Legal Aid

At present, two legal aid centres for women are in operation i.e. the Legal Aid Centre for women under the Department of Legal Aid, Ministry of Justice and the Legal Counseling Office on gender equality under the Women's Union.

Jerusalem Legal Aid Center (JLAC), Jerusalem

Developing a legal aid system was not a priority in a least developed country however, legal aid was provided by some NGOs.

Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling

The number of people covered by basic old age insurance, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, and maternity insurance has risen substantially. Moreover, universal medical insurance is emerging, and a comprehensive system for providing aid to students from poor families has been established.

Fifteen medico legal centers have been established to facilitate easier access to medico legal aid.

Even though legal aid is free for both men and women, there are few women who resort to legal aid, mostly due to social and cultural pressures.

This will deter any abuse of the legal aid scheme.

Article 5 Legal entities engaged in commercial insurance must be insurance companies established in accordance with this Law no other entity or individual is permitted to transact commercial insurance business.

This Board provides, together with an Insurance Ombudsman, an alternative to legal proceedings.

With regard to legal aid, the State of Viet Nam has paid attention to increase legal aid activities, especially for poor people, people subject to State priority policies and women.

Technically, no legal insurance coverage can be provided for ships calling at Somalia ports.

Provision should be made for effective legal representation of victims of violations of minority rights, including State legal aid

Apart from that, the Gambia had no legal aid system per se.

FIDA offered legal aid to women on a broad range of issues.

Article 59 The insurer shall not resort to legal proceeding to demand the payment of the insurance premiums of insurance of persons from the applicant.

undertaking to provide life insurance where death is the prerequisite for the payment of the insurance benefits, for those who have no civil legal capacity.

The branch offices of an insurance company do not possess the status of a legal person, and the civil liability shall be borne by the insurance company.

Development of multi sector prevention programs, including the legal aid component, health and counseling

The Legal Assistance Branch is responsible for programmes and policy relating to mainstream legal aid, financial assistance, community legal centres and the operation of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre.

In 2002, the Ministry of Justice and the Women's Union registered a cooperation programme on legal information and education and legal aid for women.

While legal aid may be provided by either governmental or non governmental sources (whether national or international), such legal aid should meet adequate standards of quality, non discrimination, fairness and impartiality so as not to prejudice the restitution claims process.

As far as legal aid is concerned, and the access of women to the institutions where this aid is provided, men and women have an equal access.

Crisis centres provided temporary shelter, free legal aid, medical attention and counselling to women in distress.

provide an important knowledge base for advice and legal aid centres for refugees in many countries.

Trafficking victims were taken in by church based centres, legal aid centres and women's rights centres.

Strict management and control of the legal aid system has led to strikes by defence counsel.

The Section faced several challenges during the period under review, including the rationalization of legal aid.

I'd suggest there are four things, and none of these things include an insurance system or a legal system.

With respect to applications by children for legal aid, please refer to paragraph 25 of this report.

The lump sum system of payment under the legal aid programme has been evaluated by both tribunals.

c) Educate women and girls on their rights and provide legal aid, counselling and other support services

Norway stated that communications with Norway concerning legal aid might be made in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and English.

States must provide support in the form of shelters, legal aid and medical, psychological, social and economic assistance.

Women's lack of access to legal information, aid or protection is said to contribute to violence against women.

On this basis, we have explained in more detail to our employees the legal rules in regard to the liability insurance.

Last year, the state government delivered on its commitment to bring legal aid funding up to the national average.

From 2000 to the end of 2002, of the beneficiaries to the legal assistance provided by legal aid organizations, ethnic minorities and women accounted for 23 and 42.9 respectively.

By the end of May 2003, legal advice and legal aid centres for women and children were operating at 330 sites in 30 provinces, autonomous regions and centrally administered municipalities, as were some 8,000 legal service institutions.

Thus the Association of Women Lawyers has a legal aid centre in Niamey, while the Human Rights Association has set up four legal clinics, in Dosso, Niamey, Tahoua and Tillabéri.

On 25 August 2003, with the approval of the Judicial Bureau of the City of Beijing, the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established China's first government approved legal aid institution to operate as a law office , the Oriental Public Interest and Legal Aid Office.

Insurance of persons business which includes life insurance, health insurance and accident and injury insurance.

There are many kinds of insurance such as health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

Article 54 An applicant shall not apply for and the insurer shall not underwrite an insurance of persons that stipulates death as a prerequisite for the payment of the insurance benefits on a person without civil legal capacity.