· Remedies for these last two needs have been slow in developing. Donors
support development of legal clinics in Law Schools, NGO Legal Counseling
and Defense Centers and Networks, and work with government sometimes to
reform and make more effective State support for a citizen’s constitutional
right to be represented by competent defense.
· In practice, the demand for legal services is outstripping the supply, especially
among low income or indigent people who cannot afford highly skilled
defense counsel. NGO supported programs are growing, but cannot by
themselves, meet the demand. State requirements that all persons be
represented are not met, as the stipend available to pay advocates is far too
low, as are the appropriated funds available to courts for this purpose.