Criminal Barrister Mark Kelly Supports Rights for Prisoners and Justice in Uganda

During His Recent Trip to Uganda, Mark Worked with Two Organisations: PILAC and APP

LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / December 21, 2017 / Criminal barrister Mark Kelly recently traveled to Uganda to work with local lawyers fighting for justice. In his own words below, Mark describes his vital work and life-changing experience there.

To find out more about Mark’s criminal services here in the UK, please visit: https://www.markkellybarrister.co.uk/practice-areas.html.

Whilst in Uganda, Mark worked with PILAC (Public Interest Law Centre), and APP (the African Prisoners Project). As he noted, PILAC is a fantastic organization, whose vision is to build a legal profession alive to the social justice needs of the poor and vulnerable through legal education, research, legal aid, public interest litigation and by building strategic partnerships.

PILAC is associated with Makerere University and it provides legal aid to members of the local surrounding community according to need. As an organization, it is donor-funded by the Democratic Governance Facility. PILAC disseminates information to the local communities who may not be aware of their legal rights. It also trains students who go into the communities as part of an outreach programme and increases knowledge of those they interact with on legal issues which can cover marriage; land issues; inheritance and wills; criminal procedure; drug abuse; domestic violence and children’s rights. It comprises of a team of dedicated and committed lawyers.

Mark met with Veronica Kange and was astounded by the work done by PILAC. Nobody is turned away by PILAC, which is impressive in its own right when one considers the numbers of people in the local communities needing legal services. Clients attend without an appointment and the organization liaises with local leaders in the community to identify the contemporaneous issues and the leaders act as a referral agency for members of the community.

“PILAC have forged links with the African Prisoners Project, who work together to provide legal aid to inmates, as well as regularly providing guest lectures, tours for students, and organizing moot competitions,” Mark noted, adding that the main hurdles to PILAC growing and extending its influence are logistics and resources.

“PILAC is building bridges with the African Prisoners Project. I am sure the officers of PILAC will have a meeting of minds with the officers of APP because it too is a highly impressive organization.”

To read more about Mark’s fascinating trip to Uganda, please visit: https://www.markkellybarrister.co.uk/Insights.html.

About Mark Kelly:

Mark Kelly is a defense barrister, having been called to the bar in 1985, giving him more than 30 years of experience in expert criminal and regulatory defense. He has extensive experience in both domestic and international work. Mark has worked as a stagiaire in DGIV (Competition) in the European Commission in Brussels, giving him excellent insight into both regulatory offenses and fraud. Furthermore, he studied European Law at the College of Europe (Bruges) and he is currently a member of the Bar European Group and the European Lawyers Bar Association. For more information, please visit https://www.markkellybarrister.co.uk/.

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