Project "Strengthening Access to Justice for the Poor in the Russian Federation" (2008-2012)
funded by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as an administrator of the Grant provided by the Government of Japan through the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF).

Establishing Legal Aid Centers Network

Within the Project in two participating regions – Perm and Leningrad region – the local NGOs "Citizen Watch" and "Perm Regional Human Rights Center" were the recipients of the Institute's mini-grants for establishing network of the legal aid centers. Such centers are established in the regions which are at most need of such aid.

The list of the legal aid services provided by the legal aid centers:

• Consultation;
• Drafting a conclusion on the legal questions;
• Drafting complaints, suits and petitions to the courts;
• Drafting appeal, cassational and supervision petitions;
• Representation of the interests of the poor people in civil and administrative litigation processes and in the cases of private prosecutions and victim representation;
• Representation of the poor people interests in the enforcement proceedings;
• Representation of the poor people in the governmental and local governmental entities;
• Delivering legal aid to the houses of the poor.

Groups of people who are eligible to receive legal aid within the Project in the established legal aid centers:

• Disabled (I and II group);
• Veterans of the World War II;
• Non-working retired people who receive the state pension;
• Aged and disabled people who live in the state sponsored institutions;
• Jobless;
• Illegal immigrants;
• Homeless;
• Inmates;
• Released from the correctional institutions not more than 6 months;
• Orphans and children from the boarding schools (until they reach age of 21);
• Children until age of 18;
• Citizens who are qualified for legal aid within the framework of the article 50 of Civil Procedure Code;
• Others whose income is less than 10 thousand per month per person;
• People who have  resources for paying the attorneys fees but objectively are not  in control of them;
• Other categories.

More on implementation of the Component in Perm and Leningrad region.

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