Project Updates

• 23 April 2013

  Sowing Independence, Together

  Most of us take home for granted: a place where you get the life skills necessary to move out and up in the world, where you’re nourished, and, importantly, where you learn to give back. The Dacha Program, run by the Russian charity Together Fund, was created to give such a home to older orphans—some of the most disadvantaged youth in Russian society. The program represents an ideal combination of motivated individuals and practical solutions, all for a compelling cause. What more can be asked? Read more

• 27 March 2013

  PILnet’s Mission and its Method Find a Home in Nepal

  After more than a decade of brutal civil war in Nepal, a peace treaty was signed in 2006—the same year PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law welcomed its first Nepali advocates to the International Fellows program. Since then, the Fellowship has included leading Nepali human rights lawyers in every class, in the process building an influential cadre of advocates who are deeply involved in shaping the country’s constitution and its legal system. Read more

• 17 January 2013

  Small Mercies: Delivering on the Promise of Child-Friendly Justice

  Children need more than off-the-shelf advocates. Each year, thousands of juveniles across Central and Eastern Europe come face to face with judicial systems that are insensitive to their unique needs and lawyers who are inadequately trained to protect their rights. Read more

• 05 December 2012

  The Ethical Path: Preparing Young Lawyers for Legal Practice

  Building on the success of last year’s legal ethics training for Russian law students, PILnet and its partners held a second edition of the four-day intensive session in Moscow, 7-10 November 2012. Read more

• 29 November 2012

  China Passes Landmark Reform to Mental Disability Law

  China has passed landmark legislation that for the first time begins to lay out the rights of the mentally disabled and addresses abuses in its mental health system such as involuntary incarceration. Legislative reforms were long sought by mental health activists, including PILnet Fellow Huang Xuetao and her colleagues at the Equity and Justice Initiative (EJI). Read more