At the invitation of the Tunis Bar, a delegation from ILAC visited Tunisia 10-12 March to prepare for a possible programme of assistance to the Tunisian judicial system. The delegation consisted of Christian Åhlund from the ILAC Head Office, the…
At the request of the Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jacques Paul Klein, ILAC conducted the first post-conflict assessment of the Liberian judicial system. Between 19 November – 3…
The project of establishing an independent bar in Afghanistan was initiated by ILAC in 2003. Since the start-up, the International Bar Association (IBA) has served as the project’s implementer, with economic support coming from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…
The centerpiece of ILAC´s activities in Haiti has for a couple of years been a nation-wide legal aid programme, the SYNAL (Systeme Nationale d´Assistance Legale), which is financed and administered by ILAC, with logistical support by the UN mission in…
The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. With nearly 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and…
Major David Hammond and Paul Hoddinott describe the Bar Council’s of England and Wales involvement in ILAC. Download the article
At a ceremony on 30 November, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem (Navi) Pillay was given the Stockholm Human Rights Award 2010 for her life-long service to the rule of law and human rights and for her…
ILAC has sponsored the training of four Liberians as court reporters for the Liberian courts of records. The current process of making verbatim record in these courts is both slow and inaccurate. With funding from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign…
The report documents a pressing need for judicial reform. Public confidence in the judicial system has virtually collapsed. A lack of independence in the judiciary, corruption, delays in court processes, and the costs associated with using the court system, have…
