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or articles in professional legal publications. Engaging with judicial educational
bodies and professional legal training bodies; Assisting in the education of judges,
lawyers, prosecutors and other judicial authorities (e.g. ensuring curricula reflect
international human rights law); Providing support for the development of legal
education facilities (e.g. library); informing persons who filed petitions with NHRIs
of their rights and remedies available intervening in courts as amicus curiae,
nationally and, if existing, in regional human rights mechanisms;
(e)
Taking action where officials in the judiciary are faced by intimidation, threats or
violence;
(f)
Through their research and monitoring functions examining the conditions of access
to justice for all, with particular reference to indigent, vulnerable and marginalized
groups;
NHRIs and Legal Aid Providers and Systems
34.
Encouraging and supporting the establishment of legal aid centres that provide out-reach
services and enhance access to justice, especially for people living in poverty, and other
vulnerable groups;
35.
Finding appropriate means of cooperating with such centres, in particular to ensure that
human rights are thoroughly integrated into the provision of legal aid;
36.
Encouraging the establishment of autonomously managed legal aid schemes in order to
meet obligations in national and international law;
37.
Working to ensure legal recognition and standardization of paralegalism;
NHRIs and Law Enforcement
38.
NHRIs, together with relevant stakeholders, should strive to strengthen law enforcement
systems, institutions and personnel, including through:
(a)
Initiating the development, publication and implementation of education and training
resources on human rights and international humanitarian law standards,
investigation techniques for law enforcement and security forces and encourage them
to incorporate human rights and international humanitarian law into all levels of their
programs;
(b)
Developing or revising standing orders that apply to police and security forces to
meet international human rights and international humanitarian law standards, in
particular related to places of detention, procedures of arrest, investigation and
interrogation;
(c)
Encouraging alternatives to pre-trial detention (such as bail, surveillance reporting
and non-cash guarantees);
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