22 Facts About IDLO

IDLO is headquartered in Rome, Italy and has a branch office in The Hague and is one of a number of entities that are United Nations General Assembly observers.

IDLO has operated in dozens of sovereign states, focusing on institution-building and legal empowerment.

IDLO has signed MoUs with United Nations agencies, governments, universities, and other entities.

IDLO began in 1983 as a non-governmental organization founded by three legal advisors to cooperation agencies in Egypt: L Michael Hager, William T Loris and Gilles Blanchi, with a Board presided by Dr Ibrahim Shihata .

In 2001 IDLO was granted Permanent Observer Status at the United Nations.

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IDLO's was elected by Member Parties on 13 November 2019 and took up her position formally on 1 January 2020 for a term of four years.

IDLO has worked in dozens of countries around the world, working with the belief that justice means ensuring fair outcomes in concrete, local terms.

IDLO has been working in Somalia for the last thirty years, providing training to Somali legal professionals and technical assistance to the judiciary.

In recent years, IDLO has worked on supporting the development of a Somali constitution and in the integration of customary justice.

In 2011 IDLO created an assessment of traditional and customary justice, arguing that linking customary and traditional justice in a bottom up approach would be most effective.

Towards the adoption of the Constitution, IDLO helped produce a comparative analysis of the new draft Constitution, the Constitution of 1960 and the Transitional Federal Charter of 2004 and supported the Constitutional Affairs and Reconciliation Ministry in hosting a conference on fundamental rights and transitional justice.

IDLO has been active in Afghanistan since 2002, stating their intent has been to restore rule of law in the country and develop a new idea of justice, while respecting the principles of Islam.

In June 2009, IDLO launched Afghanistan's first Violence against Women Unit, with support from the office of the Attorney General of Afghanistan.

The letter accused IDLO of refusing to provide SIGAR with information regarding its budget, organizational structure and financial relationship with the US government.

IDLO refuted SIGAR's statement that it had refused to provide information writing that they had met with SIGAR staff in April and May 2013.

IDLO provided the newly established country of South Sudan with technical legal assistance; training the judiciary in both the fundamentals of common law and, during the process of transition away from a Shari'ah based legal system, in 'legal' English.

IDLO stated it was providing technical assistance in drafting a permanent Constitution for South Sudan.

In 2013, USAID partnered with IDLO to assist the Government of Kenya develop the comprehensive laws and policies required under the new Constitution, assisting the Kenyan Parliament in reviewing, analysing and passing 55 laws, including 16 required by the Constitution.

IDLO implemented projects to strengthen the capacity of the judiciary and engage the public in the process.

IDLO has stated that they are working with the government of Kenya to advance gender equality across the country and enact gender provisions contained in the Constitution.

In February 2013 IDLO released a report on women's access to justice, with a focus on improving customary justice for women.

IDLO has a number of times, including at the UN, emphasized the importance of working with informal or customary justice systems and has released three edited volumes on customary justice.