“Under the leadership of professors like John Palfrey and Urs Gasser and in the context of exciting projects such as our Youth in Developing Countries initiative, I have been fortunate to work with outstanding academics, policymakers, and educators from places like the Middle East, India, China, Japan, Eastern Europe, South Africa, and Brazil, addressing critical issues of online youth safety, privacy, and the role of information from a truly global perspective. I’m excited about the ways in which we can bring together experts with diverse backgrounds but with a common cause to facilitate open and respectful dialogue among them, from which solutions to pressing real-world problems can emerge.”
Category Archives: Other International Opportunities
Hakim Lakhdar, Program Manager, Program on the Legal Profession
“In September, I was asked to speak with HLS students, faculty and staff about the American Bar Association and its Rule of Law Initiative. In 1990, the ABA established the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), which in 2007 grew into the consolidated Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI), to aid in the legal reform efforts in newly independent republics and emerging democracies. I used the example of my own work in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to explain the various projects and approaches ABA ROLI implements and adopts while also addressing and highlighting the many challenges and obstacles they have faced since their inception. Programs, activities and strategies can be modified from year to year and country to country but those of us working in international development must always remember that ever-changing global relationships and countries’ national interests will always play a large role in the success we have in establishing a legitimate rule of law culture in emerging economies.”