Free criminal defence and prisoners' rights help worldwide
594 organisations
594 organisations in 158 countries offer free or low-cost criminal defence and prisoners' rights help. Types of organisation: 260 NGOs, 126 pro bono services, 124 associations and networks, 84 university law clinics. Access: 207 free for everyone, 155 free subject to income conditions, 4 low-cost, 128 reserved for specific groups. Most offered languages: English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic.
What this covers
Defence for people who cannot afford a lawyer, police custody, bail, appeals and wrongful convictions, detention conditions and the rights of prisoners.
By country
- Afghanistan 2 organisations
- Albania 2 organisations
- Angola 2 organisations
- Argentina 10 organisations
- Armenia 5 organisations
- Australia 24 organisations
- Austria 2 organisations
- Azerbaijan 2 organisations
- Bahamas 1 organisation
- Bangladesh 5 organisations
- Barbados 1 organisation
- Belarus 1 organisation
- Belgium 5 organisations
- Belize 1 organisation
- Benin 3 organisations
- Bhutan 4 organisations
- Bolivia 1 organisation
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 organisations
- Botswana 2 organisations
- Brazil 17 organisations
- Brunei 1 organisation
- Bulgaria 2 organisations
- Burkina Faso 2 organisations
- Burundi 1 organisation
- Cambodia 4 organisations
- Cameroon 4 organisations
- Canada 23 organisations
- Central African Republic 3 organisations
- Chad 3 organisations
- Chile 3 organisations
- China 2 organisations
- Colombia 7 organisations
- Costa Rica 3 organisations
- Côte d’Ivoire 1 organisation
- Cuba 1 organisation
- Cyprus 1 organisation
- Czech Republic 2 organisations
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 organisations
- Denmark 1 organisation
- Dominican Republic 1 organisation
- Ecuador 3 organisations
- Egypt 4 organisations
- El Salvador 2 organisations
- Equatorial Guinea 1 organisation
- Estonia 1 organisation
- Eswatini 1 organisation
- Ethiopia 3 organisations
- Fiji 1 organisation
- Finland 3 organisations
- France 10 organisations
- Gambia 3 organisations
- Georgia 4 organisations
- Germany 1 organisation
- Ghana 3 organisations
- Guatemala 4 organisations
- Guinea 3 organisations
- Guyana 1 organisation
- Haiti 4 organisations
- Honduras 3 organisations
- Hong Kong 5 organisations
- Hungary 2 organisations
- India 48 organisations
- Indonesia 5 organisations
- Iran 2 organisations
- Iraq 1 organisation
- Ireland 1 organisation
- Israel 5 organisations
- Italy 5 organisations
- Jamaica 2 organisations
- Japan 4 organisations
- Jordan 3 organisations
- Kazakhstan 2 organisations
- Kenya 8 organisations
- Kiribati 2 organisations
- Kosovo 2 organisations
- Kyrgyzstan 4 organisations
- Laos 2 organisations
- Latvia 1 organisation
- Lebanon 3 organisations
- Lesotho 1 organisation
- Liberia 3 organisations
- Libya 1 organisation
- Lithuania 1 organisation
- Luxembourg 3 organisations
- Madagascar 2 organisations
- Malawi 5 organisations
- Malaysia 8 organisations
- Mali 1 organisation
- Malta 1 organisation
- Mauritius 2 organisations
- Mexico 10 organisations
- Micronesia 1 organisation
- Moldova 1 organisation
- Monaco 2 organisations
- Mongolia 1 organisation
- Morocco 3 organisations
- Mozambique 2 organisations
- Myanmar 3 organisations
- Namibia 1 organisation
- Nauru 1 organisation
- Nepal 9 organisations
- Netherlands 2 organisations
- New Zealand 2 organisations
- Nicaragua 1 organisation
- Niger 2 organisations
- Nigeria 10 organisations
- North Macedonia 1 organisation
- Norway 4 organisations
- Pakistan 9 organisations
- Palestine 2 organisations
- Panama 2 organisations
- Papua New Guinea 2 organisations
- Paraguay 2 organisations
- Peru 5 organisations
- Philippines 7 organisations
- Poland 6 organisations
- Republic of the Congo 3 organisations
- Romania 4 organisations
- Rwanda 6 organisations
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 organisation
- Samoa 2 organisations
- Senegal 2 organisations
- Serbia 1 organisation
- Seychelles 2 organisations
- Sierra Leone 3 organisations
- Singapore 3 organisations
- Slovakia 1 organisation
- Solomon Islands 1 organisation
- South Africa 3 organisations
- South Korea 4 organisations
- South Sudan 2 organisations
- Spain 3 organisations
- Sri Lanka 4 organisations
- Sudan 1 organisation
- Switzerland 7 organisations
- Syria 1 organisation
- Taiwan 4 organisations
- Tajikistan 3 organisations
- Tanzania 2 organisations
- Thailand 4 organisations
- Timor-Leste 2 organisations
- Togo 3 organisations
- Tonga 1 organisation
- Trinidad and Tobago 3 organisations
- Tunisia 5 organisations
- Turkey 2 organisations
- Tuvalu 2 organisations
- Uganda 10 organisations
- Ukraine 1 organisation
- United Kingdom 15 organisations
- United States 24 organisations
- Uruguay 2 organisations
- Vanuatu 2 organisations
- Venezuela 1 organisation
- Vietnam 2 organisations
- Yemen 2 organisations
- Zambia 3 organisations
- Zimbabwe 4 organisations
By city
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- Family
- Generalist
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- Housing & tenancy
- Human rights
- Immigration & asylum
- Indigenous rights
- Intellectual property
- Public interest litigation
- Refugee rights
- Small business & startups
- Tax
- Technology & digital rights
- Veterans
- Welfare & social assistance
- Women's rights
Orientation only, not legal advice. Information aggregated from public sources: always check with the organisation before relying on any entry.