ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Realizing human rights through the rule of law
Another major advocacy priority is the link between human rights and the rule of law. Leveraging its presence in Geneva, IDLO engaged with UN agencies and international organizations in Geneva to ensure that rule of law and access to justice remained priorities in the work of those bodies. IDLO continued to engage with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Council to promote the rule of law as a pathway to achieving human rights for all. In February 2020, the Director-General addressed the Council’s High-Level Segment, to highlight the concrete value of the rule of law and the justice sector in the realization of human rights, and the High-Level Panel
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on Beijing+20 on the rights of women and girls and gender equality. Throughout the year, IDLO intervened during the Council’s regular sessions, including on the importance of gender mainstreaming in the work of the Council. IDLO continued its collaboration with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, highlighting its experience in the fight against corruption during the Council’s Interactive Dialogue on the impact of corruption on public prosecution services and the effective enjoyment of human rights. IDLO supported the planning of the 2021 Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law on the theme: Equal access to justice for all: a necessary element
