Supporting implementation of NAP on Business and Human Rights

Project Overview RSIL is currently engaged by the UNDP to develop and deliver trainings on Human Rights Due Diligence to relevant stakeholders to supplement the Government’s activities in implementing the NAP on BHR in Pakistan. Moreover, the Project seeks to identify ways in which national human rights institutions may play a significant role in protecting…

Diplomacy, Law and Policy Forum

Project Overview The Diplomacy, Law, and Policy Forum is an online platform established with an aim to shape debate and dialogue on issues central to international humanitarian law, diplomacy and policy. A collaboration between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) in Pakistan, the DLP Forum seeks to address some…

DNFBP Compliance Forum Meetings

With increased regulation and introduction of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) legislation, money launderers and terrorist financers have developed complex mechanisms to conduct illegal activities due to which keeping up with emerging money laundering threats has become integral to dealing with this type of criminal activity. Development of new technologies,…

Rule of Law Approaches to Prosecuting FTFs – Experts’ Dialogue

The challenge of prosecuting foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) rose to global prominence in 2012 with the influx of foreigners joining Islamic State/Daesh. In response to the threat posed by FTFs, the UN Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014), under binding Chapter VII powers, placed wide reaching obligations upon member states to curb the threat of FTFs,…

STOP ML

Project Overview In June 2018, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) identified Pakistan as a jurisdiction with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies. This so-called “grey-listing” spurred a flurry of action at all levels of the Government of Pakistan with the introduction of new laws and regulatory mechanisms. As a result, the Asia Pacific Group (APG), a FATF-style…