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Training of Court Users on the Refugee Law

The Advocacy Programme has embarked on a project to sensitize judicial officers and court users on the Refugee Act, its correlation to international human rights laws and standards. The focus will especially be on magistrates, prosecutors, children's officers, probation officers, prison warders and the police working in Districts away from Nairobi and especially in areas where there are large population of refugees.

The aim of this training will be sensitise and to change the mindset of the officers. Kenya has not had a refugee law and many prosecutors and magistrates continue to treat refugees as illegal immigrants. Training the magistrates and prosecutors on the Refugee Act will also enable them to keep the other arms of government accountable in their interaction with refugees. In addition to building positive precedent-setting cases, the engagement of the judicial arm helps to keep the actions of the other departments in check.

The first of these trainings takes place in Eldoret, Rift Valley Province at the Sirikwa Hotel on 26-27 June 2008.

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