The Legal Clinic at IU
Established in 2013 and supported by UNDP. Jericho and the Jordan valley are considered undeveloped areas at a high percentage of poverty, as well as the lack of the main services like health and education. The Israeli isolation policies increased such problems especially after putting the area under the full Israeli dominance including the Palestinian citizens. Therefore, the area became unattractive living place. The idea of establishing the legal clinic at IU was necessary to offer legal support for the poor marginalized gatherings as well as document the assaults on human rights.
The legal clinic works on offering a staff consisting of the professional cadets of faculty of law to give legal consultation and acquire full knowledge of legal cases facing them at security institutions and military judicature.
It offers legal support for humanitarian cases that are unable to reach justice and courts because of economic or social reasons, through free consults and arguments in front of courts to achieve justice.
Vision:
-participate in spreading legal awareness inside security institutions.
-participate in offering legal assistance for the marginalized groups at Jericho and the Jordan valley.
Mission:
- Offering awareness and spreading legal education among the citizens at Jericho and the Jordan valley.
- Offering support for humanitarian cases unable to pay attorney fare and reach justice freely.
- Raising the legal awareness with a support of partnership and networking of institutions to document violations against the Palestinian community.
Objectives:
- Building professional capacities and reinforcing legal knowledge for the cadets of law, police sciences and criminology at certain fields related to their majors.
- Increasing awareness and knowledge of local community of Jericho and the Jordan valley, especially the marginalized groups in the field of defending their rights and offering them a legal assistance.
- Offering legal support to the poor and the marginalized groups in Jericho and the Jordan valley.
- Documenting violations against individuals and groups in the region.
Objectives achieved through:
- Workshops, training courses, lectures, brochures, studies, and researches.
- Field visits to marginalized zone at Jericho and the Jordan valley.
- Develop legal library and computer lap.
- Documentation of the Israeli assault.
- Networking and partnership with local community including persons and establishments.