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Combating domestic violence against children and young people

Armenia Although Armenia signed the Istanbul Convention (Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence) in 2018, it has not yet ratified it and is therefore not bound by the obligations set out in...

Mongolia: Creating justice, building trust: IRZ launches its first EU Twinning Project

Mongolia Driven by a shared commitment to justice, transparency and the rule of law, the European Union and Mongolia have launched the EU-funded Twinning Project ‘Effective Implementation of Judicial Reforms in Mongolia’.On 30 May 2025, the constit...

The ongoing fight against corruption

Kazakhstan Corruption is a threat to the rule of law and hinders both economic growth and political reform. Kazakhstan has recognised this and is making serious efforts to remedy the problem. The 2024 report by the Council of Europe's Group of States a...

Constitutional jurisdiction under scrutiny

Jordan How can constitutional norms be interpreted reliably and systematically? What methods are used to do this? And what role does social change play in case law? These questions were the focus of a symposium held on 14 May 2025 in Amman, where judg...

Strengthening freedom of information in North Macedonia

North Macedonia IRZ has been awarded the contract for the EU Twinning Light Project ‘Supporting free access to information’. Through its Twinning Projects, the European Union supports partnerships between authorities in EU member states and their p...

New approaches to legal reform in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan The IRZ supports its Kazakh partners in implementing the development strategy ‘Kazakhstan 2030/2050’. Among other things, the legal policy concept contained in this strategy aims to further strengthen the rule of law and develop democrac...

Absorption of illicitly acquired assets

Armenia The fight against corruption remains a focus in Armenia, also in order to tie in with the Twinning Project ‘Fostering integrity and preventing corruption in the public sector in Armenia’ implemented by the IRZ and the cooperation with the A...

Workshop on preventing and combating domestic violence and violence against women

Kosovo Together with the Kosovan police, the IRZ held the above-mentioned workshop in Pristina from 20 to 21 February 2025 as a kick-off event for the supra-regional project ‘Promoting the rule of law in the Western Balkans’, which is funded by the...

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