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HOW CAN I HELP? Action4Justice is run almost entirely by volunteers. We need help from people with various skills to keep going and to do as much as possible to uphold rights and empower communities who most need it across the world. This includes help from lawyers, web experts, communicators and administrators. Volunteering could involve: […]

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Partners

Our Partners Action 4 Justice is a project supported by individuals and a consortium of non-governmental organisations who fight poverty injustice, and rights abuses throughout the world. Together, we recognise and promote public interest litigation as an essential strategic tool in this global struggle.

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About us

WHAT IS ACTION4JUSTICE? A4J is a global civil society platform that was formed by a coalition of NGOs including Greenpeace, Oxfam, Transparency International, the Forest People’s Programme and IHRDA. It seeks to build capacity, redistribute legal knowledge, create partnerships between legal activists, and empower communities through the creation of an informative platform to improve access […]

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UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. BRIBERY ACT, 2010.

Described as “the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world”. The Act has a near-universal jurisdiction, allowing for the prosecution of an individual or company with links to the United Kingdom, regardless of where the crime occurred.

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Data type: Legal citations, Legal references,

Legal Topic: Corruption,

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UNITED STATES. FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

(Amended as of 2004) The FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions can apply to conduct both inside and outside the United States. Prosecutions may arise for using the U.S. mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of a corrupt payment to a foreign official.

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Data type: Legal citations,

Legal Topic: Corruption,

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UNITED STATES. RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (“RICO”) ACT

Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering activity performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Such activity may include illegal gambling, bribery, kidnapping, murder, money laundering, counterfeiting, embezzlement, drug […]

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Data type: Legal citations,

Legal Topic: Corruption,

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SECURING FORESTS, SECURING RIGHTS

Securing Forests, Securing rights (2014): Report of the International Workshop on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples, Held in Palangka Raya, Indonesia, March 2014. Report available on website of Forest Peoples Programme.

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Data type: Legal references,

Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Climate and environment, Land rights,

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TIRANA DECLARATION 2011

Tirana Declaration (2011): Securing land access for the poor in times of intensified natural resources competition. Declaration made at a conference of the National Federation of Communal Forests and Pastures of Albania (NFCFPA), Tirana, 24-26 May 2011.

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Data type: Legal citations,

Legal Topic: Land rights,

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GUIDE TO PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION IN KENYA

This is a Kenya-specific toolbox for public interest litigators. It provides detailed conceptual and practical guidance on various options for public interest litigators to use the law and courts to develop on-going and future public and policy discourses in Kenya. This Handbook is unique for its focus on the unfolding governance realities in Kenya. It […]

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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),

Legal Topic: Land rights,

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SAVING UGANDA’S RAINFORESTS USING PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION

Abstract: In August 2011, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that he planned to give away part of Mabira rainforest to a sugar corporation to grow a sugarcane plantation and enhance sugar production in the country… This Note argues that the Ugandans opposed to the give-away of forest land to private companies can bring public interest […]

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Data type: Legal references,

Legal Topic: Climate and environment,

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