Acid Survivors Trust International
Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) is a UK-based international non-profit organization aiming to end acid, burns violence at a global level. In addition to public education and awareness campaigns, ASTI supports organizations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda that they have helped to form. The organization was founded in 2002 and is a registered charity under English law. Impact Acid Survivors Trust International's work has produced change in challenging acid violence. The organisation has been involved in many campaigns, such as those to introduce acid laws in Cambodia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In the case of the latter, the incidence of recorded acid violence fell from 500 cases in 2002 to less than 100 in 2012, over a 70% reduction. ASTI are also actively involved in administering medical support for survivors: former ASTI trustee Dr. Ron Hiles OBE, has performed over one thousand reconstructive surgery operations and trained hundreds of surgeons who have treated thousands of patients. In 2016, The Trust Law/Thomson Reuters Foundation shortlisted ASTI for a Solicitors Journal Award for Working in Partnership with J Sagar Associate, Baker & McKenzie and P&G Asia for the comparative law study that looked at acid laws in the UK, India,