TODAY IN LEGAL EMPOWERMENT:

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

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Leading up to the launch of its final report in spring 2008, the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor seeks to strenghten its knowledge base by creating a legal empowerment network.

The aims of the network are to:

1. Share information through our quarterly e-newsletter, website and other sources.

2. Learn from practical examples of how individuals and communities make legal rights work for the poor (property, labor, access to justice and rule of law, and legal mechanisms to empower informal businesses).

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