Avocats Sans Frontières is an international NGO specialised in defending human rights and supporting justice.
Djugu killings: Significant evolution of Congolese jurisprudence on reparations
23 April 2021
The Djugu 2 trial came to an end on 1 April 2021. It concluded with 21 defendants being sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity by murder, arson, destruction, pillaging and persecution, and 11 defendants being acquitted. The 219 civil parties were also granted most of their claims for reparations, both individual and collective, including rehabilitation measures, thus breaking with the practice of awarding only damages.
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Patrick Henry : “In a growing number of countries, the very notion of human rights is being challenged.”
12 April 2021
Avocats Sans Frontières is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Journal des Tribunaux sat for an interview with Patrick Henry, the newly elected ASF’s president, to address the organisation’s history and its special relationship with Belgian lawyers and bar associations.
Between walls – Omar Ben Amor (Art Acquis) : “Access to culture to every detainee at any time”
31 March 2021
Discover the work done by the association Art Acquis with prisoners in Tunisia. With its Perspectives project, supported by ASF and ATL MST SIDA Bureau National, the organisation uses art as therapy. Through the activities offered, it seeks to help prisoners express themselves better about their experience, to occupy themselves constructively during their incarceration and to promote their reintegration into society.
