On May 5th a member of the working group for efficiency and independence took part at the 2nd meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform in Vienna.
Topics of this meeting were
the problem of underreporting of human rights violations extending far beyond that of discrimination, as found by the (...)
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Under the title „Making Rights a Reality for All“ the Fundamental Rights Conference of the European Union for Fundamental Rights (FRA) took place in Stockholm on 10. – 11. December 2009, co-organized by the Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality under the Swedish EU-presidency. (...)
In what sense do human rights influence or condition the theory and practice of legal interpretation and, through this, transform the general configuration of legal science?
In answering this question, which is much more difficult than it might appear, we have to presuppose at least two (...)
Report from the sub-group consisted of the following members:
Karin Winter, Austria
Marion Jaffré, France
Claus Lernhart, Germany
Danias Panagiotis, Greece
Maria Laura Maddalena, Italy
Willem Brouwer, Netherlands
Pedro Marchau Marques, Portugal
Annika Sandström, Sweden, chair person
The (...)
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
Questions and Swedish answer
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party?
The Legal Aid Authority decides whether a party are entitled to legal aid. If the dispute has (...)
Slovenian answers to the
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party?
The president of the court, where the case is pending (office for legal aid)
2./ Is it possible to (...)
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
I./ Procedural aspects
State-guaranteed legal aid in LITHUANIA include the primary legal aid (the provision of legal information, legal advice and drafting of the documents to be submitted to state and (...)
German answers to the
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
from Werner Heermann
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party?
The court, where the case is pending.
2./ Is it possible to challenge this decision? (...)
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party?
Granting legal aid in administrative disputes is done according to the Legal Aid Act and the provisions of the Code of Civil (...)
Answers for the Austrian Independent Administrative Tribunals
Questionnaire on legal aid
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party? The Judge assigned to the case.
2./ Is it possible to challenge this (...)
Questionnaire on legal aid /Latvia/
Conference in Palermo on 12th and 13th November 2009
I./ Procedural aspects
1./ Who decides whether legal aid is granted to a party?
Legal Aid is determined by law in asylum cases. In other cases particular decision is taken by judge.
In administrative (...)