We identify justice problems
Our rule of law and justice sector assessments provide independent and specific recommendations on how legal institutions can uphold the rule of law and ensure people’s access to justice. We assess if the justice system is able to deliver on these fundamental principles in practice.
With a broad membership of legal professionals, we work together with national partners to identify specific challenges to the country we assess. In that way, we are able to match specific expertise to a specific justice need and context.
We engage with judges, lawyers and prosecutors as colleagues, working together to change mindsets and to improve how national partners respond to specific justice needs.
Together, we are interested in how it really works: Can lawyers defend? Can judges judge impartially? Can the state lose in court? Can you buy justice?
Latest news
Guatemala and Covid-19 – Justice Postponed
Blog piece by Lauren McIntosh, ILAC and Jaime Chávez Alor, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Guatemala is just one of the slew of countries like Brazil, Nicaragua and Hungary that was already…
New ILAC Report on Guatemala’s Justice Sector: “A Window of Opportunity”
Stockholm, Sweden (31 March, 2020) – The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) has released a new rule of law assessment report, “A Window of Opportunity: Support to the Rule of Law in Guatemala”. The report examines the state of Guatemala’s justice sector after…
New ILAC Assessment Report: Still Looking for Justice in Liberia
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…
Publications
Justicia en el tiempo de COVID-19: Desafíos del Poder Judicial en América Latina y el Caribe
Informe de ILAC 2020
Justice in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges to the Judiciary in Latin America & the Caribbean
ILAC Report 2020
Una Ventana de Oportunidad: Apoyo al Estado de Derecho en Guatemala
Informe de la Evaluación de ILAC sobre el Estado de Derecho – 2020