ILAC Public Seminar“A Necessary Challenge: Building Resilient and Responsive JusticeInstitutions in Fragile and Repressive Countries”
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (the “ILAC”) will hold its Annual General Meeting from May 11 to 13, 2017 inTokyo. On this occasion, the ILAC, JFBA and JICA would like to invite participants to the Public Seminar on Assistance for
Peace-building and Reconstruction of Justice.
The ILAC is a consortium of legal and judicial organizations which assist in peace-building activities for conflict-affected and fragilecountries, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa. The JFBA is also a member of the ILAC.
In this seminar, the valuable experiences of the speakers in the peace-building process of various countries, including East Timor, will
be introduced, as well as the details of some of the ILAC’s projects.
Please do not miss this valuable opportunity to learn more about the reality of peace-building assistance and international legal
technical assistance.
<Presentation>– Mapping the New Development Standards –~the New Deal, its Judicial Foundations, and how this has Affected the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)~
Presenter (tentative): Jöran Bjällerstedt: (Ambassador-at-large for Peace-building and State-building, Sweden)
Commentator (tentative): Atsushi Hanatani (former Executive Advisor to the Director General/Senior Director,
Office for Peace-building and Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Peace-building Department,
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), PhD)
<Panel Discussions>
Part 1– Trends in Justice and the Rule of Law~What Have we Learned about Rebuilding Judicial Institutions in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings?~
Presenters (tentative): Diego García Sayán (UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers)
Christian Åhlund (ILAC Executive Director 2001-2015; Team Leader for ILAC Assessment Missions inEast Timor, 2001; and in the Central African Republic, 2016)
Ivana Hrdličková (President and Judge, UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon, ILAC individual member)Part 2 – Putting Mainstreaming into Practice–~Justice, Development and Results on the Ground~
Presenters (tentative): His Excellency Ivo Jorge Valente (Minister of Justice, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
Richard Malengule (Central African Republic Country Director with the American Bar Association’s Ruleof Law Initiative)
Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor of Sophia University, Tokyo, PhD.)DATE & TIME:VENUE:

Saturday May 13, 2017

PM 1:30 – PM 5:30

JICA Global Plaza (inside Ichigaya Building),
International Conference Hall on the 2 nd Floor

FEE:

Free, Registration Required (Registration Form on the Next Page)LANGUAGE:

English (No Simultaneous Translation Provided)

Organizers : ILAC (International Legal Assistance Consortium)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)
Supported By : Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice
Research Center for Sustainable Peace of the University of Tokyo, Komaba

＜About the ILAC＞
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) was established in 2002 and has its headquartersin Stockholm, Sweden. It is a consortium with a broad-ranging membership, such as bar associations, judges’
networks and human rights organizations, which are involved in technical legal assistance programs,
especially for conflict-affected countries. The JFBA has also been a member of the ILAC from January 2008.
The ILAC hopes to contribute toward better coordination by providing objective assessments andrecommendations accepted by both local and international actors.
(See the Website: http://www.ilacnet.org/)[Venue]International Conference Hall on the 2nd Floor,
JICA Global Plaza (inside JICA Ichigaya Building),
10-5 Ichigaya Honmuracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8433
Tel：03-3269-2911＊Access-10 minute walk from Ichigaya Station, JR Chuo/Sobu Line
-10 minute walk from Ichigaya Station Exit A1,
Tokyo Toei Shinjuku Line
-8 minute walk from Ichigaya Station Exit 6,
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho/Nanboku Linehttps://www.jica.go.jp/hiroba/english/map.html

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