In Syria, there is a urgent need for access to legal counsel, with many regions of the country deprived of systemic legal aid, leaving hundreds, if not thousands of vulnerable Syrians devoid of legal protection.
To address this challenge, we assisted lawyers in Syria on pro bono legal cases. Together with the International Bridges to Justice (IBJ), we trained Syrian lawyers, engaged justice stakeholders through roundtable events and empowered local communities through legal rights awareness campaigns.
We contributed to ensuring that every woman, man and child accused of a crime is judged fairly in a court of law to reduce instances of abuse – which most often happen in pre-trial detention and during investigations.
ILAC and IBJ aimed to leverage the power of technology to strengthen the capacity of lawyers and raised awareness of due procedural rights.
IBJ has published a defender manual to further supplement the legal materials available to lawyers to enhance their knowledge, and to provide them with practical skills that can be used with immediate effect. More information on the project is available on IBJ’s website.
ILAC member, IBJ has launched a project that builds upon their past work with ILAC supporting lawyers and due process in Syria. To learn more, please visit IBJ’s page here.
Project information
Coordination: ILAC Syria Programme – closed
Responsible member: IBJ
Funding: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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