The government has a contradictory approach to the legal profession.
The Bronx Defenders opened its reception center, in the Melrose neighborhood, as part of a $2.6 million expansion by the Bronx Defenders from a single building to what it calls a three-building Justice Campus to accommodate its growing caseload.
The Bronx Defenders opened its reception center, in the Melrose neighborhood, as part of a $2.6 million expansion by the Bronx Defenders from a single building to what it calls a three-building Justice Campus to accommodate its growing caseload.
Yevhen Zakharov, Co-Chair of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, comments on the new Criminal Procedure Code which came into force on 20 November.
This joint statement makes comprehensive recommendations for amendments to the European Union Council’s General Approach to the Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest (Measure C1) to ensure that the Directive upholds the minimum human rights standards for fair trials.
This joint statement makes comprehensive recommendations for amendments to the European Union Council’s General Approach to the Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest (Measure C1) to ensure that the Directive upholds the minimum human rights standards for fair trials.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill wants to impose £68 disposable income threshold on criminal legal aid.
On April 27, 2012 the 21st session of the Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted the resolution for the UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice System.
The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice has adopted a ground-breaking resolution on "access to legal aid in criminal justice systems". The resolution adopts a set of "Principles and Guidelines" designed to ensure that access to legal information, advice and assistance is available to all through the provision of legal aid.
On any particular day, around three million people are being held in pretrial detention, and during the course of a year an estimated 10 million people pass through pretrial detention.