TWL provides international legal consultancy services. Click or hover on the pins below to see some examples of our work
Albania
Enhancing the effectiveness of the Albanian system of human rights protection and anti-discrimination
Algeria
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles
Bahamas
Appellate representation in constitutional and criminal death penalty litigation
Bangladesh
Working with Oxfam to train Bangladeshi lawyers on strategic litigation around food security and the Right to Food.
Belize
In-country project providing research and advice on Belizean legislation relating to Freedom of Information
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trial & appellate representation at ICTY for the defence
Prosecuting in War Crimes Trial for UN at International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Botswana
IT for lawyers project: training lawyers, judges and academics on internet and electronic legal resources
Cameroon
advice re submission of cases to African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
training for Cameroonian lawyers, judges and prison commissioners on criminal justice related human rights law
Advising senior officials in law enforcement.
Egypt
in collaboration with the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, role of national human rights institutions in conflict and post-conflict situations
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles.
Ethiopia
in collaboration with UN regional office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, implementation of findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights by the African Union
The Gambia
work with African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; link with University of the Gambia.
Advice on the use of strategic litigation to promote women’s rights and equality.
Ghana
national human rights commission
Guatemala
Advice on the use of strategic litigation to promote human rights.
India
Assessing legal aid project for Oxfam in Gujarat
Advising on equality law and regulatory structures.
Jamaica
Appellate representation in constitutional and criminal death penalty litigation
Jordan
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles.
Kosovo
Seconded to Criminal Defence Resource Centre (on behalf of DfID) to build capacity of local criminal defence lawyers and to strengthen the Rule of Law in Kosovo including auditing UN laws governing Kosovo for compliance with international instruments
Latvia
Advising judges and lawyers on law of habeas corpus.
Lebanon
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles.
Libya
assist develop strategy for Libyan National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights
Moldova
Training on protection of personal data through the right to respect for private and family life.
Training on Discrimination and Freedom of Opinion and Expression and Hate Speech.
Strengthening capacity of lawyers and human rights defenders for domestic application of the European Convention on Human Rights and of the Revised European Social Charter.
Morocco
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles
Nigeria
African Commission; implementation of OPCAT in Nigeria
Piracy
Read Ken Scott’s report on prosecuting piracy: click here
Poland
Advice on prisoners’ rights and the European Convention of Human Rights.
Rwanda
Feasibility Study on Harmonization of international laws project for Rwanda Law Reform Commission
Report on pre-trial detention in Rwanda for Legal Aid Forum
Project on the impact of Human Rights instruments on access to justice
Study on the state of dissemination of knowledge of laws within Rwanda
Sierra Leone
training for Sierra Leonean lawyers on international criminal and Humanitarian Law
representation of defendant at Special Court for Sierra Leone
South Africa
African case law database, with University of Pretoria; National Human Rights Commissions.
South Sudan
Read Ken Scott’s 2014 report for the American Bar Association on the conflict in South Sudan: click here
Sri Lanka
Advice on freedom of expression and national security
Sudan
African case law database, with University of Pretoria; National Human Rights Commissions.
Switzerland
Address to the International Commission of Jurists on economic and social rights in common law countries.
Syria
Read TWL’s contribution to UNA-UK publication on the Arab Spring Click here
Delivering training to Kurdish judges and lawyers from Kurdish-controlled region of Syria (Adana, Turkey).
Trinidad & Tobago
Trial and appellate assistance on constitutional death penalty litigation.
Tunisia
Teaching lawyers human rights law and principles.
Turkey
(EU) Training for judges, prosecutors and military judges on International Human Rights law.
Uganda
Steering Committee for Death penalty in Africa project (Bar Human Rights Committee, DfID and BIICL involving training to lawyers from 13 countries in Africa, culminating in 3 day conference in Uganda.
Ukraine
Criminal Investigations: The challenges and human rights standards
Advising on the law to establish "The Special Bureau of Investigation"
HELP platform on Pre-Trial Investigations
Western Sahara
(Landmine Action): assessment of de-mining activities and small scale sustainable commercial projects for landmine survivors.