International Network to Promote the Rule of Law
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The International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL) is an association of practitioners established in 2007 joined together to develop the human capacity and intellectual resources required to promote the rule of law in countries transitioning from war to peace. INPROL is a project of the United States Institute of Peace
(USIP) with facilitation support from the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
, and the Public International Law & Policy Group
.
Membership in the network includes multiple professional communities, including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, civilian police, stability police, corrections officials, legal advisors, and judicial administrators.
INPROL was created by USIP
in consultation with the United Nations
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the European Union
, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units among others.
Advisory Council Members as of 1 January 2008:
Paddy Ashdown
High Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2006)
M. Cherif Bassiouni
President, International Human Rights Law Institute
James Dobbins
Special Envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan (1993-2002)
Louise Frechette
Deputy Secretary General, United Nations (1998-2006)
Paddington Garwe
Judge, High Court of Zimbabwe
Yash Ghai
Chair, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (2000-2004)
Richard Goldstone
Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-2003)
Juan E. Mendez
Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, United Nations (2004-2006)
Richard Monk
Senior Police Advisor for the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (2002-2006)
John Norton Moore
Professor, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy
Satish Nambiar
Director, United Service Institute of India; United Nations Commander (1992-1993)
William Nash
Commander, Multinational Division North, Bosnia (1995-1997)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice, United States Supreme Court (1981-2006)
Søren Jessen-Petersen
SRSG, UNMIK, Kosovo (2004-2006)
Dmitry Titov
UN Assistant Secretary General (2007-Present)
William Walker
Head, Kosovo Verification Mission, Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1998-1999)
Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Jordan Ambassador to the United States
J. O'Neil G. Pouliot, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (ret.), Police Commanders Facilitator
Colonel Francesco Bruzzese del Pozzo, Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units, Stability Police Facilitator
Christina L. Murtaugh, United States Institute of Peace, Rule of Law Forum Facilitator
An organization may be invited to become an INPROL Cooperating Organization if it meets specific following criteria and undertakes one or more of the roles described "here".
Cooperating organizations as of 1 January 2009:
Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
The Center for Strategic Research (Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi- SAM) is established to conduct research on international relations and regional studies. The Center examines international conflicts, makes scholarly and scientific assessments of relevant issues, and reviews Turkish foreign policy with a futuristic perspective. It is a consultative body with the responsibility of bringing to the attention of decision makers independent, unbiased views and findings from different sources. The Center is chartered by law and has been active since May 1995.
Folke Bernadotte Academy
The Folke Bernadotte Academy is a Swedish government agency dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of international conflict and crisis management, with a particular focus on peace operations. The Academy functions as a platform for cooperation between Swedish agencies and organizations and their international partners.
Global Legal Information Network
(GLIN)
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is an association of government agencies, regional, national, and international organizations, and non-governmental agencies that contribute laws, regulations, and complementary legal sources from the original official texts to a database accessible to the public via Internet at www.glin.gov. GLIN members share the conviction that it is the duty of governments to make their laws freely available to their citizens.
International Association for Court Administration (IACA)
The International Association for Court Administration (IACA) is an association of trial court administrators seeking to improve court management and administration in all countries and to foster professionalism and collegiality among those who serve in court systems. IACA also seeks to compliment and reinforce efforts by government and non-government organizations to build justice sector capacity and judicial reform.
International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP)
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 89 different countries. The association's goals are to advance the science and art of police services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical and operational practices and promote their use in police work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience among police administrators throughout the world; to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct.
International Association of Prosecutors
(IAP)
The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) is a worldwide association of prosecutors established in 1995 at UN offices in Vienna. Membership currently consists of around 130 organizational members and 1,500 individual members from around the world. The primary goal of IAP is to facilitate cooperation between international prosecutors and investigators as they address transnational crime. IAP also seeks to promote and set standards for upholding human rights and the rule of law.
International Bar Association
(IBA)
The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. It has a membership of 30,000 individual lawyers and more than 195 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.
International Corrections and Prisons Association
(ICPA)
Recognizing the common problems shared by many national correctional and prison services, the ICPA is a dynamic organization devoted to improving global understanding and professionalism in the correctional sector. The ICPA provides leadership and vision in the area of corrections and criminal justice. Its multinational Board of Directors and membership from over 70 countries encompass all areas of the criminal justice system.
International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) was formed in 2002 as an umbrella organization for associations of legal and human rights experts world wide with experience in rebuilding justice systems after war and armed conflicts. ILAC’s aims are to provide initial assessments of justice systems in post conflict situations, to promote the recommendations of those assessments to International Government Organizations and Donor Governments, and to provide a central source for reports and analysis related to the challenges faced by justice systems in the aftermath of conflict.
International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA)
The International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA) is an international association designed to offer quality professional training and information sharing. The ITOTA recognizes the need to expand and share tactical knowledge by focusing on the wealth of experience that exists in the global tactical community.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC has approximately 500 staff members worldwide. Its headquarters are in Vienna and it has 20 field offices as well as liaison offices in New York and Brussels. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
(USIP) with facilitation support from the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Established in 1994 by the Government of Canada, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is an independent, not-for-profit organization with its office based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on the campus of Carleton University...
, and the Public International Law & Policy Group
Public International Law & Policy Group
The Public International Law & Policy Group is a non-profit organization, operating as a global pro bono law firm providing free legal assistance to developing states and sub-state entities involved in conflicts. To facilitate the utilization of this legal assistance, PILPG also provides policy...
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About INPROL
INPROL is an Internet-based knowledge network that is designed to provide those serving in the field the ability to exchange information and to access relevant documents and related materials. INPROL’s primary goal is to assist international rule of law specialists in the efforts to prevent conflict and stabilize war-torn societies.Membership in the network includes multiple professional communities, including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, civilian police, stability police, corrections officials, legal advisors, and judicial administrators.
INPROL was created by USIP
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
in consultation with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units among others.
Advisory Council
INPROL maintains an Advisory Council for the purpose of guidance and support in the creation and management of the network. Advisory Council members help ensure that INPROL functions in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the membership and of the international organizations that most INPROL members serve. They are also asked to provide guidance in devising policies that govern the activities of the network and support the vigorous use of INPROL.Advisory Council Members as of 1 January 2008:
Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....
High Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2006)
M. Cherif Bassiouni
President, International Human Rights Law Institute
James Dobbins
Special Envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan (1993-2002)
Louise Frechette
Louise Fréchette
Louise Fréchette, OC was United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for eight years, and a long-time Canadian diplomat and public servant...
Deputy Secretary General, United Nations (1998-2006)
Paddington Garwe
Judge, High Court of Zimbabwe
Yash Ghai
Chair, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (2000-2004)
Richard Goldstone
Richard Goldstone
Richard Joseph Goldstone is a South African former judge. After working for 17 years as a commercial lawyer, he was appointed by the South African government to serve on the Transvaal Supreme Court from 1980 to 1989 and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from 1990 to 1994...
Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-2003)
Juan E. Mendez
Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, United Nations (2004-2006)
Richard Monk
Senior Police Advisor for the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (2002-2006)
John Norton Moore
Professor, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy
Satish Nambiar
Satish Nambiar
Lieutenant General Chenicheri Satish Nambiar is an Indian general who achieved international recognition as the first Force Commander and Head of Mission of UNPROFOR, the United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia, between March 1992 and March 1993...
Director, United Service Institute of India; United Nations Commander (1992-1993)
William Nash
Commander, Multinational Division North, Bosnia (1995-1997)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
Justice, United States Supreme Court (1981-2006)
Søren Jessen-Petersen
Søren Jessen-Petersen
Søren Jessen-Petersen is an international civil servant from Denmark. He was named Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Kosovo and head of UNMIK on 16 June 2004 and held the position until the end of June 2006...
SRSG, UNMIK, Kosovo (2004-2006)
Dmitry Titov
Dmitry Titov
Dmitry Titov currently serves as the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for the Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations...
UN Assistant Secretary General (2007-Present)
William Walker
William Walker (diplomat)
William Graham Walker is a veteran United States Foreign Service diplomat who served as the US ambassador to El Salvador and as the head of the Kosovo Verification Mission.-Political career:...
Head, Kosovo Verification Mission, Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1998-1999)
Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Jordan Ambassador to the United States
INPROL Facilitators
INPROL Facilitators as of 1 January 2011:J. O'Neil G. Pouliot, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (ret.), Police Commanders Facilitator
Colonel Francesco Bruzzese del Pozzo, Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units, Stability Police Facilitator
Christina L. Murtaugh, United States Institute of Peace, Rule of Law Forum Facilitator
Cooperating Organizations
To provide access to the widest array of authoritative expertise relating to the advancement of rule of law, INPROL has established relationships with cooperating organizations.An organization may be invited to become an INPROL Cooperating Organization if it meets specific following criteria and undertakes one or more of the roles described "here".
Cooperating organizations as of 1 January 2009:
Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
The Center for Strategic Research (Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi- SAM) is established to conduct research on international relations and regional studies. The Center examines international conflicts, makes scholarly and scientific assessments of relevant issues, and reviews Turkish foreign policy with a futuristic perspective. It is a consultative body with the responsibility of bringing to the attention of decision makers independent, unbiased views and findings from different sources. The Center is chartered by law and has been active since May 1995.
Folke Bernadotte Academy
The Folke Bernadotte Academy is a Swedish government agency dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of international conflict and crisis management, with a particular focus on peace operations. The Academy functions as a platform for cooperation between Swedish agencies and organizations and their international partners.
Global Legal Information Network
Global Legal Information Network
The Global Legal Information Network is a cooperative, not-for-profit federation of government agencies or their designees that contribute national legal information to the GLIN database. It is an automated database of statutes, regulations and related material that originate from countries in the...
(GLIN)
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is an association of government agencies, regional, national, and international organizations, and non-governmental agencies that contribute laws, regulations, and complementary legal sources from the original official texts to a database accessible to the public via Internet at www.glin.gov. GLIN members share the conviction that it is the duty of governments to make their laws freely available to their citizens.
International Association for Court Administration (IACA)
The International Association for Court Administration (IACA) is an association of trial court administrators seeking to improve court management and administration in all countries and to foster professionalism and collegiality among those who serve in court systems. IACA also seeks to compliment and reinforce efforts by government and non-government organizations to build justice sector capacity and judicial reform.
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police was founded in Chicago in 1893 as the National Chiefs of Police Union. The primary goal of this organization was to apprehend and return criminals who had fled the agency jurisdictions in which they were wanted...
(IACP)
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 89 different countries. The association's goals are to advance the science and art of police services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical and operational practices and promote their use in police work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience among police administrators throughout the world; to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct.
International Association of Prosecutors
International Association of Prosecutors
The International Association of Prosecutors, IAP - the only global non-governmental organisation of prosecutors, established by the United Nations in 1995, Vienna.Organisation includes about 200,000 members from over 120 states....
(IAP)
The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) is a worldwide association of prosecutors established in 1995 at UN offices in Vienna. Membership currently consists of around 130 organizational members and 1,500 individual members from around the world. The primary goal of IAP is to facilitate cooperation between international prosecutors and investigators as they address transnational crime. IAP also seeks to promote and set standards for upholding human rights and the rule of law.
International Bar Association
International Bar Association
The International Bar Association is an international association of lawyers and lawyers' associations. The IBA's stated purpose is to promote an exchange of information between legal associations worldwide, support the independence of the judiciary and the right of lawyers to practice their...
(IBA)
The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. It has a membership of 30,000 individual lawyers and more than 195 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.
International Corrections and Prisons Association
International Corrections and Prisons Association
The International Corrections and Prisons Association is a not-for-profit association for criminal justice professionals to join in a dialogue and to share ideas and practices aimed at advancing professional corrections...
(ICPA)
Recognizing the common problems shared by many national correctional and prison services, the ICPA is a dynamic organization devoted to improving global understanding and professionalism in the correctional sector. The ICPA provides leadership and vision in the area of corrections and criminal justice. Its multinational Board of Directors and membership from over 70 countries encompass all areas of the criminal justice system.
International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) was formed in 2002 as an umbrella organization for associations of legal and human rights experts world wide with experience in rebuilding justice systems after war and armed conflicts. ILAC’s aims are to provide initial assessments of justice systems in post conflict situations, to promote the recommendations of those assessments to International Government Organizations and Donor Governments, and to provide a central source for reports and analysis related to the challenges faced by justice systems in the aftermath of conflict.
International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA)
The International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA) is an international association designed to offer quality professional training and information sharing. The ITOTA recognizes the need to expand and share tactical knowledge by focusing on the wealth of experience that exists in the global tactical community.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...
(UNODC)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC has approximately 500 staff members worldwide. Its headquarters are in Vienna and it has 20 field offices as well as liaison offices in New York and Brussels. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.
See also
- ONU Law Rule of Law LL.M. ProgramOhio Northern University, Pettit College of LawOhio Northern University Pettit College of Law, commonly referred to as ONU Law, is a private, non-profit law school located in Ada, Ohio. Also known as the Claude W...
External links
- Official site
- "Professionalizing the Rule of Law Consultants", OpinioJuris.org
- "Turning ‘Lessons Learned’ into ‘Lessons Applied’ in Post-Conflict Countries", International Judicial Monitor