rather, they rely on diverse pathways to justice often referred to collectively as “customary and informal justice” (CIJ). Delivering people-centred justice for all in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16 (peaceful, just, and inclusive societies) and related targets requires governments, development partners, and civil society to engage with the empirical reality of CIJ and factor this into...
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
Thursday, 14 September 2023
I am delighted to join this conversation of partners around our joint commitment to dismantle discrimination in law and in practice, as embodied in the Strategy...
The continued challenges Mongolia faces in implementing its anti-corruption reforms demonstrate a clear need for improvement in the immediate detection of corruption cases and stronger international cooperation and mutual legal assistance in...