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  • What’s the point of human rights if there is no access to remedy?

    What’s the point of human rights if there is no access to remedy?

    On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December, ASF notes that rights are not effective if so many people in vulnerable situations cannot access remedy for human rights violations. This is especially the case in countries emerging from conflict or in transition.

  • Why is justice without borders?

    Why is justice without borders?

    Who better to respond to this question than ASF’s Heads of Mission and Regional Representatives, based in different countries worldwide. They have gathered for ten days of intensive briefing at ASF’s headquarters in Brussels and they share their views about the core of the organisation’s mandate: the defense of human rights.

  • Seven African countries face the challenge of transitional justice

    Seven African countries face the challenge of transitional justice

    For countries emerging from armed conflict or liberated from an authoritarian regime, transitional justice is crucial to achieving reconciliation among former “enemies”. Exchanging experiences in this domain is important. Therefore, ASF gathered lawyers and experts from 7 African countries to discuss this indispensable step towards lasting peace.

  • Being a lawyer, a high-risk profession

    Being a lawyer, a high-risk profession

    Whether they are members of civil society organizations, lawyers or media professionals, human rights defenders have a common objective: promote and protect human rights. They are often confronted with attempts to limit their work such as threats, harassment, and sometimes torture or even murder. That is why ASF and the East Africa Law Society are…

  • A National Legal Aid Strategy in Burundi: A first in the Great Lakes Region

    A National Legal Aid Strategy in Burundi: A first in the Great Lakes Region

    Ensuring equal rights and guaranteeing access to justice for all citizens is a challenge, particularly in a country such as Burundi. Until recently, twenty organisations have been separately, without coordination…

  • ASF awareness campaign: “Open your eyes to injustice”

    ASF awareness campaign: “Open your eyes to injustice”

    Brussels, June 16, 2012 – Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is launching an awareness campaign on the need to support justice in post-conflict and developing countries.

  • Combating torture: Beware of “false victories”

    Brussels/Bukavu/Kathmandu, 26 June 2012 – On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) reiterates the need to ensure torturers do not escape punishment.

  • ASF supports Human Rights Defenders in five African countries

    ASF supports Human Rights Defenders in five African countries

    Nairobi, Kenya – Lawyers and other human rights defenders (HRDs) are often directly targeted when they speak out against local authorities who are at times responsible for human rights violations.

  • Launch of ASF’s New Project about the ICC

    As part of its ongoing efforts to contribute towards greater accountability for gross human rights violations as well as redress for victims, ASF has launched a new multi-country project entitled Promoting the Rome Statute System and enhancing the effectiveness of the ICC, thanks to the financial support obtained from the European Commission. The Rome Statute…