Program Description
This program aims at establishing Community Justice Centers within neighborhoods across Kisumu. Community Justice Centers are safe spaces that support underprivileged members of the community to access justice channels. They providing services such as:
- Responding to human rights violations by providing linkages with referral pathways.
- Pro-bono legal aid
- Documentation, reporting and monitoring of human rights violations
- Hosting grassroot public participation platforms
- Use technology to promote access to information.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution/ Psychosocial support
- Artivism for social Justice
So far, we have launched two community justice centers.
1. Kondele Community Social Justice Centre (Kisumu Central Sub-county) which is our model justice Centre, was launched on the 20th of February, 2019. It is located at Nyawita Market within Kondele Location.
2.Kisumu Peace and Justice Centre is our second Community Justice Centre that was launched on the 4th of December, 2021. It is based at Nyamasaria Bus Park in Mowlem, Central Kolwa Ward. The centre responds to cases within in Kisumu East Subcounty.
Categories
- Access Justice Channels
- Community Justice Centers
- Human Rights Defenders