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At the inaugural Global Refugee Forum (GRF), 28 law firms, bar associations, and corporations and 55 legal and community empowerment organizations pledged to support efforts to protect and find solutions for refugees and others forcibly displaced in solidarity by initiating and engaging in on going dialogue in order to better leverage material and increase resources. Since then, the number of signatories has increased to the list below. Join them by signing the pledge here.

It is estimated that the current commitments could provide legal aid to over 43,000 refugees around the world.

Private Legal Sector

  • Adrian & Company (Malawi)
  • Allen & Overy (Global)
  • Apisan Legal Office (Thailand)
  • Arthur Cox (Ireland)
  • Ashurst LLP (Global)
  • Asia Pacific Legal (Australia)
  • Avocats Barreau-Paris – Paris Bar (France)
  • Baker McKenzie (Global)
  • Bloomberg LP
  • BNP Paribas
  • Chambers of Yoges (Malaysia)
  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • Dechert (Global)
  • Dentons (Global)
  • DLA Piper (Global)
  • Eojourian & Georgiou LLC (Cyprus)
  • Gibson Dunn (Global)
  • Herbert Smith Freehills (Global)
  • Korea Law Firm Public Interest Network (South Korea)
  • Lander & Rogers (Australia)
  • Legal Rights and Environmental Protection Association (Thailand)
  • Linklaters (Global)
  • McCarter & English (Global)
  • Macfarlane (South Africa)
  • Microsoft (Global)
  • Morgan Lewis (Global)
  • Morrison & Foerster (Global)
  • Nexa Legal (Bangladesh)
  • Norton Rose Fulbright (South Africa)
  • NSP Legal Office (Thailand)
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Global)
  • Reed Smith LLC (Global)
  • Russell Kennedy Lawyers (Australia)
  • SheppardMullin (Global)
  • Sidley Austin (Global)
  • The Lighthouse Solicitor and Business Company Limited (Thailand)
  • Tilleke & Gibbins (Asia)
  • White & Case

Civil Society Organizations

  • Act for Peace (Australia)
  • Advocates for Public Interest Law (South Korea)
  • AMERA International (Global)
  • Asia Pacific Network of Refugees
  • Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network – Legal Aid and Advocacy Working Group (US)
  • AsyLex (Switzerland)
  • Asylum Access (Global)
  • Asylos (Global)
  • Branches of Hope (Hong Kong)
  • Center for the Protection of Refugees and Immigrants (Brazil)
  • Centre for Law and Policy Affairs (Bangladesh)
  • Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Thailand)
  • Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies (New Zealand)
  • Centre Libanais des Droits Humains – Lebanese
  • Center for Human Rights (Lebanon)
  • Companion – Lawyers for Public Interest (South Korea)
  • Danish Refugee Council (Denmark)
  • DIGNITY Kwanza (Tanzania)
  • Dongcheon Foundation (South Korea)
  • Duroo – Association for Public Interest Law (South Korea)
  • Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights (Egypt)
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Asia – ESCR Asia (Pakistan)
  • European Lawyers in Lesvos (Greece)
  • EU-CAMER – European Coalition for Refugee and Migrant (Regional)
  • ECRE – European Council on Refugees and Exile (Regional)
  • FJSS Group (UK)
  • Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre (Australia)
  • Fortify Rights (Thailand)
  • Global Refugee-Led Network MENA Chapter
  • GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation (South Korea)
  • HIAS (Global)
  • Hotline for Refugees and Migrants (Israel)
  • Human Rights Lawyers Association (Thailand)
  • Host International (Asia Pacific)
  • Human Rights Organization of Nepal (Nepal)
  • Immigrants Advocacy Center GAMDONG (South Korea)
  • International Commission of Jurists (Australia)
  • Immigration Advocacy Center GAMDONG (South Korea)
  • International Detention Coalition (Global)
  • International Refugee Assistance Project (Global)
  • Justice Centre Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney (Australia)
  • Korea Law Firm Public Interest Law Network (South Korea)
  • KIND – Kids in Need of Defence (Global)
  • Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)
  • Legal Clinic for Migrants and Refugees at Diego Portales University (Chile)
  • Legal Researchers (Pakistan)
  • Migration & Asylum Project/The ARA Trust (India)
  • Migration to Asia Peace (South Korea)
  • Migrant Center Friend (South Korea)
  • NANCEN Refugee Rights Center (South Korea)
  • Naripokko (Bangladesh)
  • New Women Connectors (Regional)
  • Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ICLA programme (Norway)
  • Pakistan International Human Rights Organization (Pakistan)
  • Paralegal Helper Group (Myanmar)
  • Pro Bono Italia (Italy)
  • Norwegian Refugee Council ICLA programme (Norway)
  • Queer Sisterhood Project (Australia)
  • Refugee Consortium of Kenya (Kenya)
  • Refugee Legal
  • Refugee pNan (South Korea)
  • Refugee Rights Turkey (Turkey)
  • Refugee Solidarity Network (US)
  • Research Initiatives Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
  • Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development – REPID (Pakistan)
  • Ruwad al Houkouk FR – Frontiers Rights (Lebanon)
  • Sin Fronteras IAP (Mexico)
  • SARLN – South Africa Refugee-Led Network (South Africa)
  • Step Ahead (Thailand)
  • SUAKA – Indonesia Civil Society Association for Refugee Rights Protection (Indonesia)
  • StARS – St. Andrew’s Refugee Services (Egypt)
  • Taiwan Association for Human Rights (Taiwan)
  • The Humanitarian Group (Australia)
  • The Jung, a public interest corporation (South Korea)
  • University of Cape Town, Refugee Rights Unit (South Africa)
  • Youth Initiative Human Rights – YIHR (Myanmar)