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Indigenous communities can become
victims of economic development
Protimos provides access to justice to indigenous and marginalised communities to protect them from the unjust exploitation of their natural and cultural heritage.
Protimos works to assist communities in the assertion of their legitimate rights, and build the legal capacity of affected communities to advocate effectively for themselves in their dealings with government and business. Gradually a community will become self-sufficient, emerging from poverty and marginalisation to become full participants in an evolving economy.
Latest news: Lord Justice Laws supports Protimos
“In places where there is much poverty and deprivation the benefits of law may seem, I suppose, to be the Cinderella of social needs. There are more basic things that have to be provided. The foundation of Protimos is therefore all the more imaginative, for its founders have seen and acted on a great truth which may not strike people of goodwill with the immediacy of other more obvious imperatives: it is that access to justice is as critical for marginalised communities ... as it is for the members of any community.” read more