PAGE 5 The Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge Core Group The group of NGOs that drove the initial design of the Pledge and mobilized the global legal community to join it in December 2019, continued to meet in 2020 to support the Pledge’s implementation. These actors established an informal Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge Core Group (the "Core Group") to work together to mobilize the global legal community to identify and address the unmet legal needs of refugees and others forcibly displaced. The Core Group members committed to work collectively to leverage networks, partnerships, and resources, including pro bono hours, to increase the number of those displaced who have access to legal assistance and who can access justice, rights, and solutions to their displacement. The Core Group selected PILnet to act as the coordinating body for this work. In 2020, the Core Group members undertook a range of activities to support implementation of the Pledge, including undertaking a legal needs assessment and mapping at a global level with those that had joined the Pledge, supporting capacity development and initial pro bono matching initiatives in Asia, designing reporting tools to track implementation of pro bono hours pledged and their impact, and raising awareness and undertaking outreach to expand the network of private and public sector legal actors involved in the Pledge. © UNHCR/Mark Henley