International Legal Foundation Ltd
International Legal Foundation Ltd
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About this organization
Mission
We make justice a reality for poor people by fighting to guarantee high-quality legal representation for everyone arrested or detained. Around the world, we provide criminal defense services and build sustainable, effective legal aid institutions.
About
Direct service - Afghanistan, West Bank, Nepal, Tunisia, and Myanmar: See schedule O. In 2003, the ILF established Afghanistan's first public defender office in Kabul with two lawyers. Since then, we have grown to become the country's largest legal aid provider. During 2018, the ILF contracted 4,046 new clients in Afghanistan, including 3,182 adult males, 101 adult females, 744 boys, and 19 girls. Through our pioneering duty lawyer program at police stations, we were able to provide early access to counsel -- prior to the primary court stage -- to 70% of our clients. We continued to operate legal clinics in Kabul, Balkh, Kandahar, and Nangarhar that give law and Sharia students the opportunity to gain practical experience. In 2018, the ILF also expanded its services by providing representation to poor accused in Afghanistan's newly-established anti-corruption justice center, and partnered with the Ministry of Justice to run a toll-free legal aid call center. Through 2018, we engaged in impact litigation on a wide variety of issues facing accused persons in Afghanistan, including illegal post-sentence detention, virginity testing, torture, and other systematic injustices. In the West Bank, the ILF's established public defender office contracted 707 new cases in 2018, the majority of whom were juveniles. After challenging the Palestinian Bar Association's efforts to restrict access to legal aid for the poor in 2017, we nearly doubled our caseload in 2018, defending 184 men, 6 women, 503 boys, and 14 girls. We provided early access to counsel for over half of our clients, and expanded our legal aid services to all 11 governorates throughout the West Bank. We also continued to run legal clinics in cooperation with three universities. In Tunisia, the ILF continued to expand in 2018, opening 104 new legal aid cases and resolving 26. We also expanded the number of cases in which we provided early access to counsel through our duty lawyer programs at police stations. During the first three quarters of 2018, 10% of cases were contracted from a police station. During the fourth quarter, the number rose to 27% of total case intake. In collaboration with the Tunisian Bar Association (Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie, ONAT), the ILF created a mentoring program for young women lawyers and expanded our training on the right to early access to counsel. The ILF also contributed to a training manual on practical implementation of Tunisian laws providing for the right to counsel at arrest. Since launching last year, the ILF significantly expanded its Myanmar program in 2018 providing legal aid services in Yangon; Mandalay; and Pathein, Ayeyarwady region. In 2018, the ILF contracted a total of 92 cases in Myanmar, including 52 men, 20 women, 10 juvenile youth males (ages 16-18), 8 boys, and 2 girls. ILF Myanmar lawyers were the first to proactively fight to represent clients during the remand period of the criminal case (which can last up to 30 days from arrest). The ILF also advocated for implementation of laws that provide for release on bail, including for detainees charged with so-called 'non-bailable' offenses. The ILF supported poor accused in Nepal in 2018 through close partnership with the Public Defender Society of Nepal (PDS-Nepal), the local organization spun off from the ILF in 2017. In 2018, PDS-Nepal provided quality legal representation to 1,455 new clients.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “The international legal foundation's mission is to assist post-conflict and transitional countries to establish public defender systems that provide quality and effective criminal defense services to the poor.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “See schedule o”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is NY as per legal requirements.
- The filing reveals that the address of the non-profit in 2020 is 315 WEST 39TH STREET NO 507, NEW YORK, NY, 10018.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has 12 employees reported on their 990 form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$2,136,570.
- The organization has 9 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2001.
- The organization pays $2,418,098 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $7,845 in fundraising expenses.
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