 Avocats Sans Frontières’ Principals
Five basic principles guide the organization in our defense actions and law and justice promotion as well as in our internal functions. Each person who is linked to ASF, as a member or as an active collaborator, is bound to respect these principles.
Independence. Financially autonomous, ASF decides and acts independently and is not influenced by any political, economic, military, religious or philosophical groups.
Respect human rights. ASF considers that respecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is essential and should be at the heart of each society, in order to create a world that is more just, more equitable and more respectful towards life/human dignity.
Diversity and respecting others. Convinced of the importance and of the richness of cultural, political and religious diversity, ASF always carries out its activities in a way that demonstrates respect for other people.
Complementarity and subsidiary principles. ASF only intervenes when its action helps to reinforce local key players’ capacities (complementarity principle) or when this is impossible, ASF leads these actions itself (subsidiary principle).
Discussions and active participation from local inhabitants. Whilst discussing and developing its activities in partnership with local inhabitants, ASF encourages them to become conscientious actors in their future. In other ways, ASF does its best to make local inhabitants aware of the legitimacy of law and of the legal system, condition sine qua none led from its mission.
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