Project Updates
Anatomy of a Show Trial
The Morocco Court of Appeal in April 2019 upheld the convictions and prison sentences of 43 defendants, including several journalists and alleged ringleaders of street protests in 2016-2017 in the Berber Rif region. As international observers, lawyers from International Senior Lawyers [...]
ISLP Attends Report Launch: “Exposing the Governance Conundrum in Kenya”
ISLP Legal Fellow, Emma De Koster, attended the report launch organized by the Kenya Human Rights Commission. The report, by Dr. Patrick O. Asingo (Political Scientist, Senior Lecture University Nairobi, analyzes the connection between deep state, mega-corruption and stalled [...]
ISLP Contributes to OECD Guiding Principles for Durable Extractive Contracts
ISLP’s Katerina Drisi (Program Director, Sustainable Development), Joseph Bell (ISLP Emeritus), and Boris Dolgonos (Jones Day, ISLP Board Co-chair) were involved in the multi-stakeholder consultation process to develop the OECD Guiding Principles for Durable Extractive Contracts that will provide [...]
ISLP Mentioned in Initiative Recommendations for new U.S.- Africa Policy, “Prosper Africa”
ISLP was cited in the Center for Global Development’s (CGD) recent analysis on “Prosper Africa” as an organization capable providing technical support to African governments in various negotiation processes such as negotiating loans, public-private partnership agreements, production sharing agreements, [...]
ISLP Holds Conference on Financial and Economic Crimes Kenya
In February, ISLP, in collaboration with the Law Society of Kenya and The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, and with support of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, hosted the Understanding Financial and Economic Crimes Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The [...]
ISLP Organizes Training on Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects
Advocates and representatives of leading civil society organizations from Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, gathered in Bogota, Colombia, on April 4th and 5th for a training on Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects: Life Cycle, Project Financing, and Advocacy Mechanisms for Civil Society. [...]