Dr Simon Turner is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies, SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen. His recent research focuses on state-diaspora relations in Rwanda, refugee camps, hope among clandestine Burundian refugees in Nairobi, masculinities, and on anticipating violence and flight strategies in relation to the ongoing conflict in Burundi. He holds…
Elizabeth McClintock is a Managing Partner, CMPartners. Dr. McClintock’s work in Burundi has included acting as a consultant to the Burundi dialogue process; serving as the lead program designer and facilitator of a capacity building program for Burundi’s National Commission on Demobilization and Reintegration; and acting as country team leader and substantive expert for an…
Tony Tate has been a Programme Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa at Fund for Global Human Rights since October 2010. In 1999 he established a Human Rights Watch office in Burundi. Between 1999 and 2002, while he was a Burundi Researcher for Human Rights Watch, Mr. Tate monitored country conditions and wrote country reports along with…
Jean-Benoît Falisse is a D.Phil Candidate, University of Oxford. His research focuses on community governance of basic social services in Burundi and Eastern DR Congo. Prior to resuming his studies, he worked in Burundi as a researcher and a technical adviser on community participation in health care with the Dutch NGO, CORDAID (2009) and as…
SAP/GL is a non-profit organisation that advocates against torture, helps torture survivors and combat ethnic divides. They identify refugee and returnee victims of torture, gather information on their behalf and assess their needs, provide counselling, psychosocial assistance and medical treatment in their clinic in Bujumbura. They also assist in vocational or technical training and basic…
Rema is a Christian NGO, which identifies itself with refugees and other disadvantaged people from/in Burundi. They try to sensitise and mobilise members of the community and especially leaders about the ills harming the community, work with the community to eradicate those ills. Rema provides social support to meet material needs. They also run Community…
The law firm Nibitegeka is a body of lawyers and consultants who decided to put together their respective expertise to provide clients with high quality work with due professional care. They are based in Burundi and can provide the following services: information and advice on the asylum procedure; orientation according to client needs; research and…
Ligue ITEKA was formed in 1991 and was the first human rights organisation to be allowed to operate openly in Burundi. It embraces three key pillars of its work: defense of human rights through monitoring and denunciation of human rights violations, promotion of human rights through education in order to empower individuals to defend their…
The primary goal of Avocats Sans Frontiéres (ASF) is to contribute to the establishment of institutions and mechanisms that allow for access to independent and impartial justice, and which are capable of guaranteeing the protection of fundamental rights (civil and political, economic and social), including the right to a fair trial. ASF implements projects aimed…
ADR-Burundi is an organisation set up by refugees to provide representation for and advocate on behalf of refugees who find themselves in Burundi. They work in partnership with other human rights organisations within Burundi and the region to provide assistance to refugees and report on abuses committed against them and their rights. Current projects include…