Project profile — Lawyers Without Borders Canada - Volunteer Cooperation 2015-2020

• Honduras (5.75%)
• Côte d'Ivoire (8.26%)
• Tunisia (3.51%)
• Colombia (13.76%)
• Guatemala (13.29%)
• Haiti (15.58%)
• Canada (8.87%)
• Costa Rica (6.40%)
• Morocco (4.97%)
• Peru (19.61%)

• Legal and judicial development:
Legal and judicial development (15130) (43.50%)
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (7.79%)
Human rights (15160) (42.90%)
• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Security system management and reform (15210) (5.81%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This Volunteer Cooperation Program sends 102 volunteer counsellors abroad. Its overall aim is to increase the protection of human rights in vulnerable communities, specifically to increase the skills of local partners in protecting these human rights. To reach these objectives, technical support and methodologies will be provided, activities that strengthen local partners’ capacities will be led, good practices will be shared and more professional services will be rendered to protect and promote the human rights of vulnerable people and provide partners with the institutional support they need for legal diagnosis and legal practices. The program also includes a public engagement component aimed at the legal community, including lawyers, judges and law students, as well as stakeholders that protect the rights of vulnerable people, informing them about international development issues and sharing lessons learned by volunteers.

The expected intermediate outcomes of this project include: (1) increased capacity of developing country partners to deliver sustainable development results, in response to local needs, by making use of the skills and expertise of qualified Canadian volunteers; and (2) enhanced Canadian participation in Canada’s sustainable development efforts.

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