Nairobi Legal AID Clinic Report - Kelin

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Legal Aid Nairobi Report31.0 BACKGROUNDOn 21 st – 23 rd November 2012 in Nairobi KELIN in partnership with The NationalEmpowerment Network of People living with HIV &AIDS in Kenya (NEPHAK) and The LawSociety of Kenya (LSK) collaborated to deliver a workshop for advocates on HIV and the Law.Funded by the Open Society Foundation (OSF), this seminar was the second in a series ofseminars to be conducted around the country. The seminar sought to develop a criticalunderstanding among legal practitioners on HIV law and related human rights in order toinfluence sound case law on this issue in Kenya.The trained lawyers were encouraged to register with KELIN as pro bono lawyers. The legalpractitioners were required to provide pro bono legal services in relation to cases of healthand HIV related human rights violations from their respective counties. The support of thelawyers was also to be used during legal aid clinics 1 that were envisioned to be conducted inthe counties of Kisumu and Nairobi to raise awareness of the members of the community onhuman rights and HIV related issues and to pick up public interest cases and test cases.1 Legal Aid Clinics involve the provision of free legal advice to members of the public by pro bono lawyers. It isthrough such clinics that cases for litigation are identified. Legal aid Clinics also accord members of the public anopportunity to receive one off professional legal advice on matters touching on health and HIV related humanrights.
Legal Aid Nairobi Report42.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYKELIN is a human rights NGO working to protect and promote HIV-‐‐related human rights inKenya. We do this byproviding legal services and support, training professionals on humanrights, engaging in advocacy campaigns that promote awareness of human rights issues,conducting research and influencing policy that promotes evidence-‐‐based change.The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is Kenya’s premier bar association, with membership of allpracticing advocates, currently numbering in excess of seven thousand. It has the mandate toadvise and assist members of the legal profession, the government and the larger public in allmatters relating to the administration of justice in Kenya.The National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Kenya(NEPHAK) is an NGO that unites support groups of PLHIV and individual PLHIV into anational and formidable force to counter the impact of HIV and AIDS on their lives and thatof their loved ones in Kenya.KELIN, in partnership with LSK and NEPHAK, collaborated to deliver a legal aid clinic,which is a follow up activity to a workshop for advocates on HIV and the law that was held inNovember 2012. The Open Society Foundation (OSF) funded the Legal aid clinic, which issought to bring the services closer to the people who ordinarily would not afford to haveaccess to lawyers.The one-‐‐day activity was held at the Mchanganyiko Hall, Karanja Road-‐‐ Kibera in Nairobi on19 th April 2013 as from 8:00 am to 2:00pm. Other organizations that were involved in thisinitiative were Women Fighting Aids in Kenya (WOFAK) and African Gender and MediaInitiative (GEM).
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