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Lawfare is the misuse and abuse of law for political and military ends. It is the injunction of the words law and warfare for it is a legal war.
The Institute was born in São Paulo, in 2017, through the initiative of the attorneys Valeska Teixeira Martins, Cristiano Zanin Martins, and Rafael Valim, within a context of increasing numbers of lawfare cases throughout the globe. The Institute’s opening ceremony was held at SOAS University of London, on December 5th, 2017.
The Institute fundamentally intends to conduct multidisciplinary researches on lawfare and to diagnose and inform against lawfare cases throughout the globe. Thus, the Institute intends to contribute for the defense of the Rule of Law and for the full affirmation of human rights.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.