Legal Aid

At present, two legal aid centres for women are in operation i.e. the Legal Aid Centre for women under the Department of Legal Aid, Ministry of Justice and the Legal Counseling Office on gender equality under the Women's Union.

Jerusalem Legal Aid Center (JLAC), Jerusalem

Developing a legal aid system was not a priority in a least developed country however, legal aid was provided by some NGOs.

Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling

In paragraph 61 of its report, the Board recommended that the Tribunal monitor and evaluate the impact of the new decisions taken regarding improvements in the legal aid system.

Fifteen medico legal centers have been established to facilitate easier access to medico legal aid.

Even though legal aid is free for both men and women, there are few women who resort to legal aid, mostly due to social and cultural pressures.

This will deter any abuse of the legal aid scheme.

With regard to legal aid, the State of Viet Nam has paid attention to increase legal aid activities, especially for poor people, people subject to State priority policies and women.

In paragraph 70 of its report, the Board recommended that the Tribunal (a) continue to monitor the submission of invoices by defence counsel using the new software and (b) evaluate the lump sum system of legal aid at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in order to ascertain whether such a system could assist in limiting the increasing cost of legal aid.

Provision should be made for effective legal representation of victims of violations of minority rights, including State legal aid

Apart from that, the Gambia had no legal aid system per se.

FIDA offered legal aid to women on a broad range of issues.

The board includes military officers, legal and policy representatives.

Development of multi sector prevention programs, including the legal aid component, health and counseling

The Legal Assistance Branch is responsible for programmes and policy relating to mainstream legal aid, financial assistance, community legal centres and the operation of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre.

In 2002, the Ministry of Justice and the Women's Union registered a cooperation programme on legal information and education and legal aid for women.

While legal aid may be provided by either governmental or non governmental sources (whether national or international), such legal aid should meet adequate standards of quality, non discrimination, fairness and impartiality so as not to prejudice the restitution claims process.

As far as legal aid is concerned, and the access of women to the institutions where this aid is provided, men and women have an equal access.

Crisis centres provided temporary shelter, free legal aid, medical attention and counselling to women in distress.

provide an important knowledge base for advice and legal aid centres for refugees in many countries.

Trafficking victims were taken in by church based centres, legal aid centres and women's rights centres.

Strict management and control of the legal aid system has led to strikes by defence counsel.

The Section faced several challenges during the period under review, including the rationalization of legal aid.

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This Board provides, together with an Insurance Ombudsman, an alternative to legal proceedings.

With respect to applications by children for legal aid, please refer to paragraph 25 of this report.

The lump sum system of payment under the legal aid programme has been evaluated by both tribunals.

c) Educate women and girls on their rights and provide legal aid, counselling and other support services

Norway stated that communications with Norway concerning legal aid might be made in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and English.

States must provide support in the form of shelters, legal aid and medical, psychological, social and economic assistance.

Women's lack of access to legal information, aid or protection is said to contribute to violence against women.

Last year, the state government delivered on its commitment to bring legal aid funding up to the national average.

From 2000 to the end of 2002, of the beneficiaries to the legal assistance provided by legal aid organizations, ethnic minorities and women accounted for 23 and 42.9 respectively.

By the end of May 2003, legal advice and legal aid centres for women and children were operating at 330 sites in 30 provinces, autonomous regions and centrally administered municipalities, as were some 8,000 legal service institutions.

Thus the Association of Women Lawyers has a legal aid centre in Niamey, while the Human Rights Association has set up four legal clinics, in Dosso, Niamey, Tahoua and Tillabéri.

On 25 August 2003, with the approval of the Judicial Bureau of the City of Beijing, the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established China's first government approved legal aid institution to operate as a law office , the Oriental Public Interest and Legal Aid Office.

Lack of access to information, lack of protection and lack of legal aid are other factors that aggravate violence against women.

Many women don't know, nor do they want to know anything about the existing legal aid, mostly due to cultural pressures.

Free legal and medical aid and temporary shelter is provided to women victims of violence, including domestic violence, at these centers.

Free legal and medical aid and temporary shelter is provided to women victims of violence, including domestic violence, at these centers.

Free legal advice was provided by the Labour Inspectorate and the National Human Rights Office, and free legal aid was available in the country for those wishing to apply to the courts.

In Darfur, UNDP has established legal aid centres in all three States while the UNDP International Rescue Committee rule of law awareness raising programme has reached over 5,000 legal and law enforcement professionals.

Through its Community Legal Services Programme, the Government funds seven organizations across Australia to operate the specialist Indigenous Women's Projects, providing culturally appropriate legal aid services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.