Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, events, conferences, meetings and expert discussions have largely moved online. The ‘new normal’ of online work will likely last for a significant period of time, with some suggesting a recovery might take multiple years.…
PILPG: COVID-19 and International Institutional Cooperation
“The COVID-19 pandemic, has stirred some heated debate amongst states over the manner in which the crisis is being handled. Heads of states have blamed their counterparts for not taking adequate steps to restrict the virus and for not revealing…
Protecting the Independence of Guatemala’s Judiciary
Public Webinar via Zoom, Thursday 24 September at 15:00 CEST. Guatemala’s independent and impartial judges have faced an increase in threats to their professional integrity and personal safety since the closing of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). The indepdendent judges…
Protección de la Independencia del Poder Judicial de Guatemala
Seminario Web público vía Zoom, Jueves 24 de septiembre de 2020 a las 7:00AM GMT/UTC. Los jueces independientes e imparciales de Guatemala han enfrentado un aumento en las amenazas a su integridad profesional y seguridad personal desde el cierre de…
IBJ’s Response – Stories from the Field
The country programmes of ILAC’s member International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) are on the frontlines of providing access to justice during the COVID-19 pandemic. This time has been a source of significant programmatic incubation, and IBJ has been partnering with ministries,…
IBJ: Defender Toolkit for Defence Attorneys
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deleterious effect it has had on prisoners and detainees, ILAC member International Bridges to Justice (IBJ), based in Geneva, quickly responded by creating a toolkit for defence attorneys around the world on…
IBJ: Suggested Guidelines for Government Entities Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Responding to an urgent need for leadership in the face of the dire challenges confronting all areas of criminal justice systems worldwide, ILAC member International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) has frequently convened its global community and subsequently formulated a three-pronged…
RWI: COVID-19 Effects on Fundamental Rights – a Blog Series
ILAC’s member, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), has initiated a blog series in which RWI researchers and experts from the organisation’s network highlight and investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental human rights worldwide. …
WJP: The Twin Crises of Public Health and the Rule of Law: A World Justice Project Initiative on Rebuilding Healthy Societies
The World Justice Project is launching a multidisciplinary initiative to expand knowledge of the relationship between public health and the rule of law, and to identify measures to tackle the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rule of…