Gaza
Medical evacuation
Legal and practical support for patients travelling for treatment, and a year of legal support after they arrive.
About this pathway
Borders and migration
Legal support for people crossing borders out of crisis, with dignity.
We help people in places of crisis through the legal and practical side of moving across borders, so they can reach healthcare, education and safety, and go home when they choose.
Our approach
We start with what people need.
Each place in crisis is different. Before we open a pathway, we find out from the people affected what is actually stopping them, and build the casework around that.
In Gaza, that meant medical evacuation: reaching treatment abroad, and having someone on their side once they arrive. Somewhere else it might mean education, family reunion or documentation. We don't decide that in advance.
Whatever the pathway, the aim is the same. Moving is a means to a right, such as treatment or study. We don't set out to displace anyone, and we keep the way home open.
Pathways
Where we work
Sudan
Shaped by need
We are listening before we build. We hope to open within twelve months, and the focus will follow what people there tell us they need.
About this pathwayEngland and Wales
Community legal casework
Where we began in 2024: housing, employment, family, criminal and benefits casework for people who could not get legal aid.
About this pathway
How we work
Four commitments
Dignity
We don't publish photos or personal stories of the people we support, and we keep what we hold about them to what the work needs.
Rights, not favours
Every case is built on a right: to healthcare, to education, to move freely to reach them.
Led by need
The people a pathway serves shape it. We build around what they tell us, not around our assumptions.
Free to the people we support
We charge nothing. Everyone on the team is a volunteer.
Support our work
Funding is what moves a case forward.
Money raised for a case is spent on that case. Nobody on the team is paid.
We work with charities, foundations and individual donors, including those holding zakat or restricted funds, and we are happy to work as a delivery partner. Our accountability page explains how we handle money and keep people safe.
Pathways
Each pathway is built for the people it serves.
We open a pathway when we understand what a population needs and can meet it properly. Each one has its own focus, and the same standard of casework.
Gaza · Active
Medical evacuation
People in Gaza told us the barrier was getting to treatment that isn't available there, and having support once they arrived. This pathway is built around both.
Referral
Every patient already has a WHO referral before we make contact.
Treatment arranged
We secure a hospital that has agreed to treat the patient.
Travel and paperwork
We prepare the legal and travel documents. Accredited immigration advisers make any visa application.
A year after arrival
For twelve months after arrival, a caseworker supports the patient with the legal questions that come up during treatment.
The way home
When treatment ends, we help patients go home if they choose to.
New referrals: closed
We take patients on in groups sized to the funding we hold, and will post here when we reopen. A WHO referral is required. We cannot arrange or speed one up.
استقبال الحالات الجديدة مغلق حاليًا. يجب أن تتوفر إحالة من منظمة الصحة العالمية، ولا يمكننا ترتيبها أو تسريعها.
Sudan · In development
Shaped by need
We hope to open a Sudan pathway within the next twelve months. We don't have a date yet.
We are not starting from an assumption about what that pathway should be. Its focus will come from what people affected tell us they need, which may be quite different from our work in Gaza.
If you are an experienced lawyer or caseworker and want to help shape it, write to caseadmin@aladli.org.
England and Wales · Paused
Community legal casework
This is where we started in 2024, supporting people who needed legal help and could not get legal aid.
We covered housing, employment, family, criminal and benefits matters, including preparing cases for solicitors and supporting people who represented themselves in court. While our international work needs us, we take urgent cases one at a time.
Immigration matters go to accredited advisers until our own accreditation with the Immigration Advice Authority, which we expect in December 2026.
About
A grassroots group, run by volunteers.
Al-Adli comes from al-adl, Arabic for justice. We began in 2024 as a community legal casework group in England, and now work on borders and migration out of places in crisis.
What we believe
Solidarity, not charity
We work from Islamic principles of justice. Healthcare, education and freedom of movement are rights, and the people we support are partners in their own case.
We are independent of the NGO sector. We often work alongside NGOs, and we make decisions by our own principles.
The team
Volunteers, with the right skills for each case
Everyone at Al-Adli is a volunteer. The team includes legal caseworkers, clinical advisers and a funding team. We make decisions by consensus, and defer to clinical advisers on clinical questions.
We don't publish names or individual roles. That protects the people we support and the people we work with.
Accountability
How we are run, and how we handle money.
This page covers the essentials. Funders can ask us for our governance documents.
Governance
Status and safeguards
Legal status
A non-profit registered in England and Wales
Oversight
Overseen by a board
The team makes day-to-day decisions by consensus.
Safeguarding
Built on IASC principles and the Core Humanitarian Standard
With a designated safeguarding lead and a deputy. Caseworkers are DBS checked.
Immigration advice
Not given by us yet
We expect accreditation by the Immigration Advice Authority in December 2026.
Data
UK GDPR
See our privacy notice.
For funders
Questions we are asked
Where does the money go?
To the costs of the case it was raised for. Nobody on the team is paid.
What if a case costs less than was raised?
The rest goes to the next eligible case, within the funder's criteria.
Can zakat or restricted funds be used?
Yes. Tell us your criteria and we will work within them.
Will we hear how it went?
Yes. Funders receive regular anonymised updates.
Will you publish our name?
Only if you want us to. We are happy to leave the public credit to you.
If we publish something that turns out to be wrong, we correct it openly. Last reviewed November 2026.
Get involved
Ways to support the work.
Every message gets a reply from someone on the team.
Funding
Fund a case
Charities, foundations and individual donors. We are happy to talk through how we work before any commitment.
Time
Join the team
Caseworkers, people with legal or clinical experience, and fundraisers. Send a few lines about your experience. We bring people in gradually, because the work is sensitive.
Community
Run a fundraiser
At work, your mosque or community centre. Tell us before you start, so the money reaches the right case.
Introductions
Connect us
Hospitals, universities, solicitors and organisations whose work meets ours.
Contact
Get in touch.
We work in English and Arabic.
Funding
Volunteering
General and press
Referrals
Closed for now
We will post here when referrals reopen.
استقبال الحالات الجديدة مغلق حاليًا.
Privacy
Privacy notice
What personal data we collect, why, and your rights.
Who we are
Al-Adli Advocacy is registered in England and Wales and is the data controller for personal data sent to us through this website, our referral process and by email.
What we collect
Depending on the enquiry: contact details, and for casework, information needed for the case, which can include medical, immigration and family details.
Why
To assess and carry out casework and to talk to you about it. Medical and immigration data get extra protection under UK GDPR. We process them to secure a person's access to their rights, such as healthcare, and only where we have a valid legal basis.
Who sees it
Only those who need it for the case, such as a treating hospital or an accredited immigration adviser. Funders receive anonymised updates only. We never sell personal data or use it for marketing.
How long we keep it
Only as long as the work needs it, unless the law requires longer.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete your data, and to restrict or object to how we use it. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. Email caseadmin@aladli.org.
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