TAIPEI, Taiwan: Free legal aid must be available to all persons, whether Filipino or foreigner, as part of basic human rights, Persida Rueda Acosta, chief of the Philippines’ Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), told delegates to the 2014 International Forum on Legal Aid here.

During the forum. which marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Legal Aid Foundation, PAO vowed to enter into a comity and cooperation with the LAF in providing legal assistance even to Filipinos abroad.

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