Legal aid refers to a legal security system in which legal aid agencies established by the government organize legal aid lawyers to provide free legal services to parties with financial difficulties or special cases. Special cases refer to cases where, according to Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the defendant in a criminal case is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be If a person is sentenced to death and no defender is entrusted, legal aid shall be provided. Therefore, not all lawyers have the obligation to provide legal aid. Only under certain conditions, lawyers have the obligation to provide legal aid. C. Under what circumstances can I apply for legal aid? According to the provisions of Articles 10 and 11 of the "Legal Aid Regulations of the People's Republic of China" [1], if a citizen has any of the following matters and has not entrusted an agent or defender, he or she may apply for legal aid or have the People's Court Designated defense: 1. Requesting state compensation according to law. 2. Request for social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits. 3. Requesting for pensions and relief. 4. Requesting payment of alimony and maintenance fees. 5. Request for payment of labor remuneration. 6. The right to claim civil rights arising from acts of bravery and righteousness. 7. Compensation cases for personal injuries caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents, and work-related injuries. 8. Cases in which the victim requests divorce and personal injury compensation due to domestic violence, abuse, and bigamy. Cases in which a criminal suspect has not hired a lawyer due to financial difficulties since the day he was first interrogated or taken compulsory measures by the investigative agency. Cases in which the victim of a public prosecution case, his legal representative, and close relatives have not retained an attorney due to financial difficulties since the date the case was transferred for review and prosecution. The private prosecutor and his legal agent in a private prosecution case have not appointed a litigation agent due to financial difficulties since the day the People's Court accepted the case. 12. In a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, if the defendant does not retain a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid. If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death and has not appointed a defender, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid and shall not be responsible for the defence. The defendant's duty to provide a defence. If the People's Court designates a defense for the defendant, the legal aid agency shall provide legal aid and shall not examine the defendant's financial status. Perhaps most people will stand on the most direct view of right and wrong and look at related criminal activities from a perceptual perspective, but the work of lawyers does not allow this. As a criminal suspect in a criminal case, no matter how heinous he is, he should be punished by justice. Some legitimate rights and interests respected by the department. Throughout the entire process, it was precisely because of the lawyers that the rights and interests of the criminal suspects were fully protected. Legal object:
Legal Aid Ordinance.