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What We Know & Don’t Know About the Rule of LawDate: Friday, October 31, 2014 - 9:00am to Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 1:00pm Location: University of Chicago School of Law, Room V

Policymakers from East LA to West Africa struggle to implement policies to reduce violence and improve the rule of law, and often lack the time to review the available scholarship—which often comes up short in addressing the practical and political issues they confront on a daily basis.

The World Justice Project is pleased to announce the Union of Turkish Bar Associations has joined the WJP as a strategic partner.  WJP Strategic Partners are organizations that provide global leadership in a variety of disciplines, expanding awareness and discussion of the rule of law around the world.

This post first appeared on the blog of the International Network to Promote the Rule of Law.

This post was co-authored by Sam Muller and Martin Gramatikov. It first appeared on Innovating Justice on August 28, 2014.  

With rapid urbanization taking place across South Asia, countries such as Nepal face increasing difficulties in providing adequate security, as populations in cities grow rapidly. Many of these issues disporportionately affect youths, due to the draining of young workers from rural areas.

When you think of “the rule of law,” you probably don’t picture musicians working with lawyers to ensure their intellectual property rights, or health workers in Cameroon tackling corruption in free clinics, or environmentalists in China working with victims of pollution to hold dirty industries accountable. 

We at the World Justice Project were saddened to learn of the passing of longstanding friend and Honorary Chair, John Edwin Mroz. Through his work as the founder of the EastWest Institute, he had an immense impact on reducing conflict and bringing people together to solve problems. Our condolences are with his family and colleagues in this difficult time, and we know that his valuable work will be continued by others.   

We are pleased to announce that WJP's World Justice Forum V will be held in London, 6-9 July 2015, in collaboration with King's College London. During the Forum, over 500 leaders from business, civil society, government, academia, the media, and more will gather to explore and share strategies for advancing the rule of law worldwide.

Chile has shown economic and political stability during the last twenty years, with high rates of economic growth, controlled inflation, low unemployment and global integration. At the international level, it has been seen as an “island of political and economic calm in a troubled region” and the most competitive country of South America (1).

Although some Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) regional prisons like “Roumieh” or “Wadi el- Natroun” have become famous after riots in Lebanon and the uprising in Egypt, we know very little about what is really happening inside of them.

World Justice Challenge grantee Street Law Zambia (SLZ) updates us on a recent visit to Zambia, where they conducted teacher trainings and curriculum development. SLZ believes that education is the key to sustainable social change in Zambia. Their primary goal is to develop and dissimenate a curriculum built on relevant, interactive, law-related content.

The Middle East and North Africa region is never far from the international trends headlines, but when it comes to some health issues, especially HIV and AIDS, it tends to take a back seat. HIV and AIDS in the MENA region: a false sense of security The general widespread impression is that HIV is the least problem to consider in an otherwise troubled part of the world. The reason behind that might be because the estimated infection rate among the general population is lower than 0.1% compared with 5% south of the Sahara.  

Just over two weeks ago, Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, a close ally of President Robert Mugabe, announced that the government intended to reopen its case against lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, following her acquittal last November on charges that she had “obstructed justice.” This charge was the result of Mtetwa – a universally acclaimed human rights attorney and recipient of the

Engaging with rule of law issues invariably means grappling with big ideas from multiple perspectives. Because scholars from around the world approach rule of law from different vantage points and academic disciplines, rule of law scholarship lacks the opportunities for collaboration and dialogue seen in more traditionally unified fields.

Regional findings presented at Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia-Pacific Regional Conference

I have been hearing and reading with great concern on the prevailing problem of drug trafficking and drug abuse in Punjab. As per ground reports it certainly has assumed very serious proportions to the extent that it has/is destroying a generation of youth of Punjab known for physical prowess and stamina. India today needs all of its youth to contribute to nation building and its reconstruction as the case seems to be.

This post originally appeared at the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) on 28 April 2014.