These are some examples of activities we have realised thanks to your donations and membership fees, and to our institutional donors.   

• 3 Euros: printing of guidelines on preventive detention in Burundi
  In Burundi, 2/3 of people in prison are still waiting for their trial, and 60% of detainees are being held after the expiration of their detention orders. ASF is fighting against this denial of justice, and especially against illegal preventive detention of minors less than 15 years old and continued detention of convicts who have already served their sentences.  Aimed at lawyers, judges and prison system personnel, the guidelines drafted by ASF explain the relevant rules on preventive detention in Burundi.

• 37 Euros: handling of a case on preventive detention by a lawyer in the DRC
  The lawyer checks the legality of the preventive detention and, if it is not legal, takes steps to free the detainee.

• 22 Euros: broadcast of a radio message to announce a mobile legal aid clinic in Burundi
   
• 60 Euros: 1 day of legal consultations in a prison in Rwanda
   
• 78 Euros: 1 day of a mobile legal aid clinic in rural Rwanda
   
• 350 Euros: 1 month of operations of the legal aid office in Bukavu (DRC)
  ASF uses various methods to enhance access to justice for vulnerable persons (victims of sexual violence, minors in conflict with the law, victims of international crimes, victims of torture, etc.).  Those methods include legal aid offices - places where we offer legal aid ‘first instance’, entirely without cost to any person who requests it.  The mobile legal clinics (or legal caravans) are organised to reach those persons who cannot easily attend the office locations.  They are implemented in partnership with local NGOs, bar associations and/or individual lawyers. 

• 125 Euros: radio programme of 30 minutes on human rights in Rwanda
  In various countries of operation, ASF regularly uses radio broadcasts to raise the awareness of the population about their rights.  

• 150 Euros: handling the case of a victim of sexual violence in the DRC, to trial level
  ASF makes available a lawyer to defend the most vulnerable throughout the legal process.  To ensure a quality defence, lawyers receive training on a variety of topics. 

• 11,500 Euros: professional training over 4 days on prevention of torture, delivered by international experts in Uganda for 15 local lawyers
  Within its various projects, ASF carries out activities to assist victims, but also offers training for justice system personnel.  Training sessions led by international volunteer experts are also organised for the benefit of lawyers to support them in the development of strategies (judicial or extra-judicial) and on questions of legal practice. The emphasis is placed on the practical application of the law (the law in action): training participants work together on case studies.  

• 30.000 Euros: organisation of mobile court hearings in the DRC
  These “mobile courts” involve the transfer of the entire court personnel (registrar, judges, prosecutor) to rural areas, cut off from the rest of the world, where the population has no chance to have access to justice due to their lack of mobility.  Teams of lawyers are also sent out in advance to assist people to prepare their case files for the court.  Along with local NGOs, ASF prepares the population by organising information sessions prior to the arrival of the court.  These NGOs are also trained so that they can play a role in the monitoring of trials and gathering feedback from beneficiaries.    

For more information, feel free to consult the accounts of our organisation, which are published each year by the Registrar of the Commercial Court and also summarised in our annual report.