Past interventions and current appeals

With the ILN you can operate side by side with the permanent ASF teams and national partner lawyer teams, on a voluntary or pro bono basis, most often in defence teams, and be asked to:

  • provide a legal response in the form of a consultation to a specific situation
  • intervene judicially for a vulnerable person or a cause
  • reinforce the capacities of colleagues who are not as well-equipped
  • support the analysis and advocacy of ASF and its missions
  • defend lawyers engaged in human rights, who are in danger for reasons connected to the exercise of their activities

Current appeals

No call for volunteers at present.

Past interventions

Since the creation of the network in January 2010, ASF has launched many appeals to its members. Click on the links for a detailed look:

News

Friday, 10 February, 2012 - 16:19

Mahendra Nagar, 6 February 2012 - It is freezing cold this morning in Far Western Nepal. Gopi Parajuli (ASF) and Anita Neupane (Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre) try to find their way through the bus station. In a typically helpful and gentle manner, a passer-by asks them: “Are you looking for the lawyer’s bus? There it is!” And he points towards a small vehicle with a message painted on it.  It is a so called ‘microbus’, of the kind used by thousands of ordinary Nepali every day to commute to work. The message on its side says: “Are you legally vulnerable because of your economic situation? Please contact the Kanchanpur District Bar Association”.

Tuesday, 7 February, 2012 - 11:40

Guatemala City / Brussels – Avocats Sans Frontières is pleased with the prosecution of former Guatemalan ruler (1982-83), José Efraín Ríos Montt, an encouraging development in the fight against the impunity for international crimes. Suspected of having given orders for multiple massacres during his time in power, Ríos Montt  was ordered to appear in court on 26 January . 

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