Project Updates
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 [...]
Anti-Corruption and Asset Tracing Training Program, Zimbabwe
The Investigating Economic Crimes program (September 25 -27 2018), was organized in a collaboration between ISLP and the Law Society of Zimbabwe, that focused on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering, and Asset Tracing Training. The training covered a broad range of [...]
Commercial Law Training Program Underway- Harare, Zimbabwe
ISLP volunteers joined local partner the Law Society of Zimbabwe to run a well-attended training focused on focus on contract drafting and capital markets law. Our volunteers who conducted the training included Craig White (Partner at Hahn Loeser), Deon Govender [...]
Oil and Gas Transaction Training at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya
On 27th and 28th June 2018, ISLP (in partnership with the Strathmore Extractives Industry Centre) held a training on "Fundamental Considerations of Oil & Gas Transactions" at Strathmore University, Nairobi. The two-day interactive workshop introduced participants to the fundamental [...]