ILAC congratulates the members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet on their receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015. For ILAC, the role played in the Quartet by the Tunisian Bar Association (ONAT, Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie) has…
On 24 September a historic breakthrough was announced in the negotiations to end the long-running civil conflict with the leftist FARC insurgency in Colombia.
ILAC is happy to announce Sélim BEN ABDESSELEM’s recruitment as Senior Legal Advisor for ILAC in Tunisia. He will start his functions in November 2015.
ILAC is delighted to announce that Hanna Johnsson joined the ILAC team this August as Programme Director.
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan is announced as the recipient of the 2015 Stockholm Human Rights Award in recognition of his work in the pursuit of advancing international justice and for strengthening respect for human rights.
When the Tunisian revolution took place in early 2011, the people demanded – and expected – an end to corruption. But the fight against corruption is a long term struggle where the mindset of the people in a corrupt society…
Within the ILAC Syria Program there are now four different documentation centers in operation inside Syria, giving ordinary citizens the access to certificates on births, deaths, marriages, etc. Exactly the kind of documentation needed in order to establish a justice system based…
The ILAC Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Helsinki on 24-25 April was a intense and fruitful meeting with workshops, seminars and important discussion for future Rule of Law work.
On 25 April, Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel at the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), was elected as the new chairperson of the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) at the consortium’s Annual General Meeting in Helsinki.
