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On January 20-21, the training for assistant prosecutors on human trafficking and money laundering brought together 56 technical staffs from Vientiane Capital, Bolikhamxay and Vientiane province to prepare their readiness to become assistant prosecutors. The training was led by experts from the Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA), Mr Keith Farquharson and Ms […]

ILSTA team, led by ILSTA President, Mr Richard Philippart met with representatives from the Inspection Department of Ministry of Public Work and Transport to hand over 200 posters on forms of corruption and discussed the anti-corruption training, which will be held by the Inspection Department, MPWT at the end of this month. The disseminated posters […]

 The opening ceremony of the training for assistant prosecutors was held this morning, chaired by Mr Khamsan Suvoung, Prosecutor General of the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor of Lao PDR and Mr Richard Philippart, President of the Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA). The ceremony was organised at the Prosecutor Research and […]

ILSTA met with the National Institute of Justice of the Lao PDR, looking into cooperation throughout 2021 and in particular the implementation of a new English for Law course, open lectures and specialised training for NIJ lecturers.

To mark the International Anti-corruption Day, Lao State Inspection Authority gathered the most important stakeholders during a festivity in Vientiane. ILSTA supported in the dissemination of 350 posters on forms of corruption. Mr Richard Philippart, President of ILSTA, reiterated the continuous support of ILSTA of the Lao authorities on the fight against corruption and its […]

The Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance, the Luxembourg Embassy in Laos, the Ministry of Justice, National University of Laos and Luxdev gathered yesterday for the 2020 Annual Meeting and the Project Steering Committee of Project Lao/031. The end-year review of Project LAO/031 observed on the successful implementation and innovations in creating better access […]

ILSTA President, Mr Richard Philippart handed over the ILSTA’s designed anti-corruption banners to the State Inspection and Anti-Corruption Authority (SIA). The event is part of an anti-corruption awareness campaign to prepare for disseminating information and celebrating the upcoming “International Anti-Corruption Day”, December 9th.

LSTA would like to congratulate Mr Sianpasert Phommaluesa, a prosecutor from Champasak province on winning the legal knowledge quiz at the regional conference, organised on 23-25 November in Pakse. The quiz is one of the key activities in legal knowledge assessment held at all regional conferences, co-organized by ILSTA and OSPP. The legal knowledge quiz […]

The legal awareness campaign was carried alongside the third regional conference on combating organised crime in Pakse. Mr Richard Philippart, ILSTA President, handed over more than 2,500 copies of ILSTA design technical guides, posters and brochures on legal topics to government officials from 6 southern and central provinces, namely Savannakhet, Salavan, Sekong, Attapue, Champasak and […]

The third follow-up regional conference on “Strengthening capacities on combating organised crime, focusing on money laundering, human trafficking, evidence in criminal proceedings and international cooperation in criminal matters” took place in Pakse city, Champasak province from 23 to 25 November. More than 70 law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and representatives of the judiciary from the southern […]