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Strengthening Justice during COVID-19
March 26, 2020
Vanessa Passos
“Rule of Law Washing” and the Sustainable Development Goals
December 17, 2019
ILAC Policy brief #4 At the recent UN summit in New York, countries made a pledge for renewed efforts to strengthen their work to push on and build on the initial progress of lead countries’ progress on SDG 16. Different…
Over 250 Cuban lawyers Receive ILAC-IBA Diploma in International Commercial Law
November 29, 2019
More than 250 Cuban lawyers received a diploma in international commercial law at a graduation ceremony at the University of Havana on 15 November. ILAC has coordinated the international commercial law course since 2016. The course is implemented by the International…
David Miliband Receives 2019 Stockholm Human Rights Award
November 22, 2019
David Miliband and the global humanitarian aid and development organisation that he heads, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), received the 11th Stockholm Human Rights Award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday 4 November 2019. Bestowed annually by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) and…
Closing Space for Judges in Palestine
October 23, 2019
ILAC Policy Brief #3 The Palestinian court system is subjected to rapid changes that risk causing irreparable damage to the rule of law and access to justice. An independent judiciary is one of the three branches of government and an…
Judicial Nominations in Guatemala: Pockets of Resistance in a Closing Space
October 11, 2019
A lot is at stake with the ongoing judicial nominations in Guatemala considering so much ground has already been lost for the rule of law. Guatemala’s Congress was slated to elect an entirely new judiciary in mid-October of this year.…
New ILAC Assessment Report: Still Looking for Justice in Liberia
October 7, 2019
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) today released a new report entitled Still Looking for Justice: Customary Law, the Courts and Access to Justice in Liberia. In its report, ILAC examines the role of justice providers in Liberia. Under the country’s…
Beyond the ballot-box … Populism and polarisation
October 4, 2019
Blog piece by Ulrika Nilsson On the 15thSeptember Tunisians took to the polls in their second free and fair Presidential election since the revolution in 2011. Just as earlier polls had indicated, the vote came out in favour of two populist…
World Justice Project Becomes Newest Member Organisation of ILAC
October 3, 2019
ILAC is pleased to welcome the World Justice Project as one of our rule of law member organisations. Represented by Joel Martinez, Engagement Director of the World Justice Project’s, the organisation was elected to join ILAC at our 2019 Annual General Meeting,…