Pioneering lawyer, pro-democracy campaigner and avid civil rights activist Hina Jilani was announced today as the recipient of the 2020 Stockholm Human Rights Award – bestowed annually by the Swedish Bar Association,the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC). Ms Jilani has always been…
ILAC recently held a professional exchange on anticorruption for over 70 Cuban legal professionals in Havana. The exchange was part of ILAC’s rule of law programme and was implemented by ILAC’s member organisation the International Bar Association (IBA), in collaboration with our…
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…
It was Dr Mark Ellis, together with other ILAC founder members, who held the vision that led to the creation of ILAC, being an organisation that could coordinate and manage the activities of legal assistance organisations to be more effective…
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.
In order for the ILAC MENA Programme to reach its’ full potential, there’s a great need for programme management. On 1 -3 February, representatives from the implementing member organisations IAWJ, RWI, ABA-ROLI, IBAHRI and CEELI Institute, met to improve the…
On Tuesday, 25 November, the 2014 Stockholm Human Rights Award will be presented to the Israeli human rights organisation B´Tselem at a ceremony in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm.
Sfax is not Tunis. Being the “capital of the south” and industrial center of Tunisia, the city, as well as its’ judiciary, plays an important role in the country. Understanding the challenges of the Tunisian judiciary, makes visiting the Sfax…
The ILAC 3-year programme “Training of Tunisian judges” aiming at training all of Tunisias’ 1800 judges is now well over mid-term and the trainings implemented by CEELI Institute and IBA, keeps receiving good reviews in the evaluations from the participating…
