Recruitment: Legal Consultant, Malawi Programme
May 01, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
IRLI Legal Consultant - Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions
Access to Justice Programme Malawi
Ireland’s First Case Prosecuting and Convicting Female Genital Mutilation
April 30, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
By Aoife Lawlor
*Content warning: violence against women, child cruelty, and genital mutilation*
IRLI's Tanzania programme is aimed at providing access to justice to victims of child sexual abuse - building on Ireland's experience of investigating and prosecuting such matters. While Ireland has general expertise in CSA matters, this is not the case for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice which is more common in Tanzania. IRLI is monitoring the most recent developments in this Irish case.
Magistrates' Trainings - Cecilia Lettiena Onsewa
April 25, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
As part of our programme in Malawi, we organise trainings for magistrates, which includes sentencing guidelines. Over the coming months, we will be profiling some of the magistrates that have taken part in our trainings. First up, Cecilia Lettiena Onsewa.
The Winds of Change for the Rule of Law - Event
April 23, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
We’re holding an online event in May, with Conor Linehan of William Fry, Catherine Donnelly SC of the Bar Council of Ireland & Raphael J. Heffron of Dundee University.
Fergal Gaynor
April 12, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
In the latest in our series profiling Irish and Northern Irish Lawyers who have worked abroad, we spoke with Fergal Gaynor, who has worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), represented victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and investigated crimes in Syria and Myanmar. He is currently working as the Reserve Chief Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts in Cambodia, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, and has recently been appointed as a Judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. Fergal is Irish, born in Malawi.
The Disproportionate Impact of the Covid-19 Regulations on Women
April 04, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
By Jessica O'Neill
How insufficient resources have resulted in a failed legal system in Malawi
March 31, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
By Andrea Vizsolyi
Solicitor Patricia Gannon
March 24, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
We're kicking off a series, profiling Irish and Northern Irish lawyers who have worked abroad or are working abroad. First up: Irish Solicitor, Patricia Gannon from Boyle, Co. Roscommon, who originally worked as a practitioner and eventually as founder/partner in the largest law firm in the Balkans. She is now an entrepreneur and social connector, running Gannon Advisory – an holistic strategic advisory business.
Overcrowding, COVID-19, Malnutrition in Malawi Prisons: Assessment of Human Rights Obligations - the Right to Health
March 16, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
By Éilis Brennan
The Impact of COVID-19 on Children in Low Income Countries: Resource Deficits and Institutional Gaps in Child Diversion Programmes and Other Services for Children in Conflict with the Law in Malawi
March 13, 2021 | posted by Irli | 5sc
By Lindiwe Sibande