A4ID
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Advocating for Law Reform
The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) advocates law reform to safeguard the protection of human rights. Shearman & Sterling LLP assisted OSJI by summarising freedom of expression cases heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in which OSJI perceived that the Court appeared to require unusually strict controls on journalists that limited their freedom of expression. The summaries will be used to prepare third party interventions to the ECHR.
Training Lao Lawyers
Just as comparative legal analysis assists lawyers and legislators in the developed world, so too lawyers from developing countries can benefit from sharing knowledge and expertise. In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, A4ID lawyers travelled to Laos in December 2007 to deliver training in mediation, negotiation and arbitration to over 30 members of the Lao Bar Association.
Oxfam Mock Trial
Oxfam International is a confederation of non-governmental organisations' dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. Oxfam International sought A4ID's assistance for a lawyer to participate in a unique simulated legal trial on climate change.
Concordis International - Film Rights
Concordis International is a British non-profit, peace-building organisation working primarily in Sudan. Lawyers from White & Case provided assistance to Concordis to construct a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the making of a film.
Applying international child rights principles
Udayan Care is an Indian non-profit organisation with headquarters in New Delhi. Its vision is to regenerate the lives of disadvantaged people, particularly children and women, through a programme of sustainable social development.
Economic Partnership Agreement Ratification Research
Teams of lawyers have assisted a coalition of NGOs led by Tearfund by researching the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) ratification process in each of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
European Partnership Agreements
Trade agreements are being negotiated between the EU and ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries. Negotiations are due to conclude in 2007 with agreements coming into force in 2008.
Five Talents Microfinance
Five Talents aims to fight poverty, create jobs and transform lives in developing countries by supporting micro-finance initiatives in developing countries - providing loan capital and training for entrepreneurs.
Protecting Land Rights in Niger
A4ID is working with Tearfund to review the Rural Code in Niger and its impact on the nomadic peoples of the region. The Rural Code governs access rights to land and land management.
Right to Education
Education is key to development. Ensuring full and proper access to learning is a priority for ActionAid, one of A4ID's partner NGOs.
Sustainability in the Coffee Market
A broad coalition of NGOs, spearheaded by Oxfam, is working to promote change in the coffee industry. Their aim is to ensure that the livelihoods of small producers and farm workers, in areas such as Ethiopa, Uganda and Central America, are protected.
Trade in Services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was established through the World Trade Organisation to promote market liberalisation and enable the private sector to be given the opportunity to compete with the public sector.
WaterAid - "Human Right to Water"
WaterAid aims to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education
Rights of the Batwa in Burundi
Minority Rights Group International is an international charity working to ensure that minority and indigenous groups can have their voices heard and their rights proected. A4ID provided assistance to MRG on their work supporting the Batwa's, an indigenous people in the Burundi, land rights.
Protecting "Fair Trade" with Traidcraft
Traidcraft is a development charity set up to fight poverty through trade, and one of the pioneering charities of the fair trade movement. Traidcraft requested advice from A4ID lawyers on how the words "fair trade" can be protected, as the sale of fair trade goods expands.
Merowe Dam Dispute, Sudan
The almost completed Merowe Dam is designed to produce electricity for the capital city Khartoum and other urban areas. But the project has adversely affected the surounding communities, who believe their traditional land has been unlawfully appropriated. Attempts by community leaders to protect their rights and entitlements have been ineffective.
Microfinance Project in Tunisia
The Grameen Foundation (GF) is a global non-profit organisation that combines microfinance, technology and innovation to empower the world's poorest people to escape poverty. Its network of partners in 22 countries has impacted on an estimated 16 million lives in Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.
Amnesty International Fair Trials Manual
Amnesty International (AI) campaigns globally for internationally recognised human rights for all, with a mission to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of these rights. AI's Fair Trials Manual was first published ten years ago. A4ID provided assistance in bringing it up to date.
Bringing Law to the People
Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) is a Sierra Leonean civil society organisation that was concerned by the lack of knowledge among Sierra Leoneans of laws that may impact upon them.