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The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) is a non-profit human rights organisation. We work with communities, social movements, individuals and other non-profit organisations in South Africa and beyond to develop and implement strategies to challenge inequality and realise socio-economic rights. SERI is a registered public interest law centre and Law Clinic. The litigation […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
SAFE: Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Equity and Peace (USAID-SAFE Programme), a five-year development program (2012 – 2017), aims to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s (GoU) capacity with respect to peace building and conflict mitigation. The SAFE Program supports a core set of activities in two component areas: “Access to Justice” and “Peace and […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
Directory of Organisational Profiles This resource features organisations in Uganda that are currently known to provide legal advice and assistance in both criminal and civil cases by advocates, non-lawyers (i.e. bar training course students under the supervision of an advocate, and law graduates awaiting enrolment), law clinic students, paralegals, as well as community volunteers.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
Based in Brussels, Belgium. Date established: 1992 Description: Avocats Sans Frontières is an international NGO specialised in defending human rights and supporting justice. ASF intervenes in countries where human rights are not respected, where political violence and armed conflict reign, and where legal rules are flouted. Provides legal advice and support through its programmes and […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Refugee rights,
Description: IHRDA’s vision is to see a continent where all have access to justice, using national, African and international human rights law and mechanisms for the promotion and protection of their rights. IHRDA serves as pro bono counsel for individuals and NGOs litigating their cases against state parties before the African human rights treaty bodies. […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
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