Norwegian Refugee Council DR Congo
Published: 6 Oct 2016
Country: Congo
City: Kinshasa
Website: www.nrc.no/?aid=9484272
Contact Person: Alain Homsy, Country Director
Telephone: +243 (0) 810869030
NRC provides humanitarian assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees. Their programme activities are concentrated on five core activities, one being Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance. NRC provides legal assistance, usually through individual casework, but it may also entail class action. NRC pursues legal action through all relevant local, national and international legal systems and mechanisms, including customary law, conflict resolution and mediation mechanisms and any other prevalent systems of law – in addition to statutory law and the courts. NRC may provide training in legal issues to target groups and key local actors – to establish a platform of understanding of rights and applicable law, and subsequent legal approaches to key issues.