A/HRC/20/20 GLOBAL THEMATIC STUDY HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS Institutions which have replied to the questionnaire 13% 38% 24% 25% Executive Judiciary NGO Human Rights Commissions and Ombudsman 27. The data obtained relating to the questions on the population and the number of magistrates, prosecutors and lawyers indicate the averages shown in the table below. GLOBAL THEMATIC STUDY HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS Number of Inhabitants per Professional 80.000 number of inhabitants 70.000 60.000 50.000 40.000 30.000 20.000 10.000 Number of People per Judge Number of People per Prosecutor Number of People per Lawyer Highest 70.032 68.293 36.230 Average 15.194 17.584 7.426 Lowest 1.457 3.213 230 28. The Special Rapporteur considered that it was more appropriate not to present an average of public defenders per inhabitant given that 85 per cent of the participating States do not have a public defender’s office and that legal aid is provided by lawyers directly. In many States, legal assistance is provided free of charge by appointed lawyers (through legal aid programmes), who are paid by the Government to promote defence at trial or to protect people’s rights. 29. The option to present the highest, lowest and average number of people per judge, prosecutor and lawyer was preferred in order to avoid giving a false impression that the average found in the present study was adequate to ensure good administration of justice. 8