Legal Aid Service - Reforms and Results

• Free online legal aid service put into operation;

• Mobile legal aid service – Legal Aid  at Place of your Convenience -  launched;

• Free legal aid at public receptions of the penitentiary establishments made available;

• Three new legal aid centres set up;

• Mandate of the Service with respect to disciplinary and administrative proceedings expanded;

• Monitoring Board of the Legal Aid Service created;

• 73.7 % of respondents having full trust in the Legal Aid Service, based on opinion polls;

• 73.6 % of respondents feeling fully satisfied with the service, based on opinion polls;

• Legal Aid Service recognized as one of the most transparent public institute responsible for providing public information;

• First global Resolution on Principles and Guidelines for Ensuring Legal Aid in Criminal Justice System adopted by  the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - on the initiative of the Legal Aid Service;

• Memorandum on the creation of free legal aid referral system signed with non-governmental organizations.