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The Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI) is an Arab regional, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 2003 by a group of judges, specialists in rule of law, lawyers and academics from various Arab countries.


 Projects
Project on "Inclusive Democratic Participation: Enhancing Education, Engagement, and Oversight" (2025-2027)

As part of the “Support to Initiatives for Community Engagement in Culture, Social Cohesion, and Democratic Participation” programme, ACRLI is implementing the "Inclusive Democratic Participation" project in Lebanon, in partnership with the European Center for Electoral Support (ECES) and with the support of the European Union. Over a 24-month period, the initiative aims to empower civil society organizations (CSOs) to promote democratic education, improve electoral processes, advocate for legislative reforms, and enhance oversight mechanisms to ensure transparency and accountability.
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  Project on The National Legal Digital Platform –NLDP (2022-2025)

The National Legal Digital Platform (NLDP) is an advanced and modernized approach to creating a national platform where all legal texts are stored and treated intelligently and systemically, by establishing a national system to modernize the printing and production of any legal text or non-confidential judicial rulings. This platform provides data for the development of artificial intelligence applications serving legal professions, as well as data for planning and enhancing the development of public and legal institutions that produce and regulate legal texts.


Project on “Decentralization and Local Governance in Iraq” (February-May 2022)

The project consists of developing assessment reports on the decentralization and local governance system in Iraq, which will be written by Dr. Wassim Harb, the founder and general supervisor of ACRLI with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Iraq (UNDP).
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  Project on “Developing the Constitutional Justice Platform for the MENA Region and Europe” (December 2021- December 2022)

Within the framework of its’ Initiative “Towards Building the Constitutional Justice Network”, ACRLI is implementing the” Constitutional Justice Platform for the MENA Region and Europe” in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Read more...

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Project on “Reforming the Kurdistan Regional Government Judicial Institute (September 2021)

The project consists of developing an assessment report of the Kurdistan Regional Government Judicial Institute, which was written by Dr. Wassim Harb, the founder and general supervisor of ACRLI with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Iraq (UNDP);
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List of Resources - Project on “Improving Juvenile Justice and Advancing the Human Rights of Adolescents”

- List of Resources (Juvenile Justice Center)
- List of Resources (ACRLI)
-Training manual for Social Workers’ in English
-Training manual for lawyers’ in English

Electoral Working Group

ACRLI was pleased to participate in UNDP’s Electoral Working Group meetings, engaging with key national and international stakeholders to strengthen electoral processes in Lebanon.

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Electoral Working Group (13 March 2025)

- Electoral Working Group (13 February 2025)

Digital violence against women in Lebanon: Legal and Institutional Context (March 2024)

Digital violence against women is a growing challenge in light of rapid technological advancement. This includes digital harassment, online threats, and privacy violations, with negative impacts on victims.

This study was authored by Roula Zayat, Executive Director of ACRLI, with support from the SecDev Foundation www.secdev-foundation.org and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) www.idrc-crdi.ca
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Meeting to discuss the “National Legal Digital Platform” (December 2023)
ACRLI and its partner Madamek (Research and Study Firm in Informatics and Law) hosted his Excellency the former Minister of Higher Education dr. Hassan Risha and a distinguished delegation of lawyers and legal experts from Northwest University of Political Science and Law in China to learn about the new initiative developed by ACRLI's founder dr. Wassim Harb. This advanced initiative “National Legal Digital Platform” is based on advanced techniques to develop various legal professions and consolidate the rule of law by producing a set of informatics tools and systems that use artificial intelligence applications.
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Memorandum of Understanding between the ACRLI and “Habib El Mulla Academy”- Dubai, 22 February 2023
The Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the "Habib Al Mulla Academy" in Dubai on February 22, 2023, during the academy's inauguration ceremony at the Four Seasons Jumeirah Hotel.
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Conference on "The Legal and Scientific Track of the Decentralization Project in Lebanon" on 26 Sept 2022
Pursuant to the cooperation agreement held between the Arab Center for the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI), the Beirut and Tripoli Bar Associations and the Lebanese Association of Decentralization, a conference on "The Legal and Scientific Track of the Decentralization Project in Lebanon" was held at the premises of the Beirut Bar Association on 26/10/2022.
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The Coordination Committee to Support Decentralization's visit to the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, on 22 July 2022
Within the Process of Developing the Decentralization Law in Lebanon, the "Coordination Committee to Support Decentralization" visited the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, on 22 July 2022, who emphasized the importance of expediting the issuance of expanded administrative decentralization.
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ACRLI’s participation at the World Justice Forum 2022
ACRLI, as a member of the World Justice project network, is participating at the World Justice Forum 2022 to launch its new projects "The Constitutional Justice Platform for the MENA Region" and "National Legal Corpus." Dr. Wassim Harb, ACRLI's General Supervisor, will present these two projects.
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A Process to Draft Decentralization Law in Lebanon
On the 26th of May 2022, the Bar Associations of Beirut and Tripoli, in collaboration with the Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity and the Decentralization and Development Organization, are launching a legal and scientific process to lay the foundations for the administrative decentralization law in Lebanon in order to promote administrative reform, improve public services, combat corruption, promote economic and environmental development, and thus ensure security stability. Read more...

Encouraging Marginalized Voices in the Lebanese Political Process - Final Movie
Roundtable discussion on “Women’s Quota: towards promoting women’s participation in the Political Process in Lebanon (31 July, 2019)
Project on “Encouraging Marginalized Voices in the Lebanese Political Process”- roundtable discussion on “Women’s Quota: towards promoting women’s participation in the Political Process in Lebanon”- Wednesday 31 July 2019- Coral Beach Hotel.
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Honoring an Arab figure based on his performance, demeanor and commitment to the principles of the rule of law.

ACRLI has launched a new initiative “Rule of Law Annual Award”
 


ACRLI has implemented several development projects for the Arab Countries serving the principles of good governance

 

 
Since 2003-2007, ACRLI has developed the principles and indicators of the rule of law and good governance of two basic institutions - called "authority"

 

Last Update 22 April 2025

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