LAW paralegals conducting legal awareness sessions for recently displaced persons in Barxadwenye camp in Mogadishu.

LAW has been operating in Somalia since 2013, providing legal assistance, information and representation to victims and survivors of sexual…

Celebrating Shanti Mohila

Shanti Mohila, the Rohingya women who have not only survived sexual and gender-based violence at the hands of the Myanmar…

Burning Hearts to Breaking Silence: Rohingya Women’s Journey to Justice

Burning Hearts, Breaking Silence “I entered Bangladesh 3 times as a refugee. In 1988 with my refugee parents, in 1992…

Four-day workshop on legal aid held in South Sudan

Between April and October 2022, the lawyers and legal officers operating the Justice Confidence Centres in Juba, Wau and Malakal…

Women’s Day – Legal Guide on the Law on the Protection of Women and Other Family Members from Domestic Violence

There is a law that can protect you and help you obtain a protection order. Find out more about this…

Tigrayan Victims Secure Provisional Measures Relief in Landmark Human Rights Case Against Ethiopia

Geneva, Arusha, and New York—Monday, 17 October 2022 On 14 October 2022, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights…

African Commission order Provisional Measures against Ethiopia, in complaint filed by LAW and partners

On Friday 14 October 2022, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (herein the Commission), confirmed its decision to…

LAW Sri Lanka hosted digital security training events for Sri Lankan human rights defenders

On 24 and 30 August, LAW Sri Lanka hosted digital security training events for Sri Lankan human rights defenders. At…

Arab News: Ethiopian woman is first domestic worker in Lebanon to file slavery case against employer

Ethiopian woman is first domestic worker in Lebanon to file slavery case against employer

Letter to UN Human Rights Council on behalf of victims, survivors, and families of those injured and killed by the 4 August 2020, Beirut Port Explosion

On 4 August 2020, Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) sent 47 letters, one to each of the UN Human Rights Council…

LAW published needs assessment report entitled “Ba’adon” in Lebanon

On June 2022, Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) published a report entitled “Ba’adon – The Legal, Medical, & Psychological Needs of…

LAW and its partner inaugurated three legal aid clinics in South Sudan

In April 2022, LAW and its partner the South Sudan Law Society opened three legal aid clinics, termed Justice Confidence…

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