WJP 2016 Rule of Law Launch Announcement The World Justice Project is pleased to announce the newest edition of the WJP Rule of Law Index® will launch on October 20th, 2016.  An online release will be accompanied by a launch event held in cooperation with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at their headquarters in Washington DC. 

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Read more about the WJP Rule of Law Index here.

Interested in writing about the 2016 WJP Rule of Law Index findings? Please direct media requests to: [email protected].

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