Events surrounding the global launch of Making the Law Work for Everyone on 3 June 2008 at UN Headquarters, New York
6 July- Senior leaders of different faiths call on the G8 to "Make the legal empowerment of the poor a key objective in its development assistance strategies." Read the Call from Sapporo here.
4 July- Read about our launch at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in VOA News.
23 June- Read about our launch at the Organisation of American States in Washington D.C. on 13 June here.
19 June- Read Targeting corruption vital in alleviating poverty: UNDP in the Jakarta Post highlighting "Making the Law Work".
18 June- Read Lloyd Axworthy's article 'Level the playing field for the world's poor', in Canada's Globe and Mail.
6 June- Read The law poor, an article on the launch of the report in The Economist of 5 June.
3 June- The global launch of our report took place at the UN in New York today. Watch the archive of the webcast here. The Report and plenty of useful information about the launch is availabe here.
8 May - Legal Empowerment of the Rural Poor at the UN's Commission on Sustainable Development. ‘The Rural Poor Lack Rights’ said Executive Director Singh, participating in the panel on Rural Development during the thematic discussions. His presentation is available here.
5 May - The Commission's National Consulation Reports are now available
10 April - Read our press release on Legal Empowerment of the Poor at the First Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development that took place 26 March - 2 April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
31 March - read Mike Moore's article "Open societies are the best and fairest wealth creators" in The Age.
17 March - Co-Chairs Madeleine Albright and Hernando de Soto will join with some other Commission Members on June 3rd to launch the final Report of the Commission at UN Headquarters in New York. The launch will include the presentation of the Report to the Secretary General as well as to a gathering of prominent country representatives.
14 March - Executive Director gives lecture at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. Watch "Law and Poverty: Promoting Legal Empowerment in Developing Countries".
3 March - Read the Outcome Statment of the Fifth Commission Meeting that took place in New York from 6-8 February 2008
14 February - Read Statement on the Role of Religions in Advancing Legal Empowerment of the Poor issued by Religions for Peace
12 February - Read the Working Group Reports (pre-publication version) in Volume II of Making the Law Work for Everyone
Executive Director addresses the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States - 30 January 2008. Watch the webcasts here
Past Events
Davos, Switzerland, January, 2007
Commissioners Benjamin Mkapa, Mary Robinson and Ernesto Zedillo took the legal empowerment agenda to the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos.
"Wa Sa Su" - "A Woman is Speaking"
Nairobi, Kenya, January, 2007
Legal Empowerment partnered with GROOTS Kenya at the World Social Forum.
Third Commission Meeting
New York, January, 2007
Read about the Third Commission Meeting
Co-Chair Albright in East Africa for National Conferences
Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, November, 2006
Read about Secretary Albright's visit
Legal Empowerment Addresses the Club of Madrid
Madrid, Spain, October 20, 2006
Read about the V General Assembly
Legal Empowerment at the Clinton Global Initiative
New York, New York, September 20, 2006
Read about the Launch of the Entrepreneurship Working Group
CIVICUS World Assembly
Glasgow, Scotland, June 22, 2006
Read about Legal Empowerment's Workshop
World Urban Forum
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 20, 2006
Read about the Legal Empowerment Panel
