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3 May 2019 - Panelists discussed the experiences of the past 3 years covered in the 2016–2018 accountability mechanism learning report at the 52nd ADB Annual Meeting.
Visit the event page for more information on this event and the list of speakers.
The Accountability Lab Fellowship program is the leading, multi-disciplinary program for students interested in transforming development outcomes through a focus on accountability, transparency, and open governance. The Newhouse Center for Global Engagement and the Accountability Lab have partnered to encourage students work in Pakistan, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, Mali, and South Africa, focused the area in Visual Storytelling and Design.
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Photographs from IACL Conference: Accountability for Transnational Counter-terrorism Operations that took place under the auspices of the National Security Law Research & Policy Initiative (@nsl_rpi) at The Dickson Poon School of Law on 10-11 March 2016.
A Trademark identifies the goods with their origin and the quality associated with them. When we talk about TM, we often discuss the issues about the mark being able to distinguish the goods from other marks. What constitutes the accountability of the TM is the question that one should delve upon? Read more: bit.ly/3oCvDzQ
me after I'd lost 5 pounds, me after I'd lost 10 pounds. I've lost 15 pounds now, but have 40 to go.
DECEMBER 4: Immersive projections at Al Wasl during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by COP28 / Neville Hopwood)
Commonwealth People's Forum 2018 at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre Westminster, London UK.
London April 18th 2018
Accountability in Development
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Seven years ago, as a member of Weight Watchers, I lost 47 pounds. It worked for me because each week I was accountable to someone who would be there as I weighed.
By my own choice, I allowed a time of great sorrow to influence my eating habits and the weight returned.
Then, over a period of five years, four adorable boys came into my life, and I allowed my happiness to add more weight.
I do not have the time each week to attend Weight Watchers meetings, and I have not been successful being responsible to myself. Therefore, after much thought, I am going public in a big way.
What do I want from you, my loyal viewers? Nothing! I do not expect people to post comments each time I post my weight. That would lead to certain boredom for all and would not help me at all.
Instead, if you happen to see my scale in your contact list, just click on it so that I can see the number of views increase. That alone, I hope, will provide me with the incentive to continue. Knowing that people are looking at my numbers should provide me with the accountability that I crave.
I do not wish to lose weight for the purpose of looking thinner or “better” (whatever that is). I have never been concerned with that. I do this so that I will, for years to come, be able to keep up with my boys and their needs.
23 November 2015
Worldhotel Bel Air, The Hague, Netherlands
Photos: Kris Kotarski, Wayamo Foundation.
The Wayamo Foundation has launched the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability on the sidelines of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties at an event entitled “Africa and the ICC - Looking Back, Moving Forward” co-hosted by the governments of Botswana, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability is an independent group of senior African experts on international criminal law and human rights, including political figures, members of international and domestic tribunals, and human rights advocates. The Group shall support efforts to strengthen justice and accountability measures in Africa through domestic and regional capacity building, advice and outreach, and enhancing cooperation between Africa and the International Criminal Court.
Speakers at the side event included Africa Group members:
• Femi Falana (Nigeria) Human rights activist and lawyer
• Hassan Bubacar Jallow (Gambia) Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
• Richard Goldstone (South Africa) Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia
• Athaliah Molokomme (Botswana) Attorney General of Botswana
• Navi Pillay (South Africa) Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Fatiha Serour (Algeria) Director of Serour Associates for Inclusion and Equity
Not present in The Hague were group members:
• Betty Kaari Murungi (Kenya)
Independent Consultant on Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• Mohamed Chande Othman (Tanzania)
Chief Justice of Tanzania
• Abdul Tejan-Cole (Sierra Leone)
Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.
The new group was launched as part of Wayamo's ongoing strategies aimed at improving the relationship between Africa and the ICC as well as strengthening complementarity through capacity building. Bettina Ambach, the Director of the Wayamo Foundation, which will act as the Groups’ Secretariat, described it as “an open and interactive forum where the concerns of African citizens and states can be heard.”
Sgt. Stephen Hyman, a Soldier assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade, takes a photograph of a grave marker in the Main Post Cemetery, May 9, as part of oversight to help upgrade record keeping for cemetery operations. Under guidance from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command and a directive issued by the Secretary of the Army, an Army-wide gravesite accountability initiative is being conducted to ensure the identification and proper commemoration of all those interred in Army post cemeteries. Looking on is Staff Sgt. Angel Santos, also of the 20th Eng. Bde. (Photo by Tina Ray/Paraglide)
Within this collection, you will find photographs documenting July 14th through August 14th, 2023, in the Athens Bar Association where, in addition to endeavoring to ensure that the Court-appointed lawyer for my latest Evelpidon Court case fulfills his obligations, I also sought updates on the progress of my 2019 complaints against two other lawyers associated with the Hellenic Action for Human Rights (H.A.HU.R.).
These complaints were lodged against Electra Leda Koutra and her associate Maria Chartokolli due to their deceitfulness and failure to submit my case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) despite formally having undertaken the task a year earlier in 2018.
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JUBA – 23 JAN: Political leaders, civil society, international partners and other key stakeholders gathered at a National Accountability Conference hosted by UNMISS to tackle the complex and deeply sensitive issue of persistent cattle raiding, abduction and sexual violence in Jonglei and neighbouring Greater Pibor Administrative Area. Participants unanimously agreed on an action plan to enhance community safety and reduce crime by establishing joint security forces and special court, strengthening judicial systems, creating a protection cluster and advocating for improved infrastructure and services for communities.
Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS
at the Annual Forum on Police Accountability, hosted by Chicago Appleseed and sponsored by the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Chapter of the ACSLP on May 17, 2017 at Chicago-Kent College of Law
Building on the ‘Ecosystem Landscaping to advance the Accountability to implement the Women’s Empowerment Principles in ASEAN’, the WeEmpowerAsia programme, UN women jointly develops and will disseminate the Building Pathways to Gender Equality and Sustainability through the Women's Empowerment Principles: Thailand Policy Brief (hereafter referred as ‘Thailand Policy Brief’) with key partners, namely the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of SMEs Promotion (OSMEP).
Gender Responsive Procurement (GRP) is one of the initiatives recommended in the Thailand Policy Brief. GRP can identify, incorporate and support women business owners seeking to access government/corporate procurement contracts. In support of the initiative, UN Women and Kenan Foundation Asia will host the “IDEA to I do”, a business presentation competition for selected women entrepreneurs, to showcase the capacity of WOB and WLB developed under WeEmpowerAsia Programme as means to promote women’s participation in supply chain. Winners will receive the WeRise Awards and the prizes are comprised of one winner, one first runner-up and one second runner-up.
Photo: UN Women/Daydream Organizer Co., Ltd.
Accountability, Achievement, and Action: High School Education Reform in the New Era
Hilary O. Shelton, vice president for advocacy and director of the Washington Bureau, NAACP
(February 12, 2009)
The global economic crisis has turned a harsh spotlight on the role, accountability and transparency of banks and their leadership. In the outside world, public confidence and support is at an all-time low with far-reaching questions about the social utility of banks. On the inside, banks face complex challenges as they adapt to new regulatory environments and seek new ways to function as a profitable motor for the economy.
In this radically different operating landscape, the drive to rethink conventional business models is gathering momentum. This is further accelerated by big data, integrated analytics and new technologies that are transforming how banks and financial services go to market. Innovative renewal is needed if banks are to retain their central place in the payment system.
This session will bring stakeholders from different sectors together to identify options and best practices for a sustainable financial architecture that meets the needs of the economy, shareholders, entrepreneurs and the public.