Land lies at the heart of people’s livelihoods, identity and security.
Secure land tenure is fundamental to inclusive and sustainable growth, while the denial of it — resulting in dispossession and impoverishment — remains a major driver of instability and conflict.
Advancing...
This report highlights how laws, policies, institutions, and budgets are all connected and play an important role in justice for women.
Representing the third in a series, this report embarks upon this global desk review examining how much public financing is being...
In 2024, IDLO continued to stand with its partners in navigating an increasingly complex global landscape.
From supporting justice seekers in fragile and conflict-affected settings to strengthening institutions and promoting inclusive legal reforms, this annual report captures...
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Philippine Commission of Women (PCW), conducted a legal assessment of climate and environmental laws...
This year marks IDLO’s 40th anniversary. The organization has evolved from a judicial training institute to the only global intergovernmental organization exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law to advance peace and sustainable development. With 38 Member Parties, and...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and nutrition continues to constitute a global emergency. The pandemic pushed global food commodity prices to a ten-year high, impacting people and communities that were already vulnerable and negatively affecting food...
Somalia’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centres promote access to justice by providing a platform for the settlement of disputes using statutory or customary law. This is a proven approach to enhancing community justice and building a more peaceful and inclusive society...
Equality in law is crucial to achieving gender equality and influencing multiple development outcomes. It can sustain efforts towards just, peaceful and inclusive societies; environmental and climate justice; equal participation in decision-making at all levels; universal access...
Corruption, with its inherently corrosive effect on societies, poses a significant challenge to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its commitment to "leave no one behind". Its profound negative impact on the rule of law, good governance, and human...
SDG 16 as a compass for navigating intersecting crises: SDG 16 Conference 2023
The pivotal 2023 SDG 16 Conference gathered more than 550 participants from 130 countries to discuss the role of SDG 16 in navigating the intersecting crises the world is facing. Hosted in Rome by...
In 2022, nearly 2.4 billion people did not have access to adequate food and an estimated 3.1 billion could not afford a healthy diet. As the only global intergovernmental organization exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law to advance peace and sustainable development,...
The majority of justice seekers worldwide resolve their problems through customary and informal justice (CIJ) systems. Women constitute the largest group of users of CIJ systems for diverse reasons and rely on them for resolution of their justice problems. Women are not only...
The rule of law is vital to the response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). These toolkits offer tools and resources that provide guidance on how the law can be used to curb NCDs and, potentially, to address other global health challenges. They aim to support the integration of...
Public health emergencies (PHEs) require a prompt and effective response at all levels: local, national, regional and global. To support timely and effective action, countries must be prepared well in advance, including legally, to ensure that systems for preventing, managing...
Globally, most people do not resort to formal justice systems to address their justice problems. Rather, they rely on diverse pathways to justice often referred to collectively as "customary and informal justice" (CIJ). Delivering people-centred justice for all in line with...