On 7th of December ILSTA’s English for Law Programme Awards Ceremony took place. Over 90 officials, from 7 governmental institutions received certificates for completing the English for law module. The deputy prosecutor general, Mr. Xaysana Khotphouthone expressed his gratitude for ILSTA and underlined the importance of learning a foreign language, especially for government officials, and […]
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Workshop for Court Clerks at the Institute of Research and Training of People’s Supreme Court
From the 24th of November to 4th of December ILSTA organised, in partnership with People’s Supreme Court and the Institute of Research and Training of PSC, a workshop for court clerks from 13 provinces, on the role of the court clerks in the judicial system. The activities comprised presentations on the role and duties of […]
Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption
Continuing the theme of corruption, Keith Farquharson, a Program Officer with ILSTA, delivered a presentation on “Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption” at the Faculty of Law and Political Science on 5 December. Using actual cases, he illustrated a number of ways in which corrupt officials attempt to launder the proceed of their corrupt acts. In […]
Workshop on Strengthening Capacities on Monitoring, Anti-corruption, Anti-money Laundering and Asset Recovery, Luang Prabang
Prosecutors from 10 provinces took part in a multi-agency workshop on “Strengthening Capacities on Monitoring, Anti-corruption, Anti-money Laundering and Asset Recovery” from 26th to 30th November in Luang Prabang. The workshop brought together representatives from the State Inspection Authority, the People’s Supreme Court and the Law Bar Association. Presentations and discussions focused on the national […]
Dissemination of the Law on Civil Servants and the Prevention of Corruption in Pakse
On the 20th of November, the ILSTA team took part in a workshop in Pakse, Champasak province, in cooperation with OSPP on ‘’The Dissemination of the Law on Civil Servants and the Prevention of Corruption’’.
Workshop on “Strengthening capacities on monitoring Anti-corruption, Anti-money laundering and Asset recovery” in Pakse
The ILSTA team was in Pakse, Champasak province, on the 19th of November, for a Workshop organised in partnership with the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor of the Lao PDR, on “Strengthening capacities on monitoring Anti-corruption, Anti-money laundering and Asset recovery”.
Open lecture on Tackling Corruption. A case study.
Ms. Alina Timus, Program Officer at ILSTA, gave an Open Lecture on the 21st of November at the National University of Laos, on ,,the Anti-corruption fight. Moldova’s case study.’’. The presentation focused on the most important elements of the anti-corruption fight, as the legislative process, law enforcement, monitoring mechanisms and reporting procedures, through the prism […]
High-Level Conference on Transnational Organised Crime
ILSTA Laos took part in a high-level conference organized by UNODC and the Lao government, in partnership with international and regional actors, on Transnational Organized Crime in Lao PDR and the Mekong region on 13 and 14 November.
Structure and actors of international criminal law
Dr Lawrence Siry, Lecturer at the University College Cork (Ireland) and former researcher at the University of Luxembourg, visited the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of NuOL (Vientiane) from 5th to 9th of November. He gave the second open lecture organised with the support of ILSTA for this academic year on the 7th of […]
The concept of Rule of Law
Dr. Perrine Simon, Liaison officer for the University of Luxembourg based at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of NuOL, Vientiane, gave on the 2nd of November the first open lecture of the academic year organised by ILSTA at the FLP. Around 200 students and teachers of the FLP, as well as law practitioners, […]