Anti-Trafficking Workshops are a Success in Nigeria

ABA ROLI, in collaboration with Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI), successfully organized and held pilot anti-trafficking capacity building workshops for high court judges and state prosecutors in Nigeria. >>Read more

ABA President Bill Neukom Engages Chinese Stakeholders in the Worldwide Movement to Advance Justice

Traveling on behalf of the World Justice Project and the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, Neukom invited Chinese stakeholders to join in creating “a culture of justice, which makes it possible for people to live in communities of opportunity, of fairness, of equity, and of economic development.”  >>Read more

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ABA ROLI Starts Cambodia’s First Legal Ethics Class

Steven Austermiller, ABA ROLI’s Legal Education Advisor in Cambodia, recently completed implementation of a pilot Ethics Class at the Royal University of the Law and Economics (RULE) in Phnom Penh with the assistance of Cambodian law professor Youk Bunna. >> Read More

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Nepalese Lawyers Strengthen Ties with ABA ROLI

In September 2007, a group of Nepalese law professors and advocates met with ABA ROLI staff as part of their three-week program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State introducing them to the American judicial system, the U.S. constitution, and the rule of law in a democratic society. The group will travel to various regions with different ethnic populations to discuss paths toward egalitarian judicial systems in their own country. > Read More

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New Regional Environmental Strategies Emerge at Asia Conference

Advocates in Asia this month came a step closer to helping their countries address increasingly cross-border regional environmental problems. At the fifth All-Asia Public Interest Environmental Law Conference held from August 17 to 19, 2007, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, keynote speaker C.S. Karim, head adviser of Bangladesh’s environmental and agriculture ministries, opened the meeting by pointing to Bangladesh’s current flood victims and alluding to the world’s millions of foreseeable future environmental refugees. >>Read more

Armenia Holds Second Bar Exam with Support of ABA ROLI

The Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, with technical and financial support from the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, conducted its second annual bar examination on August 25, 2007. >>Read more

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Criminal Law Program in Azerbaijan is “On the Move”

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s Azerbaijan Criminal Law Program has successfully completed a series of trainings for criminal defense attorneys in the rural regions of Azerbaijan. >>Read more

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International Visitors Explore Trafficking in the United States

On August 3, 2007, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative hosted eight participants in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The participants from Georgia and Turkey visited the United States as part of the sub-regional project “Combating Trafficking in Persons.” During their three weeks in the U.S., they visited several cities including Washington, D.C., New York, Miami, San Diego, and Seattle. >>Read more

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Kosovo Professors Learn to Increase Class Participation

University of Pristina law professors and law clinic experts attended an ABA ROLI-sponsored workshop on interactive teaching techniques, held in Pristina on July 30, 2007.  Ida Bostian, Visiting Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University Law School, ran the workshop during which she demonstrated several techniques for teaching complex legal materials. >>Read more

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New Live-Client Clinic to Open in Kosovo

On August 31, 2007 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the U.S. Office in Pristina, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, and the University of Pristina Law Faculty to introduce the first live-client clinic into the law school curriculum. >>Read more

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Ukraine Project on the Confiscation Fund for Human Trafficking Comes to a Successful Conclusion

From February to August 2007, ABA ROLI operated a project, funded by the International Organization for Migration, the European Commission, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, to consider the creation of a Confiscation Fund for Human Trafficking in Ukraine. >>Read more

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ABA ROLI Trains Partners for Ukrainian Elections

On August 10 and 11, 2007, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative held a seminar on electoral law in Kyiv. During the event, twenty representatives of ABA ROLI’s partner organizations from throughout Ukraine were trained in preparation for the upcoming early Parliamentary Election scheduled for the end of September 2007. >>Read more

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Defense Advocacy Program Conducts Ukraine’s School of Professional Skills Development

Nearly thirty defense attorneys from all regions of Ukraine participated in the three-day training known as the School of Professional Skills Development, held on August 10 through 12, 2007. This is the fifth year that ABA ROLI’s Defense Advocacy Program conducted the school, which primarily focused on pre-trial stage of criminal procedure. >>Read more

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International Lawyers Volunteer to Intern in Ukraine

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative has had the opportunity to host two international volunteer lawyers as interns during summer 2007 as part of its first participation in the ABA ROLI International Volunteer Internship Program. Caroline Riss, an attorney from the U.S. state of Minnesota, and Oleksandr Shvayun, an attorney from Ukraine who is completing advanced legal studies in Venice, Italy, began interning May. >>Read more

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Kosovo Sends Delegates to ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco

A delegation of Kosovo judges and attorneys attended the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August 2007.  The delegation included Judge Rexhep Haxhimusa, President of the Kosovo Supreme Court and Judicial Council, Judge Ymer Huruglica, President of the Kosovo Judges Association (KJA), Halit Muharremi, Director of Kosovo Judicial Council Secretariat, Mr. Rame Gashi, President of the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates (KCA) and Ms. Gjylizare Selimi, a lawyer from the KCA. >>Read more 

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Rule of Law Initiative Hosts Discussion on Elections in Armenia

On September 14, 2007, ABA ROLI Elections Staff Attorney, Karen Andreasyan joined Anthony Bowyer, Program Manager for Central Asia and the Caucasus at IFES, and ABA ROLI’s Europe and Eurasia Division Director Robert Leventhal for a discussion titled Elections in Armenia: Past, Present and Future. Andreasyan discussed the Rule of Law Initiative’s work to raise citizen awareness of electoral rights, to create an NGO Advocacy Network, and to train judges and lawyers on the Armenian electoral code. > Read More

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Armenian Professors Get ABA ROLI Support to Study U.S. Academic Practices

The Rule of Law Initiative along with Yerevan State University (YSU) Law School created a curriculum reform project which focused on the introduction of two new courses in the YSU curriculum: Legal Writing and Analysis, and Intellectual Property. >>Read more

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