Jimma University Legal Aid Center

Rooij, B.V. (2007) Justice for the Poor: Legal Cooperation for Development from the Bottom Up. Working paper, Leiden: Leiden University. The provision of free and affordable legal aid services is effective in improving access for vulnerable populations. Previously, lack of awareness of legal rights and procedures to obtain useful and affordable mechanisms to exercise the right of access to justice (legal services) was a challenge in Ethiopia. JLSRI (Justice and Legal Systems Research Institute) (2013) Legal pluralism, traditional justice systems and the role of legal actors in Ethiopia, Proceedings of the National Conference on Law and Development, 15–17 November 2012, Addis Ababa: Justice and Legal Systems Research Institute. In addition to the academic staff of Jimma University`s Faculty of Law and full-time lawyers from the centers outside of Jimma City, JUSL-LAC conducts its day-to-day operations through the use of clinical students and volunteers who study law at the university. Each volunteer and clinical student is required to contribute four hours per week, and academic staff are expected to process and supervise client cases. OSJI (Open Society Justice Initiative) (2013) Legal empowerment, S. Golub, D. Berry and K. Epstein (eds.) Open Society Justice Initiative, Fall 2013. www.justiceinitiative.org/uploads/112318e4-a2b5-48e4-a14d-742bb3b8bcfb/justice-initiatives-legal-empowerment-20140102.pdf Currently, JUSL-LAC provides legal services in eleven (11) centres in the Jimma area, namely Jimma Main Office, Jimma woreda court, Jimma High Court, Jimma Area Prison Service, Agaro, Gera, Shabe, Dedo, Serbo, Omo Nada and Setemma, and strives to continue the good work already started.

JUSL-LAC opened its 11th center in Setemma Voreda in 2021. Gurmessa, A.F. (2018) The role of university-based legal aid centers in ensuring access to justice in Ethiopia, Beijing Law Review, 9: 357–80, doi: 10.4236/blr.2018.93023. Universities and law clinics – Law schools in public universities also offer legal aid services. More than 15 public universities have established and expanded legal aid clinics, and their services have been used by poor and vulnerable people, including women, children, the elderly and prisoners. These institutions include: Bahir Dar University Legal Aid Center, Jimma University Legal Aid Center and Mekelle University Legal Aid Center. State institutions – Ethiopian legal institutions provide legal aid services for criminal proceedings, such as public defenders, public defenders, and publicly funded private representation. In general, the Ethiopian government provides legal aid services through two institutions: the Public Defender`s Office (PDO) and other mandated government institutions (e.g.

the Attorney General and regional justice offices). In addition to these institutions; Some of the institutions/organizations that provide free or affordable legal aid to vulnerable groups of women in Ethiopia are: The Legal Aid Centre of the Faculty of Law of Jimma University (hereinafter “JUSL-LAC”) was established to bridge the gap between access to justice and need and vulnerability as a primary objective. Although it is a long experience in the developed world to help the poor and vulnerable by establishing such centers, JUSL-LAC is the first of its kind in southern, southwestern and western Ethiopia and one of the few pioneers in the country. Abate, M., Birhanu, A. and Alemayehu, M. (2017) Advancing access to justice for the poor and vulnerable through legal clinics in Ethiopia: constraints and opportunities, Mizan Law Review, 11(10): 1–31. doi: 10.4314/mlr.v11i1.1 Golub, p. 10. (2003) Beyond rule of law orthodoxy: the legal empowerment alternative, Rule of Law Series, Carnegie Endowment Working Papers, Nummer 41, octobre 2003.

Die äthiopische Menschenrechtskommission (EHRC) hat landesweit 111 kostenlose Rechtszentren eingerichtet, um den am stärksten gefährdeten Gruppen kostenlos Rechtshilfe zu leisten. Chapman, P. und Payne, C. (2013) « You place the old mat with the new mat »: legal empowerment, equitable dispute resolution, and social cohesion in post-conflict liberia, Open Society Justice Initiative, 15-29. Weltbank (2022) Weltentwicklungsindikatoren, data.worldbank.org. Rawls, J. (1999) Theory of Justice, édition révisée, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. Taherzadeh, SM (2012) Amartya Sens Beitrag zu einer Theorie der sozialen Gerechtigkeit. Papier eingereicht an der Universität Kapstadt, www.idll.uct.ac.za. Bowd, R. (2009) Access to Justice in Africa: Comparisons Between Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia, Policy Brief, Nr. 13 October 2009, Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

IDLO (International Development Law Organization) (2010) Working Papers on Legal Empowerment: What is Legal Empowerment? An Introduction, S. Golub (ed) Rome: International Development Law Organization. Golub, S. (2013) Legal empowerment approaches and importance, Justice Initiatives, Fall 2013, 5-14. McCaston, K. et Rewald, M. (2005) Unifying framework for poverty eradication and social justice: the evolution of CARE`s development approach, CARE. Igwe, O.I.

(2021) Review of the Impact of Poverty on Access to Justice in Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence (NAUJILJ), 12(2): 187-95. It is believed that the right of individuals to human rights in general and the right to due process, fairness and the right to a speedy trial and hearing should not depend on the pocket power of an individual. On the other hand, justice has never been equal and vulnerable for the rich minority and the poor majority, as they are unable to hire a lawyer for their cause. Compounding the problem is that women, children, returnees, internally displaced persons, prisoners, HIV/AIDS victims and ex-combatants are unable to assert and fulfil their basic constitutional and human rights. Sen, A. (1999) Development as Freedom, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Legal aid can be provided directly by government institutions or facilitate the provision of such assistance to people in need in society by enabling non-state actors such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs) and other professional organizations and academic institutions to provide this type of support.