Worldwide directory of free legal help

Every free or low-cost legal aid organisation listed by LegalAidCompass: NGOs, university law clinics, legal advice centres and pro bono services, sorted by country and then by city. Information comes from public sources: always check with the organisation before travelling.

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• Afghanistan 5 organisations
• Albania 5 organisations
• Algeria 3 organisations
• Andorra 1 organisation
• Angola 4 organisations
• Antigua and Barbuda 1 organisation
• Argentina 29 organisations
• Armenia 13 organisations
• Australia 70 organisations
• Austria 13 organisations
• Azerbaijan 5 organisations
• Bahamas 2 organisations
• Bahrain 3 organisations
• Bangladesh 10 organisations
• Barbados 1 organisation
• Belarus 2 organisations
• Belgium 27 organisations
• Belize 4 organisations
• Benin 3 organisations
• Bhutan 5 organisations
• Bolivia 7 organisations
• Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 organisations
• Botswana 6 organisations
• Brazil 42 organisations
• Brunei 3 organisations
• Bulgaria 6 organisations
• Burkina Faso 7 organisations
• Burundi 5 organisations
• Cambodia 9 organisations
• Cameroon 9 organisations
• Canada 64 organisations
• Cape Verde 2 organisations
• Central African Republic 6 organisations
• Chad 8 organisations
• Chile 18 organisations
• China 9 organisations
• Colombia 21 organisations
• Cook Islands 1 organisation
• Costa Rica 9 organisations
• Côte d’Ivoire 4 organisations
• Croatia 9 organisations
• Cuba 1 organisation
• Cyprus 5 organisations
• Czech Republic 15 organisations
• Democratic Republic of the Congo 8 organisations
• Denmark 10 organisations
• Djibouti 1 organisation
• Dominica 1 organisation
• Dominican Republic 7 organisations
• Ecuador 13 organisations
• Egypt 15 organisations
• El Salvador 9 organisations
• Equatorial Guinea 1 organisation
• Estonia 4 organisations
• Eswatini 2 organisations
• Ethiopia 8 organisations
• Fiji 9 organisations
• Finland 10 organisations
• France 241 organisations
• Gabon 1 organisation
• Gambia 3 organisations
• Georgia 10 organisations
• Germany 29 organisations
• Ghana 8 organisations
• Greece 9 organisations
• Grenada 2 organisations
• Guatemala 14 organisations
• Guinea 4 organisations
• Guinea-Bissau 4 organisations
• Guyana 2 organisations
• Haiti 5 organisations
• Honduras 8 organisations
• Hong Kong 18 organisations
• Hungary 12 organisations
• Iceland 5 organisations
• India 73 organisations
• Indonesia 16 organisations
• Iran 4 organisations
• Iraq 7 organisations
• Ireland 23 organisations
• Israel 19 organisations
• Italy 16 organisations
• Jamaica 4 organisations
• Japan 15 organisations
• Jordan 12 organisations
• Kazakhstan 7 organisations
• Kenya 31 organisations
• Kiribati 2 organisations
• Kosovo 6 organisations
• Kuwait 3 organisations
• Kyrgyzstan 5 organisations
• Laos 4 organisations
• Latvia 6 organisations
• Lebanon 16 organisations
• Lesotho 3 organisations
• Liberia 6 organisations
• Libya 4 organisations
• Liechtenstein 1 organisation
• Lithuania 6 organisations
• Luxembourg 7 organisations
• Madagascar 5 organisations
• Malawi 8 organisations
• Malaysia 15 organisations
• Maldives 5 organisations
• Mali 7 organisations
• Malta 5 organisations
• Marshall Islands 1 organisation
• Mauritania 3 organisations
• Mauritius 2 organisations
• Mexico 26 organisations
• Micronesia 2 organisations
• Moldova 10 organisations
• Monaco 3 organisations
• Mongolia 5 organisations
• Montenegro 3 organisations
• Morocco 22 organisations
• Mozambique 7 organisations
• Myanmar 7 organisations
• Namibia 5 organisations
• Nauru 1 organisation
• Nepal 16 organisations
• Netherlands 24 organisations
• New Zealand 21 organisations
• Nicaragua 2 organisations
• Niger 8 organisations
• Nigeria 26 organisations
• North Macedonia 7 organisations
• Norway 11 organisations
• Pakistan 13 organisations
• Palau 1 organisation
• Palestine 7 organisations
• Panama 8 organisations
• Papua New Guinea 5 organisations
• Paraguay 7 organisations
• Peru 18 organisations
• Philippines 18 organisations
• Poland 31 organisations
• Portugal 6 organisations
• Qatar 3 organisations
• Republic of the Congo 6 organisations
• Réunion 1 organisation
• Romania 8 organisations
• Rwanda 8 organisations
• Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 organisation
• Saint Lucia 1 organisation
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 organisation
• Samoa 4 organisations
• Sao Tome and Principe 2 organisations
• Saudi Arabia 1 organisation
• Senegal 6 organisations
• Serbia 12 organisations
• Seychelles 2 organisations
• Sierra Leone 5 organisations
• Singapore 8 organisations
• Slovakia 3 organisations
• Slovenia 2 organisations
• Solomon Islands 2 organisations
• Somalia 7 organisations
• South Africa 41 organisations
• South Korea 18 organisations
• South Sudan 8 organisations
• Spain 20 organisations
• Sri Lanka 12 organisations
• Sudan 3 organisations
• Suriname 1 organisation
• Sweden 9 organisations
• Switzerland 25 organisations
• Syria 1 organisation
• Taiwan 12 organisations
• Tajikistan 5 organisations
• Tanzania 16 organisations
• Thailand 11 organisations
• Timor-Leste 5 organisations
• Togo 10 organisations
• Tonga 2 organisations
• Trinidad and Tobago 4 organisations
• Tunisia 13 organisations
• Turkey 19 organisations
• Tuvalu 2 organisations
• Uganda 28 organisations
• Ukraine 12 organisations
• United Arab Emirates 11 organisations
• United Kingdom 109 organisations
• United States 1543 organisations
• Uruguay 10 organisations
• Uzbekistan 7 organisations
• Vanuatu 4 organisations
• Venezuela 4 organisations
• Vietnam 8 organisations
• Yemen 4 organisations
• Zambia 6 organisations
• Zimbabwe 12 organisations

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