WRI Works with the United Nations Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

Lalanath De Silva describes the work that he, Peter Veit, and Jesse Ribot - all of WRI’s Institutions and Governance Program - are doing to support the United Nations Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor.

Audio

Entire Segment 8:54)

Overview of the Commission (4:27)
WRI’s Contribution to the work of the Commission (1:58)
Legal Empowerment is Not Just about Developing Countries (2:30)

Lalanath de Silva, Director, The Access Initiative
Lalanath De Silva was a public interest litigator and advocate for over two decades.
ldesilva@wri.org+1 (202) 729-7767