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About us

Langata Legal Aid Centre is a registered Community Based Organization started by trained paralegals and community members in 3rd October 2017. The group realized the need to provide legal advice to marginalized communities initially in Kibra but has since expanded to cover the entire Nairobi County, Kenya through Paralegals Network.

 

Langata Legal Aid Centre supports the poor and marginalized in access to justice and to realize respect for human rights through advocacy, networking, lobbying, legal Aid, representation, advocacy, litigation and research.

Vision

Towards an empowered, involved and responsive society on Legal, Social–Economic and Political development intervention 

Mission

To transform and educate the public by supporting the development of highly accountable leadership in all sectors and at all levels of governance with gender equality and women’s empowerment as a core principle of development and human rights as a core tenet of our operations. 

Goal  

To engage with communities in advocacy and legal aid  towards realization of human rights as tenet legal empowerment. 

LLAC OBJECTIVES

•      To offer legal advice to marginalize communities

•      Mobile legal aid clinics

•      Legal representation to marginalized groups  

•      To empower communities on human rights through advocacy and training 

•      To research and document community human rights issues

•      To facilitate community peace and security initiatives

•      To facilitate gender and development

•      To promote community awareness and capacity building of Paralegals and special groups  

LLAC MANDATES

•      Offer legal aid to the marginalized communities

•      Empower the marginalized on human rights through advocacy and training 

•      Research and document community human rights issues

•      Facilitate community peace and security initiatives

•      Gender mainstreaming in community development  

OUR CORE VALUES 

Integrity 
Respect for rule of Law 
Transparency and accountability 
Confidentiality 
Access to justice for all