LJD Week at a Glance

Annually, the World Bank Group hosts Law, Justice, and Development (LJD) week—an interactive week-long conference dedicated to bringing together World Bank Group staff, senior officials from other international financial institutions, international development practitioners, government officials, lawyers, judges, scholars and representatives from civil society. Keynote speakers include prominent members of the international legal community such as Jan Eliasson (Deputy Secreatary General, United Nations); Siniša Rodin (Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union). Live streaming of the opening plenary session led by remarks by Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President and World Bank Group Anne-Marie Leroy, Senior Vice President and World Bank Group General Counsel and with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson delivering the keynote address can be found at http://live.worldbank.org/law-justice-development-week-2014

GLOBAL FORUM DAYS

The first two days (Monday 10/20 and Tuesday 10/21) of LJD Week will be devoted to the legal dimensions to the post-2015 development agenda, and will be organized into three parallel sub-themes:

§  Financing  (FIN) the post-2015 development agenda.

§  Implementing (IMP) the post-2015 development agenda.

§  Social and economic equity (SOC) in the post-2015 development agenda.

For detailed information about the various panels and discussion topics within the three sub-themes, please see the complete conference agenda here: https://www.conftool.pro/ljdweek2014/sessions.php

Wednesday (10/22) is Europe Day

Each year, LJD Week takes an in-depth look at legal, economic and social developments in a particular country or region. The past four years have focused on Brazil, China, India, and Africa. This year, LJD Week will focus on Europe. The day will include an interactive format to discuss various pressing issues in the region including strengthening domestic application of international standards on rule of law, fair trial, and judicial independence, crisis management and resolution, anti-corruption, threat of human trafficking to development and human rights, and much more.

Thursday is IFI Day

The annual General Counsel’ Roundtable will bring together the heads of the legal departments of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to discuss a range of issues related to international development.

            Friday is World Bank Group Day

Friday is specifically reserved for lawyers working in the World Bank Group and will be devoted to issues of interest to them.

This event is open to everyone—practitioners, students, policymakers, activists, etc.

Late registration will be available on-site at 1818 H Street, NW, starting Monday October 20, 2014 at 8:00 AM. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org/ljdweek2014. Email inquiries may be sent directly to ljdweek@worldbank.org.