Legal aid as a crucial means of access to justice in modern time: the case of Vietnam

• Main Authors: Vu, Cong Giao, Hoang, Thi Bich Ngoc
• Other Authors: Hội thảo khoa học quốc tế Luật học trước biến đổi của thời đại (International Conference Law in a Chaning World) : Hanoi, 20 th August 2019. Tập 2
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: legal aid; access to justice; human rights; Vietnam
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/94720
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Legal aid, access to justice, human rights, Vietnam Legal aid and access to justice are terms that are closely connected to democracy, human rights. In the modern era, both legal aid and access to justice are strongly promoted by international organizations, especially the United Nations. However, in the Vietnamese context, there are a series of research questions that relate to these two issues, of which: What role does legal aid play with promoting access to justice? What is the evidence in the reality of that impact? Can it be demonstrated in the case of Vietnam? From the case of Vietnam, what lessons can be learned in reforming legal aid systems to enhance the right of access to justice?