Project Components

Mission: When a person is trying to defend himself against the decisions of authorities or in the criminal proceedings or claiming damages he often faces a situation when the outcome of the consideration of the case is dependent either on the quality of the services provided by the attorney or from ability to get legal aid.

In such situation the most vulnerable are those who because of their financial status can not afford hiring attorneys to confront the government, big corporations, or a simply a more wealthy person. Therefore, access to justice is the most obstructed for those who in the biggest need of it – the poor and socially vulnerable.

In today’s Russia, where around 14% of population live in poverty, where legal proceedings are difficult even for the educated people and when the judicial system is perceived as a bureaucratical machinery, which should be avoided by all means rather than referred to in the difficult situations, the substantial reforms are required to change this system.

Objective: ensuring better access to the judicial system and highlighting the needs of the most poor and vulnerable social groups in the participating regions (Leningrad and Perm Region).

Tasks:

• establishing the network of legal aid centers;
• raising level of trust in the judicial bodies;
• ensuring support for NGOs in developing mechanisms of providing legal aid for the poor and young;
• facilitating cooperation between NGOs and judicial bodies seeking to improve the professional competence and quality of work of the judicial bodies;
• improving cooperation with the public and raise its awareness of the need to establish a network of representatives providing competent legal aid to the poor and disadvantaged social groups of the Russian Federation.

Beneficiaries:

• Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation
• Legal Department of the Government of the Russian Federation

Management:

• Coordination Board is a body responsible for providing strategic direction during the Project implementation process.
• The Project is implemented by the team of the specialists of the Institute of Law and Public Policy

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