Last Change:

03/18/2025

Loi N° 021/PR/2019 Régissant l'Aide Juridique et l'Assistance Judiciaire

Year: 2019

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights, Family life, Documentation

Description

This law aims to govern legal aid, which includes all services provided to one or more individuals in order to prevent a conflict, promote its resolution, or improve the understanding of law and justice, as well as judicial aid, which encompasses all services provided during a legal procedure, for the benefit of vulnerable individuals and those who do not have sufficient income to assert their rights in court or pursue the enforcement of any obtained acts and procedures.

 

 

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Loi N° 021/PR/2019 Régissant l'Aide Juridique et l'Assistance Judiciaire - Generic

Loi N° 021/PR/2019 Régissant l'Aide Juridique et l'Assistance Judiciaire - Generic

Article 16

Le bénéfice de l'Assistance Judiciaire est accordé d'office, sans exigence de production de la preuve d'insuffisance de ressources, aux personnes suivantes :
- mineurs poursuivis pour crime, délit ou contravention ;
- mineurs victimes ;
- personnes accusées comparaissant à l'audience de la Cour Criminelle ;
- demandeurs d'asile, personnes réfugiées, déplacées internes, retournées et apatrides.