Project Updates
ISLP Defends Facebook Blogger in Palestine
ISLP scored a first when its Media Law Working Group wrote and filed an amicus curiae brief in a Palestinian court trying a blogger whose Facebook post angered politicians. Issa Amro wrote asking that unnamed public officials be brought [...]
Following ISLP’s Support, Haiti Passes Legal Aid Law
Haiti recently passed a new law that creates a legal basis for the Legal Aid Offices in the country. ISLP and its volunteers were crucial in strengthening and developing a program that the Haitian Government will be implementing. ISLP was part of [...]
ISLP Training Workshop in Mae Sot, Thailand
ISLP Myanmar Consultant, Laura Draper and ISLP volunteer Robert Mansell, traveled to Mae Sot, Thailand to meet with ISLP client the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) as well as representatives of the Karen National Union. ISLP advised [...]
Supporting Guayakí’s Work to Restore and Protect the Rainforest
ISLP’s client, Beneficial Returns, recently closed the financing of a loan to Guayakí a California based beverage company that aims to restore acres of the South American Atlantic rainforest through the production of yerba mate while creating living wage [...]
Amici Curiae Brief In ECHR Highlights Denationalization As a Weapon to Stifle Freedom of Expression
Together with the Committee to Protect Journalists and two other prominent NGOs, ISLP wrote and filed an amicus curiae brief with the European Court of Human Rights in the notorious case of Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, Emin [...]
Human Rights Commission Urged to Escalate Pressure on Nicaragua
(NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 2, 2018) The total intransigence of the Ortega regime in Nicaragua to halt its gross human rights violations requires urgent action by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. That was the message given to the [...]