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About Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)
LAW is a unique non-profit network and think tank of human rights lawyers who provide creative legal assistance to individuals and communities who have suffered from human rights violations and abuses in fragile and conflict-affected areas. These people are those who often have the greatest need for... read more protection and assistance but are also those who have the least access to legal resources. Most of the time, they do not know that legal assistance exists and often do not know what their options are for legal redress.
Since its establishment, LAW has focused on regions experiencing conflict, such as the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, and on key themes, such as sexual violence and accountability for security forces.
LAW’s activities are centred on four pillars:
Strategic Casework: civil litigation, supporting criminal prosecutions, UN complaints or OECD complaints.
Advocacy and Research: including high-level panels and production of reports with practical and implementable recommendations.
Legal Assistance and Empowerment: to increase rights awareness and knowledge of legal avenues for redress.
Legal Think Tank for Creative Lawyering: for innovative legal thinking and creating a cadre of human rights champions in conflict affected areas.
LAW’S BACKGROUND
LAW was founded in July 2013 following three expert roundtables with UN agencies, leading human rights and legal NGOs, law firms and academics and consultations with over 100 people from around the world. This was supported by an in-depth mapping and scoping exercise to review what legal work was being undertaken by organisations on the ground in fragile and conflict affected areas. More than one year of research identified that there was a need for a non-profit organisation which focused on creative avenues for legal redress in fragile and conflict affected areas. It was envisaged that such an organisation would work on the ground, placing national lawyers and partners in the driving seat and at the same time, linking them to highly innovative lawyers in non-conflict areas.
The post holder will perform duties in accordance with the responsibilities outlined below:
Programme Management
Lead the expansion of the Sudan Programme,
Programme Management
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key actors including relevant government and justice actors, donors, NGOs, partners and other relevant group
Programmatic
Oversee, support, and coordinate with the project team to ensure high quality programming with gender-sensitive and trauma-informed approach.
Proactively engage with national, hum
Role overview:
The Legal Advisor will support the Programme Manager, and the team to produce quality legal submissions, reports, to implement creative advocacy strategies, and to promote LAW'
Role Overview and Responsibility
The HR and Logistics Coordinator will be delivering a comprehensive support to the teams and ensure compliance, and perform activities in accordance with responsibi
The Communications Coordinator will work collaboratively with programme teams in the field, extracting key impact information to increase visibility, profile key events and advocacy activities in c
More detail:
The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for internal and external financial reporting and capacity building for our local partners, assisting them in budget preparation related
We are seeking for an exceptional skilled and experienced Finance Coordinator to join our dedicated team to deliver comprehensive finance services to the programmes. You will be reporting directly to
ROLE OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Communications Coordinator will work collaboratively with the Communications Team in Geneva to promote LAW's work and to increase visibility, profile k
LAW has an exciting position for an experienced and skilled Legal Advisor. The selected candidate will report directly to the Program Manager, Somalia / Ethiopia. The Legal Advisor will provide overal
Role Overview and Responsibility
The Legal Advisor will provide overall support with project implementation monitoring, advocacy and fundraising, including strategic development, preparing case
Role Overview and Responsibility:
The Advocacy Coordinator will work collaboratively with the Department for Policy, Advocacy and Communication (DPAC) to promote LAW's work and to increase v
Background:
In South Sudan, LAW is working with national NGOs on access to justice for victims of gender-based violence, on transitional justice and on accountability for international crimes.
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Role overview and responsibility: The Finance Assistant will ensure performing efficiency across accounting services through documenting the project/grant financial transactions by compiling, ana
Role Overview and Responsibility:
The HR and Logistics Officer will work closely with the Africa team to ensure smooth running of the office and provide strong HR and Finance administrative
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