Project Updates
ISLP teams with IDLO to host Webinars in The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia has embarked on a transition to democracy resulting in a welcome influx of foreign investment in its commercial and infrastructure sectors. In an effort to support The Gambian government during this transition, ISLP and [...]
Defending Land Rights of Customary Land Owners in Papua New Guinea
ISLP collaborated with local actors in Papua New Guinea to support affected customary landowners in their efforts to achieve accountability for the loss of land, environmental damage, and other harms from certain large-scale agricultural investments. In this effort, ISLP [...]
Capacity Building for Zimbabwe Lawyers on Insolvency
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) presented two webinars as part of its popular Commercial Law Training Program (CLTP). The webinars were focused on the laws governing business insolvencies and [...]
Update on Hirak El-Rif trials
ISLP is thrilled to report that Moroccan journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui has been released from prison. ISLP’s Media Law Working Group has been following his case closely since February 2019, including through trial observation and intervention through the filing [...]
Balancing Conservation and Economic Development in the Amazon
Conservation of the Amazon rainforest is vitally important to all of us. It covers only 4% of the earth’s surface, but provides 20% of our fresh water, contains one third of known plant, animal, and insect species, and acts [...]
A Tale of Two Trials
Does the presence of a prominent foreign lawyer acting as a trial observer for the international community occasionally modify the behavior of prosecutors and judges? The recent experiences of three ISLP media lawyers in two criminal trials in the [...]