Measuring Public Perception on Free Legal Aid in Armenia in 2 Pilot Marzes

Project Description

Overall objective of this assignment is to conduct a survey with the purpose of measuring public perception on and understanding the experiences of the identified target groups with the free legal aid mechanisms, determining the advantages of the existing mechanisms, revealing the problems in access to justice and applying to free legal aid, as well as making recommendations based on the conducted analysis in order to make improvements in law and practices of free legal aid mechanisms.

Implementing partner: Civitta.

Specific objectives:

1. Measure awareness about applying for free legal aid and knowledge of the relevant legal regulations, as well as the perception of the identified target groups on the free legal aid mechanisms;
2. Determine the advantages of the existing free legal aid mechanisms;
3. Reveal the problems in access to justice and applying to free legal aid, as well as the process of receiving free legal aid and its effectiveness by showing the direct causal link between the problem revealed and the specific regulation or practice in place;
4. Show the life impact of the drawbacks of the free legal aid mechanisms;
5. Make recommendations based on the analysis conducted in order to make improvements in law and practices of free legal aid mechanisms.