25th April 2025
- Legal aid exists, but survivors face barriers: Many survivors struggle with low awareness, poor implementation, and a lack of trauma-sensitive services.
- Marginalised groups remain underserved: Legal aid systems often overlook the needs of persons with disabilities, and women and girls from marginalised communities and minority groups.
- Crisis and emergency response is limited: Few legal aid programmes are equipped to respond during humanitarian crises, pandemics, or conflicts.
- Good practices can be scaled: Successful examples exist but remain scattered and underfunded.
- Urgent investment is needed: More funding, smarter resource allocation, and stronger partnerships are critical for sustainable impact.
- Low public awareness hinders access: Without effective outreach, survivors are unable to claim the legal aid rights guaranteed to them.
- Survivors deserve legal systems that are accessible, inclusive, and built for justice, not just in law, but in practice.