Rule of Law

Our Capabilities

Democracy International has extensive experience evaluating and designing rule of law programs throughout the world. We offer a range of rule-of-law development services, including expertise in justice-sector institutions, legal frameworks, court and case management, law enforcement, legal training and professional development, and increasing legal access and advocacy. We have practical experience with the justice sector in developed and developing countries.

In addition, we have worked on legal issues and with the justice sector in the U.S. and abroad for nearly three decades. In the 1980s DI principal Eric Bjornlund practiced corporate and international law at Ropes and Gray in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the nation’s largest law firms. He worked on international human rights cases in Namibia and on behalf of Haitian refugees.

  • Program evaluation and design
  • Community policing
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Administration of justice
  • Access to justice
  • Legal reform
  • Judicial governance and reform
  • Anticorruption
  • Monitoring and evaluation

Our Experience

  • Bolivia, Administration of Justice Program Evaluation and Justice Sector Assessment (2010)
  • Panama, Democracy and Governance Assessment, including Focus on Rule of Law (2010)
  • Latin America, Rule of Law Study (2009)
  • Kosovo, Judicial Support Program Evaluation (2009)
  • Ukraine, Evaluation of Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold Country Program-Component 2: Judicial Reform (2008)
  • Indonesia, Democracy and Governance Assessment, including Focus on Rule of Law (2008)
  • Zimbabwe, Democracy and Governance Assessment, including Focus on Rule of Law (2008)
  • Albania, Rule of Law Program Design (2007)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Democracy and Governance Assessment, including Focus on Rule of Law (2007)
  • U.S., National Study of Court Reporters and Electronic Recording of Court Proceedings (2006-2007)
  • Moldova, Anti-Corruption Assessment (2006)
  • Albania, Democracy and Governance Assessment, including Focus on Rule of Law (2005)
  • Jamaica, Evaluation and Design of Improved Governance Through Citizen Security And Participation Program (2005)
Expertise