Nepal: Woman accused of witchcraft was able to access justice
Rupandehi, Western Nepal – In a small rural community, a 28 years old woman accused of witchcraft was beaten by villagers. Supported by ASF’s partner – the Forum for Protection of People’s Rights (PPR)...
View ArticleAccess to justice reinforces women’s rights
Brussels/Geneva – On International Women’s Day, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) calls for more efforts in bringing gender-sensitive laws into force. Effective access to justice will help women in fragile...
View ArticleNepalese lawyers help counter human trafficking
Makawanpur, Nepal, 3 June 2013 – Enhancing people’s access to justice is crucial in the fight against impunity for human trafficking in Nepal. Together with its partner NGO, the Forum for Protection of...
View ArticleWhy is justice without borders?
Brussels, 15 November 2013 – Who better to respond to this question than Federica, Bahia or Gilles? They are Avocats Sans Frontières’ (ASF) Heads of Mission and Project Coordinator, based in Tunisia,...
View ArticleLaw Talk Aired Out
Kathmandu, 27 November 2013 – How does one ensure that people know their rights when a large part of the population is illiterate, poor and lives in remote rural areas? In Nepal, community radio is a...
View ArticleWhat’s the point of human rights if there is no access to remedy?
Brussels, 9 December 2013 – On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) notes that rights are not effective if so many people in vulnerable situations cannot...
View ArticleFor a more accessible justice system in eastern Congo
Goma, 19 March 2014 – The vulnerable population in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is benefiting from free legal advice thanks to a new partnership between the bar associations in the...
View ArticleNepalese women’s quest to claim rights
Nepal, 23 April 2014 – In Nepal, when a man abandons his wife and family it is common for the woman to be left in the lurch as destitutes. Women are systematically denied their rights under the law...
View ArticleChad: civil society is rallying together for better access to justice
N’Djamena (Chad), 12 November 2014 – The population of Chad still faces numerous obstacles when trying to obtain access to justice. Given this situation, organisations of civil society are taking...
View ArticleNo legal existence equals no rights for Congolese citizens
Lubero, DR Congo, 15 May 2015 – Registration of births – and marriages – is vital for the establishment of citizens’ rights. This is the message that was shared by Avocats Sans Frontières and its...
View ArticleASF partnerships: the cornerstone of sustainable change
Brussels/Bujumbura, 1 July 2015 – Against the backdrop of an extremely serious political crisis, ASF and its partners continue working to ensure access to justice for all in Burundi. ASF and the bar...
View ArticleThe state of justice in the Central African Republic
Bangui, 27/08/2015 – ASF (Avocats Sans Frontières) has recently launched support activities to help facilitate better access to justice in the Central African Republic. In the wake of successive...
View ArticleAccess to justice in Chad: civil society is mobilising itself
N’Djamena, 7 December 2015 – Despite justice reforms undertaken in recent years, the population of Chad still encounters numerous obstacles when trying to obtain access to justice. Given this...
View ArticleTwee jaar strijd tegen het onwettig gebruik van de voorlopige hechtenis in de...
Kinshasa, 8 april 2016 – Advocaten Zonder Grenzen werkt nu, met de steun van de Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking, twee jaar actief samen met de balies van West-Congo tegen het onterechte en zelfs...
View ArticleTunesië: De wet tegen verdovende middelen boekt geen vooruitgang meer
Tunis, 20 mei 2016 – Ondanks de mediaberichten en de in de ministerraad goedgekeurde nieuwe wettekst is de huidige wet op de strijd tegen verdovende middelen al bijna 25 jaar van toepassing. Deze als...
View ArticleASF in DR Congo: vijftien jaar engagement
Kinshasa, 13 maart 2017 – Het is bijna dag op dag vijftien jaar geleden dat ASF haar eerste kantoor opende in Kinshasa en begon te ijveren voor de rechtsstaat in de Democratische Republiek Congo. De...
View ArticleDe Belgische Ontwikkelingssamenwerking zet zich in voor betere rechtstoegang
Uitstekend nieuws: Advocaten Zonder Grenzen heeft net een belangrijke vijfjarige financiering bij de Belgische DGD (Directie-Generaal Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Humanitaire Hulp) losgekregen. Die...
View ArticleASF in Tsjaad: terugblik en perspectieven
Begin mei heeft de Europese Unie officieel haar steun verlengd aan de activiteiten van Advocaten Zonder Grenzen (ASF) in Tsjaad, zodat de organisatie haar werk ten voordele van de mensenrechten kan...
View ArticleWetswinkel “Justitie voor iedereen”: onuitgegeven in Marokko
Mohammedia (Marokko), 11 oktober 2017 – Sinds enkele weken informeren de studenten van de Faculteit rechts-, economische en sociale wetenschappen Mohammedia kwetsbare personen over hun rechten en...
View ArticleTunesië: rechtstoegang werkelijkheid maken voor iedereen
Tunis, 29 juni 2018 – Meer dan zeven jaar na de val van de dictatuur is de jonge Tunesische democratie zich nog steeds aan het ontwikkelen. Verschillende werven staan in de steigers of zijn gepland,...
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