Publications
31 July, 2017
This report was presented to the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - Sida, in recognition of the completion of IDLO's successful Strategic Plan 2013 - 2016.
Using a combination of independent evaluations and internal analysis, this...
4 May, 2017
The Lessons Learned Brief, Avoiding Violence and Enhancing Legitimacy: Judicial Preparedness for Handling Electoral Disputes in Kenya and Beyond presents lessons on electoral dispute preparation (EDP) and electoral dispute resolution (EDR) programming, drawing from IDLO’s...
6 March, 2017
IDLO’s report provides an overview of the relationship between gender equality, food security and the rule of law.
It examines a number of the key challenges that affect women’s food security and land rights - inadequate laws and policies, implementation failures and barriers...
16 January, 2017
This report aims to raise awareness about the role that the reform of public health laws can play in advancing the right to health and in creating the conditions for people to live healthy lives. By encouraging a better understanding of how public health law can be used to...
6 December, 2016
An overview of IDLO's achievements in 2016, when reflecting on the organization's key focus areas of: institutional and legal reform; access to justice; legal solutions for sustainable development and economic opportunity; and policy and thought leadership.
6 December, 2016
IDLO and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania co-hosted a Pan-African conference in Dar es Salaam on June 1, 2016, which focused on the theme ‘Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063: The Rule of Law as a Driver of Africa’s Sustainable Development’. The two-day...
25 November, 2016
IDLO enables governments and empowers people to reform laws and strengthen institutions to promote peace, justice, sustainable development and economic opportunity. We contribute to creating stable and inclusive societies where every person can live free from fear and want, in...
8 November, 2016
Aligning freedom of religion or belief policies with international human rights standards often involves a difficult balancing act among rights, and likewise between religious traditions and national security.
These and other complex issues are surveyed in Freedom of Religion...
29 June, 2016
As part of IDLO's program in Benin, the Benin Association for Law Development and IDLO, with the support of UNAIDS and OFID (the funding partner), developed the booklet: “Human rights protections in the law related to HIV and AIDS in Benin”.
The booklet acts as a law guide for...
26 February, 2016
This Book documents the emerging electoral jurisprudence and electoral dispute resolution mechanisms under the new regime prescribed in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (CoK). The Chapters herein are informed by various aspects that came to play during the settlement of electoral...
16 December, 2015
A publication that examines the critical role of the judiciary in the devolution process in Kenya and the ongoing transformation of the country.
The new constitution of 2010 brought in a devolved governance system in Kenya, comprising of a national government and 47 county...
1 November, 2015
Having noticed the high incidences of sexual violence in recent times, the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh (NHRC-BD) in 2015 published a Study Report titled, 'A Critical Appraisal of Laws Relating to Sexual Offences in Bangladesh' (hereinafter 'the Study') jointly...
7 October, 2015
IDLO enables governments and empowers people to reform laws and strengthen institutions to promote peace, justice, sustainable development and economic opportunity.
We contribute to creating stable and inclusive societies where every person can live free from fear and want, in...
30 September, 2015
IDLO’s study Realizing the Right to Food: Legal Strategies and Approaches has been developed as a practical and substantive resource on using litigation as a means to advance the realization of the right to food.
The study is divided into three main sections, exploring how the...
4 May, 2015
Every day, millions of children in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia region have their rights violated. They are denied access to school, health care and social benefits, unduly separated from their families, and affected by exploitation, abuse and violence in...