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The Vance Center

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Criminal Justice Development Disabled Persons Education Environment Family Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Information International Law Justice Minority Rights Private Sector Social Development Sustainable Development Violence Volunteerism Women Women/gender Equality Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Aging Disabled persons Indigenous issues Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Climate change Disaster management and vulnerability Gender equality International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Marine Resources Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	Regional North America Latin America and Caribbean Africa
Country of activity:	Ecuador Uruguay Sudan Argentina Chile Canada Dominican Republic Colombia Costa Rica Honduras Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Panama El Salvador United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Nicaragua Türkiye Uganda Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Kenya Paraguay Peru Brazil South Sudan Guatemala Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) South Africa Spain
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Vance Center strengthens democratic transition by engaging lawyers across borders to advance rule of law and equal access to justice in countries undertaking legal and institutional reform following autocratic rule or civil conflict. The Vance Center is constituted by practicing lawyers committed to providing and promoting pro bono legal service to support civil society and social justice. Based at the New York City Bar Association, the Center collaborates with law firms, NGO’s, law schools and lawyers’ organizations throughout the world. The Vance Center premises its engagement on the unique role of lawyers as agents of good governance and the public interest: independent intermediaries implementing the procedures and principles that constitute rule of law and advocating for the equality and rights of individuals. The Vance Center employs the approach to international justice developed and practiced by Cyrus R. Vance: collaborative, pragmatic conflict resolution based on ironclad adherence to honest dealing and basic human rights.
Year established:	2003
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	Board of Directors Advisory Committee Executive Director Managing Director Senior Program Director Program Associate
Number and type of members:	Committees and Partners - 44
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Regional networks in Latin America and Southern and Eastern Africa
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	N/A

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