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Professor Ioannis Katsoyiannis, Director of the Institute of Sustainable Water Management and Water Law
with Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the EPLO, at the UN Headquarters in New York

NEW Institute of the Global Rule of Law

The Institute of the Global Rule of Law (IGRoL) of the EPLO was
established in 2022. Its mandate is to develop and promote the
Global Rule of Law principles at an international scientific and
educational level. The Institute’s mission is gradually being evolved
under the scientific umbrella of the Global Rule of Law
Commission (GRoLC), through which it shall also expand its
activities. The Institute assists and supports the Commission,
follows its discussions, and executes its decisions. Moreover, it contributes to the research and preparation of the
Rule of Law Report which the GRoLC annually presents to the UN General Assembly.

Furthermore, the IGRoL advances and implements various scientific and educational activities, in close co-
operation with the European Law and Governance School (ELGS) of the EPLO. In this framework, it shall organize
studies, research activities, events, training seminars, lectures, courses, etc. in the fields of the essential elements
of the Global Rule of Law, such as the foundations of the law and democracy, fair justice and judicial independence,
human rights, transparency, and anti-corruption, among other significant thematic areas. Specifically, at the
educational level, for the upcoming year 2023-2024, the IGRoL is currently developing a Master’s degree in the
general field of the Global Rule of Law which will be provided from the EPLO’s Headquarters in Cascais, Portugal,
in collaboration with the ELGS and the Universities of Portugal.

The EPLO recently allocated scientific personnel to the Institute to implement and elaborate on its various
responsibilities and competencies. Simultaneously, the Municipality of Cascais and the Regional Branch of EPLO
in Cascais actively and substantially support the Institute’s functions.

The Institute of the Global Rule of Law operates from the Headquarters of EPLO in Cascais and works under the
responsibility of a highly scientific and moral Director, Ms. Teresa Violante, Research Fellow at Friedrich-Alexander
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Visiting Research Fellow at Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches
Recht und Völkerrecht. Her position is honorary and discretionary.

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