National association · Since 2017 · Dakar

Defending the environment
through right

Action research, environmental education and strategic litigation: AJE carries the voice of communities affected by environmental damage in Senegal.

They support us

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Our areas of intervention

Three focus areas, one vision

Promoting the integration of gender into climate policies and strengthening women’s resilience to the effects of climate change.

Raising awareness and taking action to protect natural resources while encouraging a transition towards clean, renewable energy.

Supporting communities affected by environmental damage by using the law as a lever, and promoting access to environmental justice.

Our values

What guides us

Five principles at the heart of every AJE action.
01

Fairness, justice and integrity

The law at the service of communities, with rigour and probity.

02

Transparency

Accountability in the governance of natural resources and in our actions.

03

Innovation

Public Interest Litigation, education, arts and media: new approaches.

04

Community participation

Affected communities at the heart of every decision.

05

Courage

Carrying the voice of the voiceless, all the way to the highest courts.

The AJE journal

News

Strategic litigation

Filao belt: all the way to the Supreme Court

AJE seized the Supreme Court to annul the declassification of part of the filao coastal belt, the green belt protecting the shoreline. A first that has placed climate litigation at the centre of Senegal’s public debate.

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