Conference on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights through Provision of Legal Services Best Practices from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe: Kyiv, Ukraine 27-30 March 2007  
115 delegates from twenty-five countries, among them Government representatives, legal aid practitioners, academics, and representatives from human rights, legal advocacy, and legal and justice sector reform organisations, met in Kyiv, Ukraine, between 27-30 March, 2007, to discuss and identify best practices in the protection and promotion of human rights through the provision of legal services. The Kyiv Declaration on the Right to Legal Aid, set forth below, was adopted by consensus at the conclusion of the conference, with a request that it be forwarded to national governments, to legal aid bodies and organisations, public and private, at national level, and to relevant national and multilateral bodies engaged in developing or implementing policies and programmes addressing legal aid, access to justice and rule of law.