Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ)

Acij

ACIJ works to strengthen institutions, foment respect for the Constitution, secure access to public information, promote economic and social rights, and empower marginalized communities to advocate for the protection of their own rights.



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Equality of Opportunities

Subject Area: Human Rights

Location: Buenos Aires

Legal Aid Community Clinic

Subject Area: Human Rights

Location: Moreno - Buenos Aires

Goals:

Control the fulfill of the provision of public services.
Resolve collective problems and public interest cases, through legal action.
Expande the knowledge about civic rights and useful tools to make them reality.

Objectives:

To make public institutions -such as administrative and legislative bodies, the court system and regulatory agencies- much more transparent, and to contribute to their good operation.
To promote the compliance with the laws that protect the disadvantaged groups and to ensure their effective application, to fight for the eradication of laws and practices which discriminate against historically delayed minority groups.
To develop within each citizen the awareness of their basic rights and the knowledge of the channels available to ensure their protection.
To make proposals for public policy reforms.
To train professionals in various fields who are committed to work on public interest issues.

Programs:

ACIJ utiliza diversas herramientas de trabajo para lograr sus objetivos y actualmente mantiene proyectos en las siguientes áreas: servicios públicos, redes de trabajo en las villas urbanas, igualdad educativa, fortalecimiento institucional, acción legal comunitaria y derecho de acceso a los servicios públicos.

Incorporation number:

1.71097

Inspecting institution:

Instituto General de la Justicia

Year founded:

2002

Staff:

Volunteers:

ACIJ asegura la equidad de la distribución de recursos educativos y el acceso general a la educación pública de calidad

ACIJ implements a variety of programs that work towards its institutional goals:

Community Legal Action

As part of this program, ACIJ has created the Community Legal Help Center (CLHC), as a common space specifically for social organizations, with the goal of providing legal advice and defense free for the community in collective situations and cases. In coordination with the Municipality of Moreno, in Greater Buenos Aires, the topics in which we work are principally related to the conditions of access to and provision of public services, as well as the defense of social and economic rights of the community.

Institutional Strengthening

The work of the Institutional Strengthening Program is carried out through the investigation and litigation of cases in the public interest, generating and diffusing information, and establishing networks with other social organizations in a way that contributes to bettering their work. The necessities of the democratic system require the support of its citizens in the strengthening of its institutions as an indirect exercise of the sovereignty of the people.

Discrimination due to Socioeconomic Condition

This initiative seeks to demonstrate to the Justice Department and the legal community in general that unequal treatment given to the poor in comparison with other groups of society is not only unjust but can lead to prosecution.

Work Networks in Disadvantaged Urban Communities

ACIJ works to strengthen the capacity of civil society groups to defend citizen rights, offering them our reliable legal structure to channel existing appeals and demands from residents and neighborhood organizations in the poorest neighborhoods of the City of Buenos Aires.

Public Services

This program includes a series of investigation initiatives, formulation of proposals and actions of relevant impact in the design and functioning of the Public Services system and ensuring the effective respect for the rights of the users in the regulation and management of basic services.

Educational Equality in Buenos Aires

Said program works in the identification of problems, the generation of public conscience, and the promotion of citizen actions to challenge and surpass existing discriminatory situations within the educational system of the City of Buenos Aires with respect to people of fewer economic resources.

Year:

2006

Assets:

Total Assets: 1 013 423,60 ARS

Income:

Total Income: 764 593,31 ARS

Expenditure:

Total Expenses: 479 319,89 ARS