ICJ Kenya has carried out various activities in the extractives sector in the past to promote the implementation of the access to information constitutional principles, law and policy within the context of the extractive governance. ICJ Kenya partnered with LSK-SIRD to conduct a training of the Kwale Paralegal Network. The focus of the training was on equipping community-based paralegals with a better understanding of Extractive Sector laws, Human Rights, Access to Information, Client Interview Techniques, Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Gender Equality and Equity.
This training built the capacity of paralegals in order to sharpen their skills and to equip them with the necessary knowledge and techniques required to effectively and adequately reach community members (especially women) who require legal aid and advice, especially in the area of the extractives industry. Paralegals trained during this programme were linked to lawyers from LSK who will provide guidance to them and who can institute litigation if frontline methods fail.
