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: |
Belgium
Turkmenistan
Guatemala
United States of America
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Suriname
Tajikistan
Hungary
Slovakia
Papua New Guinea
North Macedonia
Guinea Bissau
Gambia
Bhutan
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Lesotho
Eritrea
Sri Lanka
Mauritania
Dominica
Lebanon
Angola
Eswatini
China
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Syrian Arab Republic
State of Palestine
Seychelles
Trinidad and Tobago
Türkiye
United Republic of Tanzania
Croatia
Russian Federation
Antigua and Barbuda
Honduras
Malawi
Republic of Moldova
Norway
Malta
Dominican Republic
Switzerland
Benin
Argentina
Peru
Saudi Arabia
Côte D'Ivoire
Country Not Available
Cameroon
Romania
Lithuania
Grenada
Central African Republic
Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madagascar
Egypt
Germany
Panama
Viet Nam
Paraguay
Tonga
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
South Africa
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Bangladesh
Samoa
Azerbaijan
Ecuador
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Congo
Qatar
Andorra
Saint Lucia
Bahrain
Chile
Barbados
Monaco
Gabon
Canada
Palau
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Finland
Nicaragua
Zimbabwe
Latvia
Greece
Sierra Leone
Senegal
Singapore
Nepal
Ghana
Haiti
Somalia
Brazil
Australia
Georgia
Burundi
New Zealand
Belize
Algeria
Liberia
Republic of Korea
Czechia
Mexico
France
Armenia
Marshall Islands
Togo
Serbia
Malaysia
Yemen
Liechtenstein
Chad
Uzbekistan
Bulgaria
Cuba
Cyprus
Brunei Darussalam
Democratic Republic of the Congo
India
Cape Verde
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Uganda
Italy
Uruguay
Oman
Sudan
Belarus
Cambodia
Solomon Islands
Namibia
Guyana
Mauritius
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Kuwait
Mongolia
Libya
Portugal
Estonia
Botswana
Iraq
Slovenia
Myanmar
Indonesia
Tunisia
Denmark
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Jamaica
Guinea
Mali
Iceland
Philippines
Sao Tome and Principe
Nauru
Kenya
Burkina Faso
Pakistan
Montenegro
Israel
Jordan
Niger
Ukraine
Japan
Timor-Leste
Austria
Kyrgyzstan
Albania
Holy See
Spain
Morocco
Bahamas
Ireland
Sweden
Colombia
Luxembourg
Maldives
Poland
Kiribati
Vanuatu
Zambia
San Marino
Nigeria
United Arab Emirates
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mozambique
Tuvalu
Fiji
Rwanda
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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. |
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