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Open Lecture – Custom and Tax duties for all Lao Citizens

With the support from ILSTA, Mr Souliyanh Lounchantha, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science and Head of the Clinical Legal Education Program gave an Open Lecture on Custom and Tax duties for all Lao citizens on 10 May. The lecture was very interactive and well attended as Mr Souliyanh explained the […]

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Northern law enforcement officials trained on countering organised crime and money laundering

Institute of Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA) joined with the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor (OSPP) on 8th May in Bokeo Province to continue its series of trainings on organised crime and money laundering, with a focus on typologies of crime, human trafficking and smuggling of migrants. The training, with the financial support […]

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ILSTA supports the consultation on the draft structure of anti-corruption training manual

The Inspection Office of the National University of Laos organised a three-day consultation workshop on the drafting of an anti-corruption training manual. The workshop was officially opened on 4thMay 2017 by Assoc. Prof.Dr.Oudom Phonkhampheng, Party Inspection President and Vice President of the National University of Laos (NUoL) and attended by a dozen of the manual drafting committee […]

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Open Lecture series 2017 Part 1

Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance ILSTA in partnership with the National University of Laos’ Faculty of Law and Political Sciences organised since 2015 Open Lecture series, which bring together leading academics and law practitioners in Laos from the public and private sector and serve as a platform for exchange and debate. The lectures […]

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NUOL students inspired by legal lecture

More than 100 students and lecturers of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences attended an open lecture on Tort Law as it applies to non-contractual relations presented by Mr Vixay Syhapanya, Head of Civil Law Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, National University of Laos. The lecture was organised as part of the […]

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Training of Trainers

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the US State Department supported a four-day “Training of Trainer” workshop for senior prosecutors in Laos from 13 – 16 of March in Thalat, Vientiane Province. ILSTA delivered an interactive training module on combatting human trafficking on March 15, which reviewed the international and domestic legal provisions available […]

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Open Lecture – Fighting Human Trafficking

An Open Lecture human trafficking was given by Major Khamphane Sayavong of the Anti-human Trafficking Department of the Ministry of Public Security on 15 March 2017. Major Khamphane addressed a number of issues starting with the reasons why so many cases occur in Laos, typical victims and where they end up, methods used by traffickers […]

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ILSTA awarded Certificate of Excellence

The Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA) was honoured on Friday 10th March with a Certificate of Excellence from the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor (OSPP) in Laos. Mr Xaysana Khodphouthone, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Lao PDR, presented the award to Mr Richard Philippart, President of ILSTA, in recognition of the […]

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More than 500 students trained

During the period November 2016 – January 2017 the “Human Trafficking Prevention Trainers”, trained by the FLP Clinical Legal Education Program and ILSTA, visited six different faculties of the National University of Laos. Through interactive sessions which included role plays, games and other activities they taught more than 500 students about the dangers of labour […]

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Awareness Raising

The Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor together with ILSTA supports awareness raising on human trafficking, smuggling of migrants and anti-money laundering. As OSPP is organising its annual gathering 30 January – 1 February information materials, produced by ILSTA, that will be distributed throughout the country has been handed over.

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