Participants were invited to make individual or joint commitments to help achieve the Agenda for Humanity. In addition, they were invited to align themselves to 32 core commitments developed for the 7 High-level Leaders’ Roundtables of the World Humanitarian Summit. Each stakeholders commitments are organized by commitment type in the table below.
2D
Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability
Individual Commitment
- Commitment
- Commitment Type
- Core Responsibility
IDLO commits to collect and exchange good practices and lessons learned on integrating international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law norms and standards into national policies, constitutions, legislation and laws.
- Policy
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
IDLO commits to respect international humanitarian law, human rights and refugee law in its rule of law work with governments and other national partners on constitutional and legal reforms, institution building and access to justice.
- Policy
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
IDLO commits to sign, respect and support the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies commensurate with its mandate, capacities and resources.
- Policy
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
IDLO commits to strengthen the capacity of governments, parliaments, and other national actors, to integrate international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law standards and principles into national policies and domestic legislation as appropriate (in at least five countries by 2020).
- Capacity
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
IDLO commits to strengthen the capacity of governments, the judiciary, and other national institutions to prosecute gender-based crimes and to expand legal aid and representation for victims of gender-based violence (in at least five countries by 2020).
- Capacity
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
IDLO pledges to support the efforts to fight impunity for serious violations of international criminal law, including sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, as part of IDLO's programs, projects and policy advocacy work to enhance the effectiveness of criminal justice at the country level (in at least five countries by 2020).
- Operational
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
- Implement a coordinated global approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in crisis contexts, including through the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
- Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind
2E
Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
3A
Reduce and address displacement
Individual Commitment
- Commitment
- Commitment Type
- Core Responsibility
IDLO commits to strengthening legal aid, legal awareness and access to justice for refugees, displaced persons and other vulnerable populations in post-conflict situations through capacity development support and technical legal assistance to governments, national and local institutions, and civil society organizations (in at least five countries by 2020).
- Capacity
- Leave No One Behind
3D
Empower and protect women and girls
Individual Commitment
- Commitment
- Commitment Type
- Core Responsibility
IDLO commits to document and exchange good practices and lessons learned on rule of law approaches enabling gender equality and the achievement of better justice outcomes for women in conflict and post-conflict situations and other humanitarian settings (2016-2020).
- Policy
- Leave No One Behind
IDLO commits to ensuring gender-responsive legal and institutional frameworks across all its work on institutional and legal reform, with a focus on conflict situations and fragile states (2016-2020).
- Policy
- Leave No One Behind
IDLO commits to supporting states to enact, enhance and implement national legislation providing for property and land rights for women, including women refugees, returnees and displaced persons, through capacity building and technical assistance in the areas of law reform and access to justice (in at least five countries by 2020).
- Capacity
- Leave No One Behind
IDLO pledges to strengthen women's professional participation in the justice sector in fragile states, transitional, and humanitarian situations, with the aim of enhancing women's access to justice, combating gender-based violence and improving justice outcomes for women (in at least five countries by 2020) .
- Operational
- Leave No One Behind
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Empower Women and Girls as change agents and leaders, including by increasing support for local women's groups to participate meaningfully in humanitarian action.
- Leave No One Behind
- Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive.
- Leave No One Behind
- Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
- Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind