Sustainability, collaboration and excellence guide our work.
Build skills, systems and working methods that institutions can sustain. Continuous mentoring and practical application help reforms take root.
Work with national partners on their priorities, coordinate assistance and connect institutions across borders. National ownership and shared responsibility guide our approach.
Bring professional experience, sound legal analysis and international standards into practical assistance. Assess progress through the quality of implementation and demonstrated results.
Our work connects international standards with national practice and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The links below describe ILSTA’s contribution to these wider objectives.
Our most direct connection: legal capacity and access to justice; action against illicit financial flows, corruption and organised crime; and lawful asset recovery. These activities relate to targets 16.3, 16.4, 16.5 and 16.6.
UN Goal 16
Coordinated technical assistance, regional exchanges and mutual legal assistance connect national priorities with international expertise. They support capacity development and partnerships under targets 17.9 and 17.16.
UN Goal 17
Professional training, mentoring, legal education and English language learning develop the skills needed to apply the law and cooperate internationally.
UN Goal 4
Human rights and legal awareness, alongside work against trafficking and exploitation, support equal treatment and protection. Inclusive participation in professional learning strengthens institutions.
UN Goal 5
Equal access to justice and proportionate financial safeguards can support inclusion. FATF’s risk-based approach allows controls to reflect actual risk and supports access to legitimate financial services.
UN Goal 10
The link is wider and indirect: protecting public resources, addressing corruption and helping recover stolen assets can support the conditions for inclusive development and public services.
UN Goal 1FATF standards give countries a common framework for protecting their financial systems against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. In ILSTA’s work, risk assessment, inter-agency coordination, effective investigation, asset recovery and international cooperation connect this framework to stronger governance and development.
Measures should be proportionate to risk and respect the rule of law. FATF’s guidance on financial inclusion recognises the importance of keeping legitimate financial services accessible. This complements our commitment to human rights, fair treatment and accountable institutions.
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