LJD Week 2012 Post-Event Summary

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The Event The Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week is a major knowledge sharing event jointly organized by the legal

departments of the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee

Agency (MIGA), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and by partners under the

Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD).

LJD Week 2012 was held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. from December 10 to December 14,

2012.

Organizers/Sponsors The following institutions and programs co-organized or sponsored one or more sessions of the LJD Week:

African Development Bank (AFDB)

American Bar Association (ABA)

American Bar Association Section of

International Law

Association Internationale de Droit Pénal (AIDP)

Bellagio Forum for the Creation of a World of

Security

Colors of Life

Fondation Internationale Pénale et

Pénitentiaire (FIPP)

George Washington University Law School

German Federal Ministry of Economic

Development and Cooperation (BMZ)

German International Cooperation

Hague Conference on Private International Law

(HCCH)

Hague Institute for the Internationalization of

Law (HIIL)

International Development Law Organization

(IDLO)

International Institute for the Unification of

Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Nordic Trust Fund

Société Internationale de Criminologie

United Nations Commission on International

Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

United Nations, Executive Office of Secretary-

General

United Nations Human Settlement Programme

(UN-Habitat)

World Justice Project

GFLJD partners

Objective and Themes The objective of the LJD Week 2012 was to provide a forum to explore the potentially transformative role of

effective law and legal institutions in giving people more opportunity that is both inclusive of underserved

populations and equitable.

A total of 10 plenary session and 44 parallel sessions were offered, addressing global, regional and national

development issues, such as:

Justice institutions’ response to social movements

Innovative use of legal practices to secure sustainable management of natural resources

Current issues on sovereign debt restructuring

Health law and rights

Access to justice and inclusion for society’s most marginalized populations

Outcomes of Rio+20 and international law for sustainable development

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Islamic finance

India Day focusing on the role of India's judiciary in promoting socio-economic development, India's

experiences with the right-to-information act, and India's recent legislative initiatives in the development

space, its national livelihoods mission, and its gender empowerment programs.

Emergence of New States (e.g., South Sudan) and issues around the so-called “failed” States

Achievements LJD Week 2012 provided WBG staff, external partners and experts with an opportunity to think holistically about

how law, legal frameworks and institutions can create opportunity by providing a space to build human capital and

assets, create jobs, and provide a sense of stability to encourage productive investments, promote inclusion by

advancing access to jobs and expanding the reach and quality of services, including access to justice, for

underserved populations, and promote equity by supporting equality of opportunity and accountable governance,

judicial and legal institutions. LJD Week 2012:

Provided a major learning and knowledge exchange forum for WBG staff, external partners and experts;

Convened a first face-to-face meeting of partners of the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development

Forum’s thematic working groups to address key issues in their respective areas;

Created a unique panel and opportunity for interaction with 21 General Counsels and senior legal officers;

Introduced participants to a wide range of new and cutting edge publications and knowledge products;

Encouraged participants to think beyond the spoken and written word through visual representation of

opportunity, inclusion and equity in the Colors of Life exhibit; and

Strengthened the World Bank Group’s role as global convener and connector of knowledge on Law,

Justice and Development.

Selected Highlights

Keynote Address

Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy spoke about the connection between

doing business with the poor and the rule of law and called for more synergies between the expanding legal

protection to the poor and inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the developing countries. Session

information/video/photos.

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India Day

Each year, we have sessions dedicated to a particular emerging

market. “India Day” was a special feature of the Law, Justice and

Development Week 2012. In the last two decades, India has

attracted global attention as one of the world’s largest and

expanding economies and its development initiatives have charted a

course for less-developed and developing economies. Discussions

centered on how to strengthen formal and informal access to

justice, private sector development and rule of law, socio-economic

rights and the right to information. Panels explored the role of law and legal institutions in facilitating equitable

development especially in light of recent legislations and judicial decisions. The introduction of rights-based

initiatives through legislations like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to Information Act

as well as recent judicial activism in the area of social, cultural and economic rights have laid a good foundation

for more inclusive development. Other sessions discussed key issues on how to further reform India’s legal

system and how India can create a more balanced growth across socio-economic classes. Our speakers included

eminent jurists, scholars and legal practitioners like Justice Madan Lokur of the Indian Supreme Court, Indira

Jaising, India’s Solicitor General, Justice Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court, Prof. Madhava Menon of the

Commission for Centre-State Relations and the General Counsels of Infosys, Palo Alto and Citibank, India. Session

information/videos/photos.

General Counsel Roundtable:

Managing Legal Risks in a

Complex World

Most IFIs contribute in one form

or another to achieving more

opportunity, inclusion and equity

in the countries they serve.

However, the achievement of

such objectives, which were the

theme of this conference, is not

easy in today's complex world. IFIs

need to appropriately manage a

variety of risks to properly carry

out their mandates and achieve

institutional objectives. Legal risk

is an important one among such

risks. However it has various facets that have not been systematically identified and analyzed in the context of IFIs.

Such identification and analysis would help provide more institutional visibility to "legal risk" and in turn help IFIs

better address it in their operational work. The purpose of this panel discussion was therefore be to help identify

the components of legal risk particular to IFIs, and to consider whether a common understanding of "legal risk" can

be articulated so that such risks can be better identified, analyzed and managed.

The General Counsel round table, moderated by Paati Ofosu-Amah, Special Adviser to the President of African

Development Bank, was attended by 21 General Counsel or other senior legal officers, including: Anne-Marie Leroy

(World Bank Group), Sean Hagan (IMF), Jorge Alers (IDB), Marie-Anne Birken (ADB), Kalidou Gadio (AfDB),

Emmanuel Maurice (EBRD) as well as Stephen Karangazi (ALSF), Diego Devos (BIS), Sandip Beri (Citibank of India),

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Jan De Bel (CEB), Scott Fulton, (USEPA), Ralf Jansen (ESM), Kalin Anev (ESM), Kimberly Reed (GWEN), Sarah Fandel,

(Inter-American Investment Corporation) Meg Kinnear (ISCID), Walid Labadi (IFC), Rutsel Martha (IMF), Jason

Matechak (International Relief and Development), Marino-Ottavio Perassi (Italian Central Bank), Ana-Mita

Betancourt (MIGA) , Heikki Cantell (NIB), Josee Facteau (OECD), Kenneth Frankel (OAS), Don De Amicis (US OPIC),

Richard Frey (SICPA), Bharat Vasani (Tata Sons Ltd), Alberto Ninio (Vale SA). Session information/video/photos.

How to capitalize on the political consensus arising from

the General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on the Rule of

Law?

The session aimed at providing an overview of the UN General

Assembly High Level meeting on the Rule of Law, and the

historic Declaration that was adopted by consensus at the

meeting. The Declaration had concluded that the rule of law

was key to addressing all three pillars of the UN’s work, namely

human rights, development and peace and security. The

panelists considered the Declaration’s request that the rule of law be considered in the context of the post-2015

international development agenda, elaborating on how the rule of law furthers development and discussing the

ways and means of measuring the rule of law. The panelists also highlighted the importance of the Declaration as

an advocacy document for strengthening dialogue with states on rule of law issues. A spirited discussion followed

the presentation by the panelists, with a number of interventions focusing on the importance of empowering local

actors through the sharing of best practices, as well as suggestions on possible indicators for the rule of law.

Session information/photos.

Innovative Structures

MIGA's presentation, "Innovative Structures", was an interactive session during which the participants (law

practitioners, corporate representatives, and staff from the World Bank Group), were able to understand the use

of MIGA's products in multi-party complex projects. The presentation also described how MIGA's products

complement and/or supplement other products offered by sister institutions such as the IFC, and the PRG Group-

FEU Unit. The presentation featured four very interesting transactions: an Islamic Finance project; a power plant

project which provided an excellent example of World Bank Group synergies as it mobilized the participation of

MIGA, the IFC and IDA/PRG; a project in which MIGA provided Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligation

cover -- the newest product that MIGA offers to clients; and a multi-country transaction for which MIGA's non-

commercial risks products provided cover to financial institutions for mandatory reserves with the central banks in

a number of countries. The presentations were very well received, and in particular, participants emphasized that

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the actual application of the products to these complex transactions provided them with excellent ideas as to how

to structure projects in the future making use of all WBG products to maximize the added-value offered by our

multilaterals. Session information/video/photos.

Islamic Finance

The Islamic finance session focused on (i)

Uncovering the Potential for Convergence,

Justice and Inclusion, and (ii) Effective

Insolvency Regimes for Islamic Financial

Institutions. Part 1 addressed the public and

private objectives of Islamic Finance,

commercial considerations of Islamic

Financial Institutions and how those

considerations both further and limit the

goals of inclusion more broadly, and the

potential convergence of Islamic Finance

with the global financial system; and Part 2 discussed, from Shar’iah and commercial perspective, the need for

effective insolvency regimes for Islamic Financial institutions.

A number of issues were identified for follow-up by the two panels and participants. In particular, these four were

noted: (i) Collective dialogue on the similarities between Islamic Finance and social investment, i.e., their similar

development trajectories (measured by time, performance, and volume of activity) and the similarity of their

objectives (social impact) and methods (e.g., prohibition of or avoidance of investment in certain industries such as

munitions); (ii) the inherent, commercially-driven limitations of Islamic commercial banks in promoting inclusion

and equity, and whether boutique or special purpose Islamic Financial institutions should be considered to

promote and support inclusion and equity, e.g., to cater to SMEs, under-served populations, or micro-finance

needs, etc.; (iii) the need to systematically classify (understand) commonly used Islamic financial instruments and

transactions to appropriately determine whether and how those instruments and transactions should be treated

for the purposes of insolvency; and (iv) engaging in a dialogue and conducting research on constituting sound

principles on legal framework for insolvency of Islamic financial institutions. These issues identified can be further

pursued by the Bank by (i) constitution of a Community of Practice on Islamic Finance; and (ii) knowledge

management and research for enhancement of standards and best practice. The Islamic Finance sessions were

jointly organized by the World Bank, the American Bar Association, and the International Finance Corporation.

Session information/video/photos available at (part I), and (part II).

Empirical Approaches to Justice Reform

The double session on “Empirical Approaches to Justice

Reform” gathered experts to explore techniques for a

problem-solving and evidence-based approach to justice

reform. During the first part of the session (Developing a

knowledge base to inform criminal justice reform

programming) Srdjan Svircev (ECSP4) and Heike Gramckow

(LEGJR) explained the potential use of Public Expenditure

Reviews to inform criminal justice policymakers about

performance of justice sector agencies and related resource

allocations among criminal justice institutions. As the example from Serbia presented by Mr. Svircev

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demonstrated, such studies are essential for appropriate funding and resourcing different agencies but data are

often difficult to come by, are time consuming and require significant expertise and local input to develop a

meaningful analysis. The difficulty of developing relevant data to inform justice sector policies and approaches was

also addressed by Jorge Lamas (LCSSO) and Paul Prettitore (MNSPS). Both presented multi-method approaches to

collect and analyze data to gain a more comprehensive understanding of crime patterns, victimization experiences

and perceptions, especially those of the poor and marginalized. Mr. Lamas presented the experience of crime

observatories in Latin America to understand crime patterns, victimization and perceptions, and Mr. Prettitore

described assessments of the legal needs of women and children in several countries in the Middle East. Many of

the binding constraints that impede justice outcomes for end users are rooted in the social, political and economic

features of the country, and thus the second part of the session (Understanding patterns of disputation and the

political economy of justice reform) looked at other qualitative and quantitative social science methodologies that

can help justice practitioners identify these constraints and design context-specific and targeted reform strategies.

A range of such instruments was presented, including focus group and individual interview-based research tools to

understand user experiences with disputes and justice institutions in Liberia (Steve Lubkemann, George

Washington University), political economy analysis of justice institutions (Alex Berg, LEGJR), and household surveys

to measure the impact of community justice practitioners on dispute resolution and perceptions of justice (Justin

Sandefur, Center for Global Development). The session also explored how to use evidence in the context of policy

dialogue (Peter Chapman, LEGJR). Overall, this double session showed the complex nature of justice reform, but

also the large number of data collection and analytical instruments that can be used to enhance justice

programming in a multifaceted and context specific manner. Session information/video/photos.

Health Law and Rights: Access to Justice and Inclusion

for Society’s Most Marginalized Populations

Improved population health is a both a co-factor and an

outcome of sustainable economic and social development.

Health is also protected under international human rights law,

which provides a legal basis for the right to health and holds

States accountable to respect, protect and fulfill the right to

health. As such, the right to health is relevant to development

for both intrinsic and instrumental reasons. Session

information/video/photos.

Creating Credible, Effective, Fair Debarment Systems to

Combat Fraud and Corruption in Development Projects

Suspension and debarment of contractors, or “blacklisting,” is a

hot topic. Governments and international organizations have

intensified their enforcement of fiduciary standards in the past

decade. The legal framework of suspension and debarment,

which used to be quite obscure, has taken on much more

relevance for legal practitioners, business executives,

governments and others. International organizations and

national governments have developed systems that reflect their

respective needs. In some cases, as in the national context,

those systems complement criminal and civil remedies. In others such as the multilateral development banks

(MDBs), the administrative remedy of suspension and debarment is the primary remedy. Following on an October

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2012 Colloquium, this session was part of an ongoing dialogue to increase engagement with World Bank partners

who use suspension and debarment, in order to compare approaches and experiences. Panelists surveyed systems

in the United States, the European Union and in the MDBs and highlighted differences and areas of convergence,

with the overall goal of developing a checklist of essential components of a credible, effective and fair debarment

system.

Some panelists argued that suspension and debarment systems should remain flexible and look more like the U.S.

suspension and debarment system under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), rather than impose monetary

penalties such as the fines recently imposed by the U.S. Department of Justice for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

(FCPA) violations. Some panelists also suggested that “mandatory debarment” for FCPA violations is not the best

solution, given that the purpose of debarment, as set out in the FAR, is to ensure that the government works with

“responsible partners” and not as a way to punish wrongdoers.

Knowledge Products Presentation

A presentation of knowledge products took place at a luncheon event on December 11, 2012 with opening

remarks by Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, ICSID.

The luncheon was an opportunity for a brief presentation of World Bank and other partners’ recent knowledge

products including: the World Bank Legal Review: Legal Innovation and Empowerment for Development Volume 4;

the World Bank Law and Policy Digest; Legal Pluralism and Development Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue;

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency Annual Report FY 2012; the OECD-World Bank joint publication on

Integrating Human Rights into Development; a visual presentation of IFC’s legal knowledge management; the

MIGA World Investment and Political Risk Report; the MIGA Annual Report 2012; ICSID Caseload-Statistics; ICSID

Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal; ICSID Investment Laws of the World; ICSID Investment Treaties; ICSID

Annual Report 2012; Environmental Law Institute: Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict

Peacebuilding; EPA: China Environmental Law Initiative website; Hague Institute for the Internationalization of

Law: The Law of the Future and the Future of the Law; International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

Compendium of Legal Best Practices for the Green Economy; OECD: Strengthening Integrity and Fighting

Corruption in Education –Serbia; UNDP-UNICEF-UNWOMEN: Informal Justice Systems: Charting a Course for

Human Rights-Based Engagement; UNODC: Criminal Justice Reform in Post-Conflict States: A guide for

practitioners; The World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2012. Session information/photos.

Colors of Life Exhibit

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A photo exhibition "Investing in Women and Girls", an anthology of images of women and girls from throughout

around the world, was presented from December 10 to December 14, 2012 at the Preston Lobby Main Complex,

World Bank Headquarters. The exhibition was organized by Colors of Life, a non-profit organization based in

Washington DC, and cosponsored by the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency, Poverty Reduction and Economic

Management Vice Presidency and the World Bank Art Program. Colors of Life website

Keynote Speakers/Panelists/Moderators Keynote speakers for LJD Week 2012 included:

Alceu José Torres Marques, Attorney General State Prosecutor, Ministerio Publico do Estado de Minas Gerais;

Bakary Kante, United Nations Environment Programme

Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Justice, Bombay High Court, India

Hon. Antonio Herman Benjamin, Superior Court of Justice of Brazil

Hon. Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal-Sereno, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Mahmoud Mohieldin, World Bank Managing Director

Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children

The sessions were conducted by 268 panelists/moderators.

Participants

The total number of participants included 692 external participants and 780 World Bank Group/IMF staff with

representatives from Non-Governmental and Private Organizations, Governmental/Public National Organizations,

Academics/Think-tanks, Justice Institutions, International Organizations and International Financial Institutions. (cf.

Annex for a list of organizations).

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Continuing Legal Education Accreditation Continuing Legal Education Accreditation was offered in five sessions.

Media Coverage The Law, Justice and Development Week 2012 was widely disseminated via internal and external WBG websites, E-

Newsletters, E-Institute, Blogs, etc., with customized invitations for each session sent separately to thematic

groups.

Social media coverage allowed knowledge to be shared with more than 2,000 times the number of in-person

attendees. For example in the session on Rio+20, fifty tweets (messages of less than 140 characters) about the Law,

Justice and Development week 2012 discussions on environmental policy generated more than 522,200

impressions on more than 73,500 individuals in just four hours on 10 December, 2012.

Multimedia

Most of sessions were videotaped and videos and photos are available

at www.worldbank.org.ljdweek2012

The World Bank E-Institute

Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development

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Testimonials

“This was truly a high quality event with excellent learning and networking opportunities which is even better

each year that I participate. We greatly appreciate the occasion to engage in stimulating dialogue with our

counterparts and hear from their experiences. Many thanks to all.” Laura Profeta

Chief Counsel, Sovereign Guaranteed Operations, Legal Department, IDB

“Great event and a lot of work ! Wish I could have attended more sessions. Also the best events of the year to

catch law and development people from far away.”

Stuart Kerr

Director, Legal and Regulatory, Millennium Challenge Corporation

“I thank you for all of your amazing work in organizing the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development as all

the panels were informative and innovative.” Stephanie Ortoleva, Esq.

President, Women Enabled, Inc.

“The Global Forum is an extraordinary initiative and one that I am proud to be part of.” Deborah Burand

Clinical Assistant Professor, Co-Director, International Transactions Clinic, University of Michigan Law School

“The program was truly impressive and the delivery of it flawless and very professional. I am sure that you all

are very pleased of the success after so much hard work and attention to details.” Emilio Viano

Association Internationale de Droit Pénal, Société Internationale de Criminologie, Fondation Internationale Pénale et Pénitentiaire.

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Annex

Participants

The total number of participants included 692 external participants and 780 World Bank Group/IMF staff with

representatives from:

Non-Governmental & Private Organizations: Africa Legal Empowerment Foundation, Akin Gump Strauss

Hauer&Feld, Allen&Overy LLP, Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua (Guatemala), American Association of Retired

Persons, American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association (ABA), American Society of International Law,

Arent Fox LLP, Assonime (Italy), Baker Botts LLP, Baltic Business Council, Bank Information Center(BIC), BDO

Canada LLP, Beveridge&Diamond PC, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Bluelaw International LLP, Bonf International

Enterprises, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Carnegie Endowment of International Peace, Carter Ledyard

&Milburn LLP, CBM US, Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Global Development, Center for Human

Rights and Democracy, Center for International Environmental Law, Center for Strategic and International Studies,

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Centre for International Sustainable Development, Citi Bank India,

Cleary Gottlieb Screen & Hamilton LLP, Commission on Administrative Justice (Kenya), Conseil Supérieur du

Notariat (France), DC American Council for the Blind, Deloitte, DLA Nordic (Stockholm), Dubai Islamic Bank, EM

Advisors LLC, European Investment Bank, Forum for Women Law and Development (Nepal), Fundación Global

Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Global Women’ s Empowerment

Network (GWEN), Haki Network, Handicap International, Haynes and Bonne LLP, Help Age LLP, Holland&Knight,

LLP, HSBC Group, Human Rights Watch, Humanity United, Hush Blackwell LLP, ICF GHK, Indian Bank Association,

Infosys, Institut de la Gestion Déléguée (France), Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice (IHEJ), Institute for Liberty

and Democracy, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against

Women, International Association for Water Law (AIDA), International Bar Association (IBA), International Juvenile

Justice Observatory (IJJO), International Legal Foundation (ILF), International Relief and Development (IRD),

International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ), International Research Group on Law and Urban Space (IRGLUS),

Islamic Development Bank Group, Jesuits, Jubilee USA Network, Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Konrad-

Adenauer Foundation, LEX: lead, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, MassPoint Legal and Strategy Advisor PLLC, Mayer

Brown LLP, Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Nixon Peabody LLP, Now

News (Beirut), Odebrecht International, One Billion Strong, Open Society Initiative for West Africa(OSIWA),

Organization for American States, Organization of Care (Care), Oulamine Law Group, Pan American Health

Organization, Partners for Democratic Change in Washington, Peter C. Hansen LLC, Petroleum & Mines Mauritania,

Porter Int. Health Law Consulting, Posse, Herrera & Rulz, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Public Company Accounting

Oversight Board, Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors, Rare Conservation, Revenue Watch Institute, Roxin

Alliance, Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Sénégalaise des Eaux (SDE), SICPA Securink Corp (SICPA), SNR Denton, St.

Petersburg Legal Forum Foundation, Standard Chartered Bank, Straightway Ethical, Superintendency of

Companies, Tata Sons Ltd, Technion, The Brookings Institution, The Governance Counsel, The Resource Network,

The Tax Foundation, The World Affairs Council of Puerto Rico, Tribler Orpett & Meyer PC, Union Internationale du

Notariat, Union Internationale des Avocats, Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice, Urban Planning, Vale SA,

WBG Legal Alumni, White & Case LLP, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Women Enabled,

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, World Engagement Institute, World Justice Association, World

Justice Project, World Resources Institute.

Governmental/Public National Organizations: Agence Française de Développement (AFD,France), Agencia

Nacional de Infraestructura (Columbia), Bank Regulation and Supervision Agency (Turkey), Capital Markets Board

of Turkey, Central Bank of Iceland, Departamento Nacional de Planeación (Columbia), Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA,US), France (Embassy), Finance Department (Canada), German Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Government of India,

Government of Columbia, Guatemala (Embassy), Indonesia (Embassy), Indonesia’s President’s Delivery Unit, Italian

Central Bank, Italy (Embassy), Kosovo (Embassy), Law Library of Congress (Uruguay), Millennium Challenge

Corporation (US), Ministry of Rural Development (India), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC, US),

Parliament of Georgia, Parliamentary Research Service and Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi), Security

Commission Malaysia, Singapore (Embassy), South Korea (Embassy), The delegate from the President of Liberia,

Turkey (Embassy), Uruguay (embassy), US agency for international development (USAID), US Air Force, US

Department of Education, US Department of Labor, US Department of State, US Department of Interior, US

Department of the Treasury, US Institute of Peace.

Academic Institutions/Think-tanks: Ambivium Institute on Security and Cooperation, American University College

of Law, American University Washington College of Law, BCF Business Law (Canada), Belgrade University, Berkeley

University, Cal Poly Pomona, Centre for policy research in India, Centre for Asian Legal Exchange, Centre for Social

Exclusion in National Law School of India University, College of Law-Qatar University, Cornell Law School,

Environmental Law Institute, Escola Paulista Da Magistratura in Brazil (EPM), European Law Institute, Fundação

Getulio Vargas (Brazil), Georgetown University, George Washington University, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard

Law School, Howard University School of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, International Development

Research Centre, International Law Institute (ILI), John Marshall Law School, Johns Hopkins, Legal Atlas at the

University of Montana, Legal Resources Centre in South Africa, London School of Economics, Loyola University of

Chicago, Nagoya University, National Law School of India University, National Research Council (Italy), New York

University, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Northeastern University School of Law, Pace Law School,

Perm State University in Russian Federation, Projonma Academy, Queen Mary; University of London, Rajiv Gandhi

Institute for Contemporary Studies, School of Law Loyola University in Chicago, School of Oriental and African

Studies (SOAS), Southern Vermont Law College, Tsinghua University Law School, Tulane University, University

College London, University of Alabama School of Law, University of Bologna, University of California Irvine,

University of Colorado Boulder, University of Denver, University of Hawaii, University of Helsinki, University of

Idaho, University of Kent, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan Law School, University of Paris 1

Pantheon-Sorbonne, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pretoria(South Africa), University of Sydney Law

School, University of Syracuse (Burton Blatt Institute), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), University of

Torino - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, University of Wisconsin Law School, Vermont Law School, Yale

University.

Justice Institutions: Administrative Office of the United States Court, Bombay High Court, Conseil d’Etat (France),

Court of Appeal of Malaysia, Delhi High Court, Eastern District of New York United States District Court, Federal

Court of Malaysia, Federal Judicial Center (US), Indian Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution, International

Criminal Court (ICC), Lagos State Judiciary, Ministerio Publico do Estado de Minas Gerais, Ministry of Justice (US),

Ministry of Justice (Croatia), Ministry of Justice (Republic of Turkey), Ministry of Justice (Russian Federation),

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Ministry of Justice (Thailand), Office of Attorney General of Qatar, Superior Court of Brazil, Supreme Court of India,

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo, US Department of

Justice, Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters.

International Organizations & International Financial Institutions: African Development Bank (AFDB), Asian

Development Bank (ADB), African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Council of

Europe, Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), European Stability Mechanism (ESM), European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Union, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Inter-American

Development Bank (IDB), Inter-American Investment Corporation, International Development Law Organization

(IDLO), Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development,

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic Development Bank, Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), International

Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SEFA), The

Organization of American States (OAS), The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),

The World Bank Group, UN Children Funds (UNICEF), UN Commissions on International Trade Law (UNCTIRAL), UN

Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environmental

Programme (UNEP), UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), UN International Fund for Agricultural

Development (IFAD), UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), UN Office of the

Administration of Justice, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UN Executive Office of the Secretary

General, United Nations Foundation, United Nations Office of Strategic Planning, World Health Organization

(WHO).

March 2013