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Indigenous communities can become
victims of economic development

“Protimos’ founders have seen and acted on a great truth, that access to justice is as critical for marginalised communities as it is for the members of any community. It is the only surety against arbitrary exploitation of the weak by the powerful.”
LORD JUSTICE LAWS.

Protimos lawyers work in partnership with indigenous and marginalised communities to help them understand and assert their legal rights. We assist communities to become articulate and effective participants in the development of their own futures.

In the developed world, the ability to assert our legal rights is often taken for granted. Yet for people in the poorest countries of the world, access to justice is a distant dream.

Communities remain marginalised and ignored because they are voiceless before the law. Protimos helps them find that voice.