Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Services

Question:

Assertion: A number of international treaties may be interpreted as implicitly referring to the need for free legal services while aiming at effective legal remedy and access to justice.
Reasoning: There is no provision for legal services in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Explanation:

International law addresses the provision for free legal service from the perspective of human rights. An explicit provision for legal services is incorporated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
A number of international treaties like International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination may be interpreted as implicitly referring to the need for free legal services while aiming at effective legal remedy and access to justice.