Mary Robinson, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002, is announced as the 2016 recipient of the Stockholm Human Rights Award. Bestowed annually by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the International…
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ILAC is seeking a new Head of Administration
ILAC is now looking for a new Head of Administration to the secretariat in Solna, Sweden. Application with CV and cover letter to be submitted by 29 May.
New IBAHRI report calls for greater involvement of the legal profession in UN human rights mechanisms
On 17 March ILAC co-sponsered the launch of the The IBAHRI report ‘The role of the Universal Periodic Review in advancing human rights in the administration of justice’. The event took place inside the Palais des Nations, where the Human…
Transitional justice and today’s challenges – interview with Sabine Michalowski
“Transition from what to what?” Sabine Michalowski, Professor at the University of Essex and head of the Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN) is an international leading expert on Transitional Justice. But not an unreserved advocate. Instead she sees the difficulties…
ILAC chair visits Tunisia partners
Elizabeth Howe, ILAC Chair, visited Tunis together with the ILAC MENA team on 10-12 February.
Season’s greetings and a happy new year!
Dear ILAC friends, It is with mixed emotions we look back at 2015. It has truly been a difficult year during which ILAC has seen some significant changes.Some have been positive, some necessary and anticipated, others tragic.
Syrian legal NGOs take first steps to form a Consortium
On 30 November to 2 December over 30 Syrian Legal NGOs gathered in Gaziantep, Turkey, with the aim of forming a Syrian Legal Consortium. ILAC chair Elizabeth Howe and Head of Operations Per Lagerström participated in one of the sessions…
Zeid Raʿad al-Hussein received the Stockholm Human Rights Award 2015
In front of an audience of more than 1000 people from the International and Stockholm legal, political and academic communities, this year’s Stockholm Human Rights Award was delivered on 24 November to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raʿad…
ILAC and Syrian judges attending the AIJA half year conference in Istanbul
ILAC were invited by the human rights committee of AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers, to participate in a panel discussion at the AIJA half year conference in Istanbul on 18-21 November.