REFUGEE SOLIDARITY NETWORK The Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN), a New York-based non-profit association, protects the rights of people uprooted from their homes and strengthens the communities where they seek safety. RSN employs a partnership model with advocates and local stakeholders in the Global South, to develop national capacities and advance legal frameworks as a means to refugee protection. RSN has contributed to projects involving the provision of legal assistance, information dissemination, training, and strategic litigation for refugees in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Bangladesh, and Mexico and engages in research and advocacy on a regional and global level. BANGLADESH LEGAL AID AND SERVICES TRUST The Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) is the leading non-government, not-for-profit legal aid provider in Bangladesh, with its staff lawyers, paralegals, researchers, and a network of over 2,600 pro bono lawyers working in 20 offices spread across the country. Founded in 1993 and working with the mission of making legal aid accessible to all, particularly the poor and the marginalized, BLAST is the only legal services organisation in the country to provide advice and assistance in criminal, family, civil, land, and constitutional law matters, and operates at all levels of the justice system – from village courts and Magistrate’s Courts to the Supreme Court. Over the years, it has broadened its mandate to include alternative dispute resolution, public interest litigation, legislative advocacy, capacity building, and research. Some of the donors BLAST has worked with include UNDP, Save the Children International, US State Department, GIZ, Royal Danish Embassy, and Diakonia. It also has partnerships with 144 local organisations and works directly with numerous ministries and government institutions, while also maintaining active participation in several national and regional alliances on various legal and rights issues. 82 BE YOND REFU GE: ADVANCING LEG AL PROTECTIONS FOR ROHINGYA C OMMUNITIES IN BANGL ADESH