The International Legal Network (ILN) of Avocats Sans Frontières is for all those who wish to get practically involved in the ASF dynamic of solidarity and development, in accordance with its general mandate. Continue reading →

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… Continue reading →

Do you feel strongly about justice and the defence of human rights? As a lawyer, do you want to get involved in a cause and a sustainable project, and contribute to actual defence cases? The ILN welcomes young or more[.....]

Mr Rafael Palencia, is legal education organised in your country? What are the barriers faced in gaining access to legal education?

The majority of Universities in Colombia, both public and private, have a Law School. Continue reading →

Mr. Yacouba, how is the training of future lawyers organized in Niger?

The University of Niamey has a law curriculum, certified as a master’s degree. As for me, I got my university diplomas at the Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, which has a very good quality of teaching. Continue reading →

Mr. Debrah, do students in Ghana have access to legal education?

Yes. The law faculty is one of the oldest faculties of the University of Ghana in Accra. Legal education is also provided at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi and in some new private establishments. Continue reading →

Mr. Isidore Rufyikiri You are the President of the Bujumbura Bar Association which currently consists of two hundred lawyers. What is your view of how the legal system functions in your country? The Burundian justice system is not independent, which[.....]

Aouainia is from Sidi Bouzid, a town 270 km south of Tunis. After obtaining his law degree in 1998, he defended many “victims of power”: trade unionists, the unemployed, students detained in prisons, and Salafists. At the end of 2010, he addressed the crowd gathered outside the government office in Sidi Bouzid, after the immolation of a merchant in the same area. Continue reading →

Joseph Akwenyu Manoba is a lawyer in Uganda, in East Africa. He works at the general practice firm Murungi, Kairu and Co (practice areas: land, employment, commercial, human rights and a few family related and criminal disputes). Continue reading →