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The litigant in need has the right to legal assistance and to a lawyer
recruited by the national bar association.
86.
The Sahrawi State through the Ministry of Justice, promotes judicial action by:
developing the judicial institutions by popularising their work through the
media;
implementation of training and retraining of Judges and employees of the
legal profession to upgrade their standards;
paying attention to retaining institutions and juvenile delinquency centres so
that they can play a role in the education, training and rehabilitation of
inmates for integration in society;
harmonisation of legislations and proposing laws for adoption by Parliament
for
the promotion of judicial action and adapting it to the objectives of
preservation of justice;
87.
To promote free practice of the legal profession and brining the judiciary closer to
litigants, the Sahrawi lawmakers have recently reviewed the Legal Practice Act 04/02
of 3 July 2004 on the Legal Profession which is fully independent as well as the
protection of lawyers from any arbitrariness in the discharge of their duties to ensure
free and independent practice.
6.
88.
Freedom of Faith (Article 8 of the Charter)
The Sahrawi society is tolerant and open and there are no sects other than those
belonging to the Islamic faith as the religion of the State. The Sahrawi Constitution