Over 10,000 citizens benefited from free legal aid during 2025 provided by the Free Legal Aid Agency, under the Ministry of Justice.
The agency’s focus has been on the most vulnerable categories, including victims of domestic and gender-based violence, victims of human trafficking, children and minors, persons facing discrimination, and those who suffered sexual violence during the last war.
Meanwhile, the Acting Executive Director of the Free Legal Aid Agency, Faton Jashari, highlighted the types of requests most commonly received by the agency.
“In our offices we don’t only have cases; real people come in—women seeking protection from violence, parents who do not know how to protect their children, young people facing institutions for the first time, discriminated persons, citizens fighting for property rights, pensions, dignity. At that moment, free legal aid is not just a procedure; it is the first clear word in a difficult situation and the first time the citizen feels that the state is listening.The focus has been on the most vulnerable categories: victims of domestic and gender-based violence, human trafficking victims, children and minors, persons facing discrimination, and those who suffered sexual violence during the last war,” he said.
From the OSCE, Deputy Director of the Department for Human Rights and Communities, Tamar Khidasheli, said that legal and economic barriers continue to prevent citizens from exercising their rights, but that free legal aid has helped overcome this.
