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Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law: A Universal Medium for a Universal Message
When deciding how to produce a film about Zimbabwe several themes ran through my head. Some themes appeared to be narratives with a compelling storyline. But conferring with two colleagues who helped...
West Papua: A Journey to Freedom
What are the changes that happened in the past 50 years that West Papua has been ruled by Indonesia? Why do I reflect on my personal journey and write this? Because this has been the...
Rule of Law Highlights - May
A look around the world at the latest rule of law events in May. World Press Freedom Day: May 3rd Stay tuned for our latest Index Data Spotlight dedicated to Freedom of Speech. For more information...
Yes! Women and Girls with Disabilities Do Math: We are the Keys to Our Future and Our Rights!
As we reflect on labor rights and workers during the month of May, pause and consider what the working world looks like to someone who cannot see, or hear, or move easily from place to place. ...
One Cannot Walk Alone: The Road to the Rule of Law in Malawi
Malawi is a multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 15 million. In April, 2012 Joyce Banda took over through a smooth transition as President in what local and international...
3 Private Companies Making Money from Red Light Tickets
Red light ticket cameras at intersections are becoming more prevalent with the technological innovations like enhanced imaging making traffic cams less prone to errors. The reasons many...
The Responsibility to Use Information
The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in 1766. Freedom of Information was included (as Article 19...
The Rule of Law Index: an Action Planning Tool for Global Civil Society
One of the intended uses of the WJP Rule of Law Index is as an action planning tool for global civil society. The Rule of Law Index truly comes alive when citizens are given the opportunity to...
Behind the Brands: Can cocoa companies do more for women?
Why are women being excluded from more profitable aspects of agriculture in Cote d’Ivoire? My colleagues and I were surrounded by women dressed in their best. Their colorful, patterned pagnes, or...
Access to quality healthcare through transparent and reliable data
The health of a population provides another lens through which to examine value placed on human life by a government. All indices of health correlate positively with measures of justice. For example...
Fat-Busting Tip of the Day: Pass the Right Laws!
To mark World Health Day this weekend, IDLO Head of Social Development David Patterson issues a call to action. Heart disease. You don’t catch it from a toilet seat. Cancer: it doesn’t spread through...
Public health goals should reflect state, individual responsibilities
NEW YORK, April 7, 2013—On World Health Day, we are reminded of the complexities of the health environments in which we live and work, and the health-related choices we make every day. Asked...
Violence, Poor Governance, and the Social Contract Void
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is going through historic political, social, and identity transitions. There are five dynamics catalyzing these transitions, including the widening embrace of...
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