The LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to advance the rule of law around the world, has launched in New York.
It aims to support projects that address any of the four rule of law components: equal treatment under the law, transparency of the law, access to legal remedy, and independent judiciaries.
The foundation will work with the legal, academic, non-governmental organisation and other sectors on projects. Its first collaboration is with the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), whose members include journalists working under repressive regimes. GIJN members will be given discounted access to LexisNexis’ electronic databases and analytic tools.
‘More than half of the world’s population lives outside the shelter of the law, struggling for basic human rights,’ said the foundation’s president, Ian McDougall.
‘Each of us shares responsibility to bring this percentage down to zero.’
GIJN executive director David Kaplan said the partnership would ‘strengthen watchdog reporting worldwide on corruption, lack of accountability and abuses of power’.
For more information, visit www.lexisnexisrolfoundation.org.
