Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI)
Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI) formerly Paralegal Advisory Service (PAS) is a Non-governmental organisation that begun as a programme of Penal Reform International (PRI) in 2000 and became independent in 2007. The programme was in cooperation with PRI in the provision of paralegal services in police stations, courts, and prisons.
In August 2007, the Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI) was registered as an independent Malawian legal entity. It was set up as a Trust, “to make justice accessible to all people in Malawi through improving efficiency and effectiveness in the justice system and making it responsive to the needs of all users, particularly the poor and vulnerable”.
MISSION
The object of PASI is to make justice accessible to all people in Malawi through:
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Justice System
improving efficiency and effectiveness in the justice system by making it responsive to the needs of all users, particularly the poor and vulnerable;.
Legal Literacy
promoting legal literacy in places of detention and communities;.
Criminal Justice
providing legal aid at all stages of the criminal justice process as well as ensuring a comprehensive national paralegal aid delivery service mechanism which offers appropriate basic legal assistance and advice to poor people in conflict with the law;.
Policy and Legal Reforms
encouraging policy and legal reforms for archaic laws which hinder enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms of people who are in places of detention;.
Trainings
- conducting trainings for paralegals;
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Research
engaging in research in the areas of human rights with the principal aim of informing and influencing policy change;
