• Kimihurura, KN 14,KG 668 St ,Kigali-Rwanda

  • | Legal Aid Helpline: 1022

Years of experience in legal aid practices in Rwanda

What We Do

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Community Legal Empowerment

The legal aid forum supports and empowers vulnerable individuals to use the law to advance their rights and interest...

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Knowledge management

Enduring the delivery of quality legal aid services for Rwandans, LAF has become a knowledhe hub on access to justice...

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Promotion & protectiom of human rights

With aim of activity engaging with the goverment on protection of human rights...

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Instutitional development

To insure the Legal aid forum is an effictive and sustainale membership based netwwork...

Success Story

"On the night of 13th March 2019, Damascene Karemangingo was apprehended by security guards (Abanyerondo) for beating his wife and destroying their home. Upon being arrested by the security guards (Abanyerondo) he was beaten to a pulp, from where he was taken to Mbyo cell where he found other detainees including NSENGIYUMVA Viateur and Sibomana Jean Bosco. Because he had been badly beaten, it became of utmost urgency that he is taken to the hospital .."
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NSENGIMANA Viateur

"When I discovered I was pregnant, my life fell into shambles. My life had just ended right there. The father was the current teacher who was coaching me and when I told him about the pregnancy, he immediately denied responsibility. My family had a hard time accepting what happened to me. I was considered a shame in my community...."
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Bahati Josepha

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News | December,11th,2024

International Human Rights Day highlights collective action, Rwanda’s progress in protecting vulnerable groups

The Legal Aid Forum (LAF), in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency (SDC), organised a celebration of International Human Rights Day on December 9........

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