The human rights support project ensures free legal aid to alleged victims whose rights are violated by police misconduct of ill treatment.
How can the human rights support project help you?
As part of the free of charge legal counselling, legal officers participating in the project, undertake the following activities:
- Interviewing and registration of findings;
- Photographing injuries and other evidence;
- Assistance to injured persons, in order to ensure proper documentation about the injuries;
- Collection of additional accompanying documentation;
- Transfer of information about the particular case to international organizations;
- Providing advice on the legal remedies that are available to the alleged victims, including filing complaints with the MoI Sector for Internal Control and Professional Standards, Ombudsman Office, Public Prosecution Office, as well as private claims and civil suits;
- Assistance to the alleged victims in preparation of letters, claims and complaints, to the above mentioned institutions;
- Accompanying and/or representing alleged victims during meetings with representatives from state institutions; and
- Provision of means for socially endangered persons, in order to cover the expense of obtaining medical certificates (a novelty in the project, introduced in 2005).
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