Provision of and Funding for Legal Aid

Government Regulation No. 42 of 2013 on Requirement and Procedures in Rendering Legal Aid and Disbursement of Legal Aid Funds (“Regulation”) was recently issued to implement Articles 15 (5)[1] and 18[2] of Law No. 16 of 2011 on Legal Aid (“Law”).[3]

The Regulation sets out the prerequisites for providing legal aid and the procedures for how legal aid beneficiaries may acquire legal aid. Additionally the Regulation provides a mechanism on how legal aid providers (institutions) may acquire funding from the State Budget and other lawful funding sources.