Perpetrators of VAWG would remain unpunished if investigations are not carried out and if judges are not referred to. However, the procedures are long, complex, and costly, making legal aid for victims necessary.
In all the index countries, the States provide a certain level of legal assistance. It is provided either by the Ministry of Justice, as it is the case in Jordan and Tunisia and Morocco, or by the ministries of women’s affairs, or by shelters for victims, as it is the case in Egypt, or jointly by several State actors, as it is the case in Morocco, where legal aid is provided by both the Ministry of Justice and the Royal Prosecutor, or in Tunisia, where it is offered by the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly.
