Highlights of Work 2012

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I have never felt prouder of our work than the day we received this spontaneousemail from Somali refugees in Kenya. It said, “We are the…Community Leaders livingin Kakuma camp and we would like to express gratitude for the service you providethe Somali people as a whole.”

As this report makes clear, Somalia was just one of many partner countries in 2012.But it may be the best example of how changing laws at the top transforms lives atthe bottom. The nation’s Provisional Constitution, drafted and promoted with IDLOsupport, creates both a framework for reconstruction and tangible new rights forSomalis – including a ban on female genital mutilation.

IDLO is growing in both size and scope. With transition gathering pace inAfghanistan, 2013 is the year when our efforts to build capacity in that country’sjustice sector move into a whole new gear. Thousands of legal professionals stand tobenefit – and through them, we hope, millions of justice-starved Afghan citizens.

The rule of law is about creating a culture of justice, even in the most challengingpost-conflict environments. And as we make this our goal, the words of the refugeesof Kakuma will continue to inspire us.

Irene Khan, Director-General, IDLO

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

In 2012, IDLO worked on legal and regulatory change in three main areas:

1. Peacebuilding2. Social development3. Economic growth & trade

Within each area, we prioritized themes by their potential to achieve development aims. The cross-cutting themes of gender and human rights were

increasingly built into our programming.

We have:

Continued to strengthen the rule of law, rights and good governance in developing countries, transition nations and post-conflict states

Offered legal expertise, resources and professional support to governments, multilateral partners and civil society organizations

Conducted research and advocacy at the national and international levels

IDLO in 2012

In December 2012, IDLO was implementing 56 projects around the world;an almost three-fold increase in just two years.

In 2012, IDLO had its headquarters in Rome, a liaison office for the United Nations in New York, and country offices in Afghanistan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia (based in Nairobi), South Sudan and Tajikistan.

Peacebuilding

AfghanistanKenya

KyrgyzstanSomalia

South SudanTajikistan

“I’m illiterate. When I didn’t have a lawyer it was like walking in the night, when I have a lawyer it’s like walking in the day.”

LAOA client

Afghanistan

©IDLO/Paul Hutchings

IDLO has been working to strengthen the justice sector andjudiciary in Afghanistan since 2002, implementing programsfunded by multiple donors, including Canada, France, Italy,Japan, the Netherlands, the US and the World Bank.

In 2012, IDLO stepped up a program to build specializedViolence Against Women units, which investigate andprosecute crimes of violence against women and girls. Anotherproject supported the interaction between formal andinformal justice sectors in Afghanistan.

IDLO in Afghanistan

Barely 18, Lal Bibi was kidnapped and raped by four policemen. Her case was referred to an IDLO-supported Violence Against Women unit in Kabul. In November 2012 a judge jailed all four defendants for 16 years each.

©IDLO/Paul Hutchings

South Sudan

“This chance that IDLO has given us is a great blessing. I could hardly speak in English when I came for the training, but now I am confident. It is so liberating.”

Judge Muna Muna Mohamed

©UN Photo/Tim McKulka

As South Sudan transitions to a system ofcommon law, IDLO implemented a program fortraining judges at the High Court and County CourtLevels, increasing their capacity to safeguardprocedural legal rights, apply substantive laws andarticulate judicial reasoning.

IDLO in South Sudan

IDLO helped draft Somalia’s ProvisionalConstitution and strengthened public support forit by ensuring the consultation of Somali refugees.The Constitution gives equal rights to all beforethe law, outlaws child marriage and bans femalegenital mutilation.

IDLO in Somalia

Somalia“We are the Somali Refugee Community Leaders living in KakumaRefugee Camp. We would like to express gratitude for the service you provide the Somali people as a whole, particularly the seminar you have given us (refugees) about the draft of the Somali Constitution.”

©UN Photo/Stuart Price

“The CIC* has the vision for a united, peaceful, and prosperous Kenya, in which all citizens, including leaders, respect the rule of law, uphold national values and live by the constitution.”

Charles NyachaeCIC Chairperson

Kenya

* Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution

©Flickr/David Watterson

IDLO supported the Committee of Experts inthe design of the 2010 Kenyan Constitution.

IDLO provided the key agencies responsiblefor its implementation with technical legalassistance and worked to strengthen thecapacity of key institutions and the judiciary.

IDLO in Kenya

IDLO assisted the Supreme Court, Council ofJudges and Judicial Training Center to establishand institutionalize a well-functioning JudicialCandidate Training Program.

IDLO trained 400 sitting and newly-appointedjudges on commercial law and civil trial judicialskills, and developed legal resources, such asbench books in Russian and Kyrgyz.

IDLO in Kyrgyzstan

“Rule of law is an economic enabler and multiplier of success.” Irene Khan

Kyrgyzstan

Social Development

Middle East and North AfricaPapua New Guinea

In 2012, IDLO contributed legalpolicy for an effective response toHIV and AIDS. Partnering withlocal organizations and grassrootsactors, IDLO supported HIV-related initiatives in 23 countries.IDLO’s toolkit, Scaling up HIV-related Legal Services, waspublished in four languages.

HIV and Health Law Program

Health Law Program Impact

426Participants at IDLO seminars

and consultations on HIV

735HIV legal service clients assisted

866Lawyers and

activists trained on HIV law

7752People reached

on HIV law through outreach

and activities

Economic Growth and Trade

ColombiaEcuador

GuatemalaMexico

Vietnam

In 2012, IDLO worked to strengthen laws,institutions and regulatory frameworkssurrounding the green economy. Strengtheningthe green economy promotes the developmentof sustainable goods and services that addressecological and social challenges. In this way,IDLO helps to achieve a more equitabledistribution of benefits from internationalcontracts.

Green Economy

The Legal Guidebook for Green Development Strategies provided user-friendly guidance for policy-makers at all levels on how to select and use legal instruments to adequately finance and implement green development strategies.

©IDLO/Sheila McKinnon

“I have become part of the history of my country, helping make stronger laws on climate change. Thank you IDLO.”

Zipporah Nyambura Ngige, a member of IDLO’s Kenya Climate Law Working

Group, grew up in Northern Kenya, where frequent droughts exposed her

to the realities of climate change.

“This memorable opportunity was a lesson. I learned to work with a talented team, and thanks can’t convey the gratitude I feel for all these precious moments.”

Guy Jules Kounga, a native of Bandjoun, Cameroon, joined IDLO’s Green Economy Law working group

and traveled with IDLO to COP 11.

Empowering Local Communities and Young Lawyers

IDLO @ THE UN

UN General Assembly High Level Segment and Sixth Committee

Doha Climate Change ConferenceRio +20

COP11 Convention on Biodiversity

In 2012, IDLO participated in key internationalmeetings, such as the Rio+20 UN Conference onSustainable Development.

It was the only Permanent Observer to the UnitedNations, apart from the European Union, toaddress the UN General Assembly’s High-LevelMeeting on the Rule of Law.

Rio +20 “There can be no sustainability without justice and equity.”

IDLO Statement on theRio+20 outcomes

©Flickr/Fizzr

United Nations General Assembly 2012

“There is a global crisis of the rule of law. Across the world, people are demanding greater participation in political processes, accountability, and respect for human rights and human dignity.”

Irene KhanIDLO Director-General

We pledge to undertake a global survey of the role ofwomen in justice sector institutions and to analyzethe legal barriers to women’s access to justice, with atimetable geared to the elaboration of the post-2015Development Agenda. We will work to ensure thatwomen’s increased participation in the justice systemand legal reforms to enhance women’s rights areaccorded due priority.

IDLO’s Pledge at the 2012 United Nations General Assembly

FINANCIAL DATA

December 2010

€ 18.7 million

December 2012

56 projects20 projects

€ 39 million

Contract Value of IDLO Programs

€1.7m€34.2m

IDLO Final Statement 2012

IDLO Funding Sources

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2010 2011 2012

Foundations & Others

Multilateral FinancialInstitutions

UN Agencies

European Commission

Bilateral DevelopmentCooperation Agencies

IDLO’S GOVERNANCE& LEADERSHIP

November 2011 - November 2012

Assembly of Parties (25 governments and 1 multilateral organization) Presidency: USA Vice-Presidencies: Italy and Kuwait

Standing Committee USA, Italy, Kuwait, Ecuador Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Advisors

Audit & Finance Committee Chair: The Netherlands China, Kenya, Jordan, the Philippines

Board of Advisers (9 members) Chair: Professor Alfredo Tadiar (Philippines) Vice-Chair: Professor Jan Michiel Otto (Netherlands)

Governance

Advisory Council

Abdel-Latif Al-Hamad: Chairman and CEO, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

Abdou Diouf: Former President of the Republic of Senegal

William H. Gates Sr.: Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Thomas Pickering: Former United States Ambassador and Under Secretary of State

Mary Robinson: Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Albie Sachs: Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa

AustraliaAustriaBulgariaBurkina FasoChinaEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorFranceItalyJordanKenyaKuwait

MozambiqueNetherlandsNorwayOFIDParaguayPeruPhilippinesRomaniaSenegalSudanTurkeyTunisiaUSA

Member Parties

Expanding MembershipEl Salvador became a Member Party of IDLO in March 2012.

“The rule of law and good governance are a high priority for my country. We look forward

to making a significant contribution to the progress of IDLO’s work.”

Maria Eulalia Jimenez

Minister Counselor of El Salvador’s Embassy in Rome

©Flickr/F-sosa

2012 was Irene Khan’s first full year as Director-General of IDLO, following her election by the Assembly of Parties in November 2011.

LOOKING AHEAD

On December 13, 2012, IDLO’s Director-General presented thenew Strategic Plan for 2013-2016 to the Assembly of Parties.The Plan aims to strengthen:

Focus. Making clear choices based on IDLO’s comparative advantage to deliver measurable results

Reform. Improving IDLO’s organizational systems and structures so that it can do more and better

Resources. Broadening IDLO’s donor base and increasing its predictable and flexible income to achieve financial sustainability

New Strategic Plan

Help build well-functioning, responsive legal institutions Enhance access to justice by empowering people to claim

their rights Strengthen legal systems that enable fair, sustainable

development outcomes

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capacity development

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laws and strengthen institutions to promote peace, justice, sustainable development and economic opportunity.

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