The German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit e.V. or IRZ) was set up in 1992 on the initiative of the German Federal Minister of Justice, Dr.

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. Within the framework of providing advice on legislation, the IRZ organises expert discussions, helps with the development of draft legislation and promotes the continued training and education of law professionals from all kinds of disciplines. To this end, seminars, workshops and conferences are organised in the relevant partner states. The main focus here is on national legal reforms and German and

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. Working visits, work placements and job shadowing are also made available in Germany for training and education purposes, allowing a direct, practice-oriented exchange of experiences with German experts. The IRZ also does everything it can to support law students by working with universities, providing supplementary studies, seminars and lectures. The IRZ is supported and assisted by its members and the

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. These include personalities from the worlds of politics, business, management, academia and legal associations and companies. The IRZ can also rely on support from numerous other experienced experts from a wide variety of specialist areas of the law. This means that the IRZ can guarantee specialist expert advice and non-bureaucratic, fast, flexible and coordinated support over the long term for its partner states.

Objectives

Together with its partners, the IRZ develops and consolidates: * Rule-of-law, democratic constitutional structures within the framework of the European approach to human rights * An independent, operational judiciary including all the foundations for procedural law * The private and commercial legal foundations for private law activities and business transactions * The public law framework conditions for corporate activities * The harmonisation of national legal systems with European law * International

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and cooperation in civil and criminal cases * European standards, in particular for protecting human rights in

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, criminal procedural law and penitentiary law

Contracting authority

The IRZ is commissioned by the

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and is therefore primarily financed by the budget of the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and by project funding from the

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. The IRZ also carries out projects as part of the

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Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

External links

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