International Legal Alliances
Mission
Microjustice
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Cross-border legal program for the refugees in the former Yugoslavia
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Missions
Impact 50 cases
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Partnership
International Legal Alliances (ILA) has been set up as a field organization in (post) conflict zones and development regions and has been working since its establishment in 1996 on the identification and implementation of projects and methods that fulfill the needs of the people by providing them access to justice.
ILA started its work in Vukovar in 1997, working on the post-war reintegration issues. Since 2007 ILA has set up local microjustice organizations in Bolivia and in Peru, and is currently setting up one for the former Yugoslavia and in Colombia.
The purpose is that these organizations will get their autonomy and that they will be member of an international microjustice network, mutually re-enforcing and empowering one an other through exchange of experience, know-how, and people. Each region will have its own regional office, from where the regional country programs are advised, coordinated, trained and evaluated.
Vision
It is of great interest that the less privileged of the world and the victims of conflict get access to rights and legal assistance, to reduce their vulnerability, to include them in society, and to give them access to economic and social development. Access to rights for all is precondition for building lasting peace and democracy.
Mission
International Legal Alliances’ (ILA) aim is to promote and to help implement Microjustice worldwide to enhance social cohesion and empowerment by facilitating access to their rights for the less privileged (groups of) persons in society and victims of conflict in the same way as the rest of the population.
The vision is to set up a worldwide network of local microjustice organizations that mutually empower each other. Therefore ILA advices and supports national microjustice organizations in development and conflict-effected regions in such a way that they can set up in an efficient and effective manner microjustice programs, taking into account the local priorities and possibilities, and using ILA’s expertise and ILA’s network.
Values / Principles
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Access to justice regarding the most urgent legal needs is a basic entitlement for all.
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Legal empowerment is an essential element of a broader strategy aimed at human and economic development, which should be at the basis of international development cooperation.
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Principle of solidarity – many actors of society are co-responsible for the inclusion of the less-privileged persons and victims of conflict in society. This implies that the costs of the legal services for accessing rights have to be born by different players, including the users for a price affordable to them.
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Principle of sustainability: access to justice services only makes a difference when these services are permanently covering the entire country. Sustainability demands that microjusticie does not rely on the contributions of external donors, but that on the principle of solidarity many players are involved in the implementation of microjustice programs.
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Delivery of justice by letting supply and demand meet in a sustainable way at the local level.
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Microjustice intends to be affordable to users with limited resources and sustainable without being completely dependent on permanent subsidies.