Garowe, 22 September 2025 Gaashaan Legal And Consultancy Services in partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the “local government of Garowe successfully held its second Community Engagement legal awareness session with over 50 participants from Garowe IDP camps. The session brought together traditional elders, religious leaders, women representatives, youth, and IDP camp committees to strengthen dialogue and community participation on Housing, Land, and Property (HLP) rights as well as Gender-Based Violence (GBV) rights. The key objectives of the meeting were to: Facilitate structured discussions on HLP rights and broader human rights concerns.
Encourage community leaders to integrate human rights perspectives into dispute resolution and support peaceful conflict management. • Build trust between justice actors and IDP communities through open platforms that address community grievances and legal concerns. Participants gained valuable knowledge and a deeper understanding of their legal rights. In addition, Gaashaan Legal’s lawyers provided an opportunity for participants to register their legal concerns, resulting in more than 10 cases being formally registered for legal advice and representation. This initiative is part of Gaashaan Legal’s ongoing legal aid outreach project, funded by NRC, which seeks to promote justice, inclusion, and peaceful coexistence in displacement-affected communities. #Free Legal Aid Gaashaan Legal And Consultancy Services Norwegian Refugee Council
