Last Change:

05/26/2025

Statutory Instrument 2007 no. 12. the advocates (legal aid to indigent persons) regulations, 2007.

Year: 2007

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Asylum, Freedom of movement, Liberty & security of person, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights

Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2007/en/149460
Description

The objectives of these Regulations are : (a) to regulate and monitor the quality of legal aid service delivery; (b) to ensure that legal aid and advice are provided in a most effective and efficient manner; (c) to ensure that all legal aid providers operating in Uganda have basic facilities and qualified personnel required to provide legal aid in a professional and ethical manner; (d) to establish clear and objective criteria to be followed by legal aid providers when reviewing applications for legal aid; (e) to encourage the provision of legal aid throughout the Country.

Selected provisions
Regulation 25(a) - Matters to be given priority.

When considering an application for legal aid under these Regulations, a legal aid provider shall consider the following—

(a) the elderly, widows, orphans, children, people with disabilities,
internally displaced persons, people living with HIV/AIDS, prisoners
on remand or refugees shall be given priority over other persons;