| Abstract: | The Zimbabwean experience shows how vital the right to legal representation is in protecting accused persons. However, for this right to be of practical value, a lawyer must be prepared and able to utilize every legitimate means to protect the interests of his client if there is a suspicion that the latter's rights are being contravened. The courts also have a key role to play in upholding the right to legal representation. Government may put considerable pressure on the judiciary to reach a favourable result in security-related or other important cases and often this is difficult to resist. The right to choose one's legal representative is also crucial, although a totally unrestricted right to choose may be detrimental to the interests of justice. A final point concerns access to legal representation which, for most people in Zimbabwe today, is well beyond their financial means. Notes, ref. |
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