ON STATE GUARANTEED LEGAL AID   |   111 / 2017

Article 11: Special categories of beneficiaries of legal aid

Legal aid shall be granted to the following persons, regardless of their income and their property:

a) victims of domestic violence;

b) sexually abused victims and human trafficking victims, at any stage of a criminal proceeding;

c) minor victims and minors in conflict with the law, at any stage of a criminal proceeding;

ç) children living in social care institutions; 

d) children under guardianship who request to initiate a proceeding without the approval of their legal guardian or against their legal guardian;

dh) persons that benefit from the payment for disability in compliance with the provisions of the law on social aid and services, including also persons that benefit from the status of blindness; 

e) persons undergoing involuntary treatment in mental health service institutions according to the provisions of the legislation in force on mental health; 

ë) persons undergoing voluntary treatment in mental health service institutions for serious mental diseases; 

f) persons against whom the removal or restriction of the capacity to act is requested, at any stage of this proceeding; 

g) persons with removed or restricted capacity to act who request to initiate a proceeding against their legal guardian, for regaining the capacity to act without the approval of the legal guardian.

gj) persons who are beneficiaries of social protection programs.

h) persons to whom the right has been infringed through an action or inaction that constitutes discrimination on the basis of the decision of the competent organ, according to the legislation in force for protection from discrimination.

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