- General objective: Strengthen prisoners’ rights through access to justice and the mobilization of civil society and the penal system. Pilot intervention in Bimbo women’s prison and Ngaragba detention center
- Areas of intervention: Central African Republic – Bangui and Bimbo
- Project duration: 11 months, from June 6, 2024 to April 30, 2025
- Budget: 103,305 euros
- Funding: French Embassy in CAR
- Beneficiaries :
- Final beneficiaries: People in detention, particularly women and people in vulnerable situations.
- Direct beneficiaries :
- People in detention, particularly women and people in vulnerable situations;
- Civil society organizations (CPDE);
- Lawyers belonging to the Central African Bar Association;
- The National Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (CNDHLF);
- Central African press organizations.
- Main activities :
- Activity 1: Opening and presentation of project objectives
- Activity 2: Support for CNDHLF intervention in Bimbo and Ngaragba prisons
- Activity 3: Monitoring human rights and procedural guarantees in Bimbo and Ngaragba prisons
- Activity 4: Redeployment of a legal aid system
- Activity 5: Technical roundtables on preventive detention
- Activity 6: Celebration of Nelson Mandela Day (July 18)
- ASF implementing partners :
- Center for the Promotion and Defense of Children’s Rights
- National Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (CNDHFL)
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