Legal notice.
Information about the website publisher, hosting provider, intellectual property and general terms of use.
Website publisher
The website jia-cerja.org is published by Justice Impact Africa – Center for Judicial Studies and Reforms in Africa (JIA-CERJA).
Headquarters: 620A Boulevard Cardinal-Léger, Pincourt (Québec), J7W6C8, Canada.
West Africa Regional Office: Route d'Akodessewa, Boulevard Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Immeuble Agbangbatin, 4th floor, 03 BP 30137 Lomé – Togo.
Contact: contact@jia-cerja.org.
Hosting
This website is hosted by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, United States.
Intellectual property
All content on this website (texts, images, logos, documents, trademarks) is protected by intellectual property law.
Any unauthorized reproduction, representation, modification or exploitation is prohibited without prior written consent from JIA-CERJA.
Copyright
© 2026 Justice Impact Africa – Center for Judicial Studies and Reforms in Africa (JIA-CERJA). All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise indicated, JIA-CERJA holds or is an authorized user of the copyright in the structure of the website and its content, including texts, studies, reports, research notes, publications, photographs, illustrations, videos, graphic elements, documentary databases and methodological tools.
JIA-CERJA trademarks, names, logos, emblems and distinctive signs may not be used, reproduced or modified without prior written authorization.
Subject to the exceptions provided under the Copyright Act of Canada, any reproduction, adaptation, translation, republication, distribution, substantial extraction, commercialization or exploitation of website content is prohibited without prior written authorization from JIA-CERJA.
The free availability of a document on the website does not constitute a waiver of copyright or a general authorization to reproduce or exploit it.
Any authorization request should be sent to: contact@jia-cerja.org.
Limited use of short excerpts may be permitted for research, private study, education, criticism, review or news reporting, where such use is fair and clearly indicates:
- the name of JIA-CERJA or the relevant author;
- the title of the document or publication;
- the date of publication, where available;
- a link to the original page or document.
Third-party content
Some content may belong to partners, authors, photographers, institutions or other third parties. Such content remains subject to the rights of its respective owners.
The presence of such content on the JIA-CERJA website does not grant users any right to reproduce, modify or exploit it, except with express authorization from the relevant rights holder or as permitted by law.
User rights
Subject to compliance with this legal notice, users have a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to view and use the website for lawful, institutional, informational, educational or research purposes.
Access to the website does not confer any ownership rights over the content viewed or downloaded.
Users may:
- view pages and documents made available to the public free of charge;
- download documents expressly offered for download;
- quote short excerpts within the limits permitted by law, with source attribution;
- link to a public page on the website, provided they do not suggest the existence of an unauthorized partnership, endorsement or affiliation;
- request information about JIA-CERJA's activities, programs and publications;
- subscribe to the newsletter and unsubscribe at any time;
- exercise the rights recognized in relation to their personal information.
User obligations
Users agree to use the website in a lawful, fair manner that respects the rights of JIA-CERJA and third parties.
JIA-CERJA reserves the right to suspend or restrict access to the website where abusive, fraudulent or otherwise non-compliant use is identified.
In particular, users must not:
- use the website for fraudulent, unlawful, defamatory purposes or in a manner that infringes the rights of others;
- circumvent or compromise the website's security measures;
- introduce a virus, malicious program or any other element likely to disrupt the operation of the website;
- attempt to access systems, accounts, data or protected areas without authorization;
- collect website content or data on a large scale or automatically without authorization;
- use published contact details for abusive solicitation, spam or unauthorized outreach;
- reproduce or exploit content in a manner that suggests it originates from another organization;
- use the name, logo or visual identity of JIA-CERJA without written authorization.
Rights relating to personal information
Such requests must be submitted in writing to JIA-CERJA's person responsible for the protection of personal information:
Email: contact@jia-cerja.org
Address: 620A, boulevard Cardinal-Léger, Pincourt (Québec) J7W 6C8, Canada.
Reasonable verification of the requester's identity may be required before personal information is disclosed or modified.
Canadian law notably recognizes fair dealing for research, private study, education, criticism, review, parody, satire and news reporting; the source and author must be cited in certain of these contexts (Canadian Intellectual Property Office).
Rights of access, rectification, withdrawal of consent and, where applicable, portability or de-indexing are described by the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.
Under the conditions provided by applicable laws, any affected person may request:
- to be informed of the personal information held about them;
- access to their personal information;
- correction of inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous information;
- withdrawal of consent to certain uses or disclosures;
- receipt of computerized personal information collected from them in a structured, commonly used technological format, where the right to portability applies;
- cessation of the dissemination of personal information or de-indexing of a hyperlink, where the legal conditions are met;
- filing of a complaint regarding the protection of their personal information.
Limitation of liability
JIA-CERJA strives to ensure the accuracy and currency of information published on this website, without guaranteeing the absence of errors or omissions.
JIA-CERJA shall not be held liable for direct or indirect damages resulting from access to or use of the website, nor for the content of any third-party websites that may be linked.