Project Updates
Training on Forensic Investigations, Anti-money Laundering and Asset Recovery in Kenya
Yesterday marked the beginning of ISLP's training with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to strengthen the investigation and prosecution of financial and economic crimes in Kenya (February 11 - 13, 2019). The session was officially opened by the Canadian High Commissioner [...]
Conference on Financial and Economic Crime
ISLP, in collaboration with the Law Society of Kenya and the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives organized the Understanding Financial and Economic Crimes Conference, which was held February 14 -15, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. Financial and economic crime has been [...]
Working with Human Rights First to Collaborate on Cases for Potential Sanction Under Global Magnitsky Act
In January 2019, the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) and Human Rights First (HRF) formalized an agreement in which both parties will coordinate the submission of cases for potential sanction by the US government under the Global Magnitsky Act. [...]
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 [...]