The African Foundation For Human Advancement is an independent, Nigerian, non-governmental Organization with a truly African and global outlook established in 2003 to reaffirm faith in Fundamental Human Rights, promote the quality of life of the African peoples, promote social progress and better standards of life, fight diseases, poverty, corruption and homelessness, promote justice, equity and the rule of Law and democracy as bequeathed to the world through the Greco-Judaic culture. AFFAH is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Corporate and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

AFFAH's Objectives  

1. To undertake legal proceedings, in Nigeria and elsewhere, on behalf of victims of organised violence and torture, and in that regard:  to give legal advice to such victims. To give gratuitous/free legal advice to needy persons and groups regardless of race, colour or national origin. To draft legal pleadings and other Court documents and to attend to the filing of such documents.

 

2. To identify areas of human rights abuse, train personnel in identifying and documenting violations of those rights in Africa, and Nigeria in particular. To liase with government in resolving those abuses.

3.To encourage, initiate, solicit, and strongly support matters of  communal, local, state, national and International significance that will further the integration of the basic principles of free legal services, social and human Advancement, growth and development  in Africa and the entire world...More here