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Empowering Civil Society for Inclusive Development
Funding: Belgium Development Cooperation (DGD) Duration: 5 years (January 2022 > December 2026)
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Lawyering for Change 2022: Programme
Wednesday October 12, 2022 9am – Conference opening (FR/EN/NL) 9:30am – Plenary: Empowering for Change – How to use legal empowerment as a driver for public engagement? (FR/EN/NL) 11:30am – Plenary: Lawyering for Change – The lawyer as an actor of change (FR/EN/NL) 2pm – Workshops session Workshop 1: How can judiciary and non-judiciary tools…
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Promoting access to justice through community-based mediation programs
In Uganda, access to justice is limited by the financial resources of local populations but also by the geographical distance to the courts of law. In this context, ASF focuses on the training of community-based mediators to promote access to justice and enable local populations to claim their rights.
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Finances
The accounts of Avocats Sans Frontières are published each year by the Belgian National Bank (BCE number : 447404580). You can also download our latest (2023) financial report (PDF in French). In terms of institutional donors, ASF receives significant support from various governments, from the European Union and from private foundations. The primary sources of…
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Our teams
ASF has currently field offices in 9 different countries and employs about 100 people of more than 15 different nationalities. Non for profit association under Belgian law, registered at the Brussels Office of the Commercial court, French-speaking – Company number: BE 0447.404.580 – Not liable to VAT. Regionalisation and creation of regional hubs In a…
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A dire need to integrate human rights in the Covid-19 crisis management
As authorities initially downplayed the gravity of the Covid-19 health crisis, a sense of astonishment prevailed throughout the world at the unprecedented nature and scale of the measures that were later taken. More than half of the world’s population has found itself locked down, with varying economic, social, physical and mental consequences on individuals depending…
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The spread of COVID-19 requires urgent and immediate measures to be taken to protect the rights of detainees in Africa
Joint statement adressed to the member states of the African Union and to human rights international organisations in Africa.
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Fatigue among the victims Regarding the case of Thomas Kwoyelo
In Uganda, ASF has been providing continuous support to communities who have been victim of the crimes for which Kwoyelo is being tried under the International Crimes Division. Last April, ASF led joint efforts with the Victim’s Counsel, the ICD Registrar and the International Center for Transitional Justice to inform the victims’ communities of the…
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Victims’ legal representation raised at the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
Last week at the Sixteenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, ASF and REDRESS co-organised a parallel event on the legal representation of victims before the International Criminal Court, the International Crimes Division in Uganda, and the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic.
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A beggar has no choice
Between February and April 2017, ASF conducted consultations with victims of mass atrocities in Northern and Eastern Uganda, about their views on ways to repair the harm they have suffered. The consultations took place in areas affected by the insurgence of the rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army. Their purpose was to get insight into LRA…