In the Field

Photo: USIP
June 2009

The process of drafting and passing new “people friendly” criminal laws is a difficult one but it is certainly not impossible. USIP's Vivienne O'Connor visited Haiti recently to help work with the national actors engaged in the reform process by sharing with lawmakers a law reform tool –- the “Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice” book -- that we developed in cooperation with the Irish Centre for Human Rights, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

Countries: Haiti | Issue Areas: Human Rights, Rule of Law
Maoist supporters en route to a rally May 17th
May 2009

USIP’s Rule of Law program is preparing to conduct a baseline survey on security and access to justice in Nepal.  Acting Director of Rule of Law Colette Rausch and Program Assistant Morgan Miller visited Nepal in May to discuss final preparations with the Kathmandu-based team leading the survey effort.

Countries: Nepal | Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Civil Society, Rule of Law
October 2008

Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel led a seminar at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) in Newport, Rhode Island for twenty-seven military officers and civilian government officials from seventeen countries, October 29-31, 2008.

July 2008

To assist Liberia's recovery after a 14 year civil war, USIP has led an unique program based on both formal institutions and local practices of justice.

Countries: Liberia | Issue Areas: Rule of Law
March 2007

Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Jonathan Morgenstein continued USIP’s support for the international Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), run by the Italian Caribinieri in Vicenza, Italy.