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Access to Legal Aid

Legal framework:

• United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (General Assembly resolution 67/187, annex, of 20 December 2012) English, Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish

• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990)

Practical Guidance:

• Guidance note on Ensuring Access to Justice in the Context of COVID-19 (with UNDP) English
• Handbook on Ensuring Quality of Legal Aid Services in Criminal Justice Processes: Practical Guidance and Promising Practices English, Russian
• Handbook on Early access to legal aid in criminal justice processes (with UNDP) English, Vietnamese, Chinese 
• Model Law on Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems with Commentaries English 
• Child Friendly Legal Aid in Africa (UNICEF, UNDP, UNODC) English, French
• Handbook on Access to Legal Aid in Africa English
• Education for Justice - University Module Series – Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Module 3) 

Surveys and data:

• UNDP/UNODC Global Study on Legal Aid:
• Global Report  English 
• Country Profiles English
• Survey Report on Access to legal Aid in Africa English

Multimedia

Highlights from the Kyoto Crime Congress:

Equal Access to Justice for All - Find out more here. View the recording here

Highlights from the OHCHR Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law:

Equal access to justice for all: voices from around the world