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Africa Legal Aid

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Human Rights International Law Justice Peace and Security Sustainable Development Sustainable Development: International cooperation for an enabling environment
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Mission statement:	At the core of AFLA's activities and mandate is the push for the development of progressive human rights jurisprudence. AFLA seeks to create opportunities through which legal institutions in Africa can germinate norms and practices that abhor human rights violations. AFLA seeks a new African dawn in which the rights of all shall be respected and promoted without distinction as to ethnic origin, nationality, wealth, age, religion, gender, and other distinctions. The organization's efforts have thus been geared towards creating a new legal awareness in Africa. The challenges that face African governments and people present considerable scope for stimulating progressive change, but are daunting as well. In view of the extensive range of issues at stake and recognizing the important role of hundreds of locally based grass-roots organizations and individual activists, AFLA has geared its strategy in order to develop and promote practical, lasting solutions to these challenges.
Year established:	1995
Year of registration:	2002
Organizational structure:	AFLA is guided by a Governing Council made up of diverse and prestigious academics and practitioners working in international law, human rights and development cooperation.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR).
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources

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