Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Citizenship and Governance
Criminal Justice
Development
Governance
Human Rights
Intellectual Property
International Law
Justice
Labour
Least Developed Countries
Minority Rights
Peace and Security
Science and Technology
Social Development
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
International Trade as an engine for development
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Social Development:
Conflict
Employment
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Statistics:
Civil registration systems
Crime and criminal justice statistics
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Climate change
Finance
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Ghana
Belgium
Spain
Kyrgyzstan
Eritrea
Djibouti
Japan
Slovenia
Qatar
Lesotho
Comoros
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
India
Gabon
Costa Rica
Thailand
Mali
Suriname
Republic of Moldova
Morocco
Bhutan
State of Palestine
Singapore
Liechtenstein
Oman
Peru
Zambia
Croatia
Egypt
Cuba
Solomon Islands
Liberia
Ecuador
Panama
Uganda
Jamaica
Angola
China
Samoa
Tuvalu
Tunisia
Italy
Holy See
Dominica
Viet Nam
United Republic of Tanzania
Philippines
Nicaragua
Marshall Islands
Fiji
Antigua and Barbuda
Czechia
Honduras
Uzbekistan
France
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Benin
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Papua New Guinea
Argentina
Turkmenistan
Namibia
Saint Lucia
Hungary
Mexico
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel
Latvia
Malawi
Rwanda
Guyana
Syrian Arab Republic
Timor-Leste
Russian Federation
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Azerbaijan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Congo
Mauritius
Andorra
Bahrain
Niger
Chile
Barbados
Canada
Montenegro
Eswatini
Georgia
Mauritania
United Arab Emirates
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Brazil
Australia
Mozambique
Tonga
Country Not Available
Burundi
Romania
Belize
Madagascar
Algeria
Greece
Portugal
Germany
Armenia
Sudan
Norway
Chad
Iceland
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
Bulgaria
Poland
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Sao Tome and Principe
Brunei Darussalam
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
North Macedonia
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria
Cape Verde
South Africa
Grenada
Libya
Sierra Leone
Belarus
Côte D'Ivoire
Cambodia
Republic of Korea
Monaco
Mongolia
Luxembourg
Guinea
Finland
Botswana
Haiti
Cyprus
Ukraine
Gambia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Palau
El Salvador
Vanuatu
Guatemala
Malaysia
Slovakia
Indonesia
Tajikistan
Switzerland
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Burkina Faso
Kuwait
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Ireland
Lebanon
San Marino
Kiribati
Denmark
Nepal
Austria
Albania
Türkiye
Bahamas
Colombia
Iraq
Kenya
Netherlands
Lithuania
Maldives
Ethiopia
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Seychelles
Serbia
Estonia
Togo
Malta
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
New Zealand
Sweden
Guinea Bissau
Nauru
Somalia
United States of America
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1967 |
Organizational structure: |
FOUNDER AND PAST PRESIDENT Charles S. Rhyne, USA (1963-1991)* FOUNDER AND PAST EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Margaret M. Henneberry, USA (1967-2010)* WORLDWIDE PRESIDENT Franklin Hoet Linares, Venezuela OFFICERS Peter N.C. Umeadi, Nigeria President for Africa TAO Kaiyuan, China President for Asia, Australia & the Pacific Alexander Löw, Germany President for Europe Mónica Grill, Argentina President for Latin America & the Caribbean Iris Jones, USA President for North America Garry E. Hunter, USA Executive Vice-President & General Counsel Peter N.C. Umeadi, Nigeria President, WAJ Francisco Javier Lara, Spain President, WAL Jesús Becerra, Venezuela-Spain President, WALP Sven Kolhmier, Germany President, WBA Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Venezuela President, WJAHRI Yacky Rodríguez Velásquez, Venezuela Executive Director |
Number and type of members: |
Over 2500 Individual Members of the Legal Profession - Lawyers, Judges, Law Professors, Law Students, Prosecutors and Business Associates |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Other sources
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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Funding structure other: |
Income from annual events, donations from friends of the association, sale of publications. |