Project Updates
7th Annual Commercial Law Training Program in Zimbabwe Reports Record Attendance
ISLP and the Law Society of Zimbabwe have reported a record attendance at their recent back to back CLTPs in Harare and Bulawayo. ISLP volunteers were Craig Owen White (ISLP Trustee and corporate and commercial partner at Hahn Loeser [...]
The GIIN & ISLP Host Inaugural Legal Practitioners Track European Convening
On the heels of a successful Second Annual Legal Practitioners Track Convening—held in New York in November 2016—ISLP, in collaboration with its partner the Global Impact Investing Network (the GIIN), held its first London-based Legal Practitioners Track Convening on [...]
Yaoundé Dialogue on Contract Negotiation and Fiscal Policy in the Extractive Industries
On 27 May 2017 the Secretary General of Cameroon's Ministry of Mines, Industries and Technological Development opened a three-day regional dialogue for senior government officials on contract negotiation and fiscal policies in the extractive industries. This was the third [...]
Is It Time for the Media to Intervene in Strasbourg?
"Is it Time for the Media to Intervene in Strasbourg" argues that the media community in Europe should act with urgency to make greater use of 'third party interventions' before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Third [...]
ISLP Colombia Murder Trial Observation Report Calls for Protection of Witnesses and Human Rights Defenders
ISLP recently observed a court hearing in which human rights defender and lawyer, Yessika Hoyos Morales, gave testimony in the trial of the man accused of ordering the killing of her own father. ISLP's criminal law expert, Jacqueline Vallejo, [...]
ISLP and Bright Line Law Deliver Training Workshop for Albanian Judges and Prosecutors
In collaboration with ISLP, Jonathan Fisher QC, Lead Counsel, and Anita Clifford, Senior Associate, of The White Collar Crime Centre at Bright Line Law, traveled from London to Tirana to deliver a two-day training workshop at the Albanian Magistrates [...]