East Africa Law Society Training for Public Interest Lawyers on Digital Rights in Sub Saharan Africa 2025 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: July 28, 2025

Are you a public curiosity lawyer devoted to advancing digital rights in Sub Saharan Africa? Apply now for the East Africa Law Society Training for Public Interest Lawyers on Digital Rights in Sub Saharan Africa 2025.

The East Africa Law Society (EALS), by the EALS Institute and in partnership with the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), is proud to supply a totally funded regional coaching program designed particularly for legal professionals defending human rights, civic house, and digital freedoms throughout Africa.

This distinctive, immersive program convenes authorized practitioners from throughout Sub Saharan Africa to sharpen sensible expertise, foster strategic regional collaboration, and handle rising authorized challenges in the digital realm. Participants will profit from knowledgeable instruction, dynamic peer change, and ongoing assist to champion digital rights successfully in their jurisdictions and past.

Core Training Topics

The program will discover crucial authorized and strategic dimensions of digital rights, together with:

• Digital Rights Frameworks and Internet Governance: Navigating worldwide, regional, and nationwide legal guidelines that safeguard on-line freedoms.
• Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Association in the Digital Space: Legal methods to problem censorship, fight criminalization of on-line activism, and reply to web shutdowns.
• Privacy, Surveillance, Data Protection, and Artificial Intelligence: Addressing threats from state and personal actors exploiting private knowledge and rising applied sciences.
• Strategic Litigation for Digital Rights: Crafting efficient circumstances, partaking judiciaries, and leveraging litigation to advance broader civic aims.
• Coalition Building and Cross-Sector Collaboration: Strengthening alliances throughout regulation, civil society, media, and know-how to defend digital civic house holistically.

Costs

• All journey, lodging, meals, and coaching supplies can be absolutely funded for chosen contributors.

Eligibility

They invite public curiosity legal professionals from throughout all of Sub-Saharan Africa to apply, notably those that:

• Are actively engaged in human rights litigation, digital rights advocacy, or defending civic house;
• Demonstrate a robust dedication to utilizing authorized instruments to advance digital freedoms;
• Are keen to have interaction in regional cooperation and change data with friends from throughout the continent.

Applications from legal professionals working in contexts experiencing elevated digital repression are particularly inspired.

Application

Your application ought to embrace the next:

• Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages): Highlight your authorized expertise, notably in public curiosity regulation and digital rights advocacy.
• Motivational Letter (max 2 pages): Explain your curiosity in digital rights, your present work related to digital rights advocacy, and the way this coaching will improve your affect. Be certain to explain the precise digital rights challenges in your nation context and the way your proposed comply with-up strategic actions after the coaching will handle these native points.
• Relevant Case Studies or Advocacy Initiatives: Share any case research or digital rights advocacy efforts you’ve gotten contributed to, demonstrating your sensible engagement with the sector.

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For extra info, go to East Africa Law Society Training.