On March 14, the world’s major international organizations representing the legal profession jointly sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, in support of the lawyers of Syria, reportedly being harassed, imprisoned and abused for participating in peaceful dissent or representing Syrian citizens involved in protests. Signed by fourteen international legal professional organizations, [...]
ILAC Report on Libya
January 9, 2012
From November 16-23, 2011, ILAC conducted pre-assessment mission to Libya, a combined fact-finding and training mission to Libya in the immediate aftermath of the hostilities.
ILAC Mission to Libya
December 7, 2011
From November 16-23, 2011, ILAC conducted its initial mission to Libya.
2011 Stockholm Human Rights Award
December 1, 2011
The 2011 Stockholm Human Rights Award was given to George Soros and Aryeh Neier.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in a Politically Divided World
October 22, 2011
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) in cooperation with the Commonwealth Secretariat and International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) held a high level conference to engage stakeholders, including African State Parties to the ICC, the African Union and sub-regional bodies, and human rights and justice sectors in Africa in Dialogue on the evolving regime of international criminal justice and the work of the ICC.
ILAC Delegation to South Sudan, 17-24 March
March 25, 2011
ILAC visited South Sudan on an eight day fact finding trip, 17-24 March. The purpose of the trip was to learn more about both the immediate and long term needs within the justice sector. ILAC Africa Representative, Mr. Rodger Chongwe from Zambia, traveled together with Agneta Johansson, Deputy Director of ILAC, and met with different [...]
ILAC Visits Tunisia 10-12 March
March 16, 2011
At the invitation of the Tunis Bar, a delegation from ILAC visited Tunisia 10-12 March to prepare for a possible programme of assistance to the Tunisian judicial system. The delegation consisted of Christian Åhlund from the ILAC Head Office, the President of Union Internationale des Avocats, Pascal Maurer, and Paul Simonett, who is the Middle [...]
Important ILAC Break-through in Haiti
January 18, 2011
The centerpiece of ILAC´s activities in Haiti has for a couple of years been a nation-wide legal aid programme, the SYNAL (Systeme Nationale d´Assistance Legale), which is financed and administered by ILAC, with logistical support by the UN mission in Haiti, which also seconds key staff to the ILAC Haiti office. At the end of [...]
ILAC Pictured in British Counsel Magazine
November 18, 2010
Major David Hammond and Paul Hoddinott describe the Bar Council’s of England and Wales involvement in ILAC. Download the article
UN Human Rights Commissioner wins 2010 Stockholm Human Rights Award
November 18, 2010
At a ceremony on 30 November, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem (Navi) Pillay was given the Stockholm Human Rights Award 2010 for her life-long service to the rule of law and human rights and for her role in the development of groundbreaking jurisprudence on rape as genocide. The Stockholm Human Rights [...]
ILAC Trains Court Reporters in Pilot Project
November 18, 2010
ILAC has sponsored the training of four Liberians as court reporters for the Liberian courts of records. The current process of making verbatim record in these courts is both slow and inaccurate. With funding from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ILAC has been assisting in organising this pilot project initiated by the Judicial Institute [...]
ILAC and IBAHRI calls for radical reform of Kenya’s justice system, in major report
April 20, 2010
The report documents a pressing need for judicial reform. Public confidence in the judicial system has virtually collapsed. A lack of independence in the judiciary, corruption, delays in court processes, and the costs associated with using the court system, have all served to perpetuate a widely held belief among ordinary Kenyans that formal justice is [...]
ILAC/IBA Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo
February 20, 2010
ILAC/IBA Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo ILAC and the International Bar Association sent a joint team of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo 5-18 February 2009, for an assessment of the judicial system. The mission visited the capital Kinshasa as well as the city of Kisangani in the nort-east and Lubumbashi in the [...]