Cooperating Organizations
To provide access to the widest array of authoritative expertise relating to the advancement of rule of law, INPROL has established relationships with cooperating organizations.
An organization may be invited to become an INPROL Cooperating Organization if it meets specific following criteria and undertakes one or more of the roles described HERE.
Current cooperating organizations include:
Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
The Center for Strategic Research (Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi- SAM) is established to conduct research on international relations and regional studies. The Center examines international conflicts, makes scholarly and scientific assessments of relevant issues, and reviews Turkish foreign policy with a futuristic perspective. It is a consultative body with the responsibility of bringing to the attention of decision makers independent, unbiased views and findings from different sources. The Center is chartered by law and has been active since May 1995.
The Folke Bernadotte Academy is a Swedish government agency dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of international conflict and crisis management, with a particular focus on peace operations. The Academy functions as a platform for cooperation between Swedish agencies and organizations and their international partners.
Global Legal Information Network
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is an association of government agencies, regional, national, and international organizations, and non-governmental agencies that contribute laws, regulations, and complementary legal sources from the original official texts to a database accessible to the public via Internet at www.glin.gov. GLIN members share the conviction that it is the duty of governments to make their laws freely available to their citizens.
International Association for Court Administration
The International Association for Court Administration (IACA) is an association of trial court administrators seeking to improve court management and administration in all countries and to foster professionalism and collegiality among those who serve in court systems. IACA also seeks to compliment and reinforce efforts by government and non-government organizations to build justice sector capacity and judicial reform.
International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 89 different countries. The association's goals are to advance the science and art of police services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical and operational practices and promote their use in police work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience among police administrators throughout the world; to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct.
International Association of Prosecutors
The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) is a world-wide association of prosecutors established in 1995 at UN offices in Vienna. Membership currently consists of around 130 organizational members and 1,500 individual members from around the world. The primary goal of IAP is to facilitate cooperation between international prosecutors and investigators as they address transnational crime. IAP also seeks to promote and set standards for upholding human rights and the rule of law.
The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. It has a membership of 30,000 individual lawyers and more than 195 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.
International Corrections and Prisons Association
Recognizing the common problems shared by many national correctional and prison services, the ICPA is a dynamic organization devoted to improving global understanding and professionalism in the correctional sector. The ICPA provides leadership and vision in the area of corrections and criminal justice. Its multinational Board of Directors and membership from over 70 countries encompass all areas of the criminal justice system.
International Legal Assistance Consortium
The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) was formed in 2002 as an umbrella organization for associations of legal and human rights experts world wide with experience in rebuilding justice systems after war and armed conflicts. ILAC’s aims are to provide initial assessments of justice systems in post conflict situations, to promote the recommendations of those assessments to International Government Organizations and Donor Governments, and to provide a central source for reports and analysis related to the challenges faced by justice systems in the aftermath of conflict.
International Tactical Officers Training Association
The International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA) is an international association designed to offer quality professional training and information sharing. The ITOTA recognizes the need to expand and share tactical knowledge by focusing on the wealth of experience that exists in the global tactical community.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC has approximately 500 staff members worldwide. Its headquarters are in Vienna and it has 20 field offices as well as liaison offices in New York and Brussels. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.