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Statement by the Director-General, Jan Beagle, on World Food Day
On World Food Day, the International Development Law Organization joins the international community in calling for action for better production, better nutrition, a better...
IDLO Statement at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - Sixth Committee on Item 85 on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels
12 October 2021
New York
Delivered by Sarah Papineau, Permanent Observer...
Statement by the Director-General Jan Beagle at the 2021 Sustainable Development Festival - Italy's Commitment at the International Level for a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery
Rome, Italy
Thank you, Ms. Mumba,
Excellencies...
Event Date:
11 October, 2021
EVENT | Monday, 11 October 2021 | 17.45 - 18.45 CEST
Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 - Youth Championing a Corruption-Free Europe and Eastern-Southern Neighbourhood: A Dialogue on Opportunities to Co-produce Justice, Rule of Law and...
IDLO Statement at the 3rd Meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group
Rome, Italy
Delivered by Liliana De Marco, Director of External Relations and Partnerships, IDLO
It is a pleasure to take the floor on behalf of the...
Event Date:
6 October, 2021
EVENT | Wednesday, 6 October 2021 | 2:00 - 3:00 pm CEST
Reducing Climate-driven Instability and Conflict Over Land and Natural Resources: What Role for Customary and Informal Justice Actors?
Observable patterns of climate change already result...
Event Date:
16 September, 2021
EVENT | Thursday, 16 September 2021 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm CEST
The Rule of Law and Food Systems Transformation in the Sahel: Addressing the Conflict-Climate-Food-Security Nexus
How gaps in the rule of law and governance in the Sahel region are...
Statement by the Director-General Jan Beagle at the Pre-COP 26 All4Climate side event "A Rule of Law Approach to Accelerating Climate Action"
Distinguished guests, colleagues and friends.
Thank you for joining us today for...
Event Date:
9 September, 2021
EVENT | Thursday, 9 September 2021 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm CEST
A Rule of Law Approach to Accelerating Climate Action
Climate change and the loss of biodiversity are exacerbating inequality, hampering sustainable development, and threatening the...
Event Date:
31 August, 2021
Tuesday, 31 August 2021 | 9:00 – 13:00 CEST
Regional Practitioner Dialogue: Community Paralegals, Customary and Informal Justice Systems, and New Pathways to People-Centred Justice
By one estimate, informal actors such as customary leaders...
Community Paralegals and Customary and Informal Justice explores how community-based paralegals and other legal aid providers can strengthen the accessibility and inclusiveness of customary and informal justice (CIJ) systems. It brings together leading-edge research and the grounded experience of IDLO programs in several sub-Saharan African countries to address:
the key functions of community-based paralegals in contexts of legal pluralism, including paralegal support for women and...
Justice For Women And Girls: A Transformative Approach To Women’s Empowerment
Written Contribution to the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women's Empowerment
IDLO welcomes the focus of the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment, the...
Statement by the Director-General, Jan Beagle, on World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Trafficking in persons is a severe human rights violation that undermines human dignity and threatens international peace and security. By exacerbating...
IDLO’s Annual Report for 2020 offers a tangible demonstration of how its work contributed to global COVID-19 response and recovery efforts over the past year. Throughout the crisis, IDLO offices around the world remained operational, pivoting quickly to support our partners to respond to the unprecedented range of legal and justice challenges presented by the pandemic.
The events of 2020 have reinforced the relevance of IDLO’s mandate to promote the rule of law to advance peace and...