THE ROLE OF ADVOCATES IN HELPING DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESSES Arifton1, Nandang Sambas2, Ade Mahmud3
UNIVESITAS ISLAM BANDUNG
Abstract
Abstract: Every criminal, civil, and state administrative justice system, including Indonesia^s, recognises the importance of legal aid. Professionals with extensive knowledge of the law provide legal aid since the idea behind it is to ensure that everyone has the chance to exercise their rights. Those who give legal assistance do so because they are committed to high ideals, such as helping people achieve economic and social equality and defending their fundamental human rights.
INTRODUCTION
^Legal A Legal Aid Provider offers a free legal service to someone who needs it,^ reads Article 1, number 1, chapter I of Law Number 16 of 2011, which deals with legal aid. But here, a low-income individual or community is receiving legal aid. If they provide legal help services, a community group or legal aid institution can be regarded as a Legal Aid Provider according to Law Number 16 of 2011, which deals with legal assistance. According to Article 1 number 9 of Chapter I of Law Number 18 of 2003, ^a legal service provided by an Advocate free of charge to a Client who cannot afford it^ is the definition of legal aid.^.
Every criminal, civil, and state administrative justice system, including that of the Republic of Indonesia, recognises the rather significant role that legal assistance plays. Generalising about the goals of legal aid, we can say that it aims to help out different parts of society in the following ways: (1) making sure that people who receive it can actually get
Keywords: Advocate, Legal Aid, Human Rights
Topic: Law and Ethics in Terms of Islamic Perspective
