The Access to Justice Project commenced with the financial assistance extended from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a result of an agreement entered between the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, upon initiation by the Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University as an implementing agency.
The Project is built up on a pilot project called “Legal Literacy, Rights Advice and Information for Poor People” that lasted from October 2008 to March 2012 and was evaluated as a success.
The Access to Justice Project started operation in December 2012. The overall objective of the Project is to make a difference, in the long term, to the lives of poor people by raising awareness of their legal rights and by providing them the means by which they can secure redress to rights and social justice. The targeted beneficiaries of the Project are poor and disadvantaged section of the society living in Addis Ababa, Adama, Hawassa, Ambo and surrounding areas of these urban centers.
The service rendered by the Project gives special priority to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups such as women, children, the elderly, people living with HIV/AIDS and those with disabilities. To achieve this main objective, the Project has identified the following specific objectives:
To achieve the objectives that are identified in the Project, different activities are incorporated into the Project plan. The core activities of the Project are the following:
