VIII. Access to justice

Access to justice

Access to justice

(a) Equal and effective access to justice

(a) Equal and effective access to justice

(c) Provide proper assistance to victims seeking access to justice

All of the above mentioned challenges have a significant impact on access to justice.

Police reforms are also being instituted as part of Access to Justice Programme.

Draft transitional codes applicable to post conflict societies may be useful as a source of standards for guiding criminal justice enhancements. They have been developed drawing on the experience of the ad hoc international tribunals and the International Criminal Court, as well as relevant international standards.

The most important pressures relate to demands for increased access to justice for the accused and offenders, for victims and for communities.

Furthermore, patriarchal biases prevailing in the legal provisions and criminal justice system prevent women from accessing justice and escaping violence.

Two P 4 posts to establish and manage a programme on access to justice and advise on national accountability mechanisms and transitional justice

Justice sector reform has been delayed by a lack of funds, qualified personnel and infrastructure, which further exacerbates the problems of access to and the timely delivery of justice.

Under the Access to Justice Programme, special attention is being devoted towards gender sensitization of the police and the judiciary.

In rural areas in particular, customary law and traditional justice mechanisms remain dominant as citizens do not yet have access to State justice institutions.

Resources may not be all that are needed to respond to demands for access to justice and the ever growing expectations regarding the criminal justice system.

In collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, it had launched an Access to Justice Programme designed to reform the criminal justice, prosecutorial, judicial and prison systems and to make the police force more accountable and responsive.

Participants called for greater access to justice and State accountability for violence against women.

(b) Adopting appropriate and effective legislative and administrative procedures and other appropriate measures that provide fair, effective and prompt access to justice

Government of Pakistan has launched a major programme, Access to Justice Programme in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank one of whose main emphasis on facilitating the entry of women into the legal profession and the judiciary.

The Government therefore launched the US 350 million Access to Justice Programme with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank.

Issues discussed included lack of access to justice, gender discrimination in the criminal justice system, and the politicization of religion and tradition and poverty.

Access to justice in many developing and least developed countries may require specific focus on capacity building and the protection of basic rights.

A further issue is whether the requirement of exhaustion of regional remedies could protract access to justice at the international level.

The Government of Timor Leste has taken measures aimed at improving the justice system in order to ensure access to justice for all and to prevent impunity from taking root.

Obligations arising under international law to secure the right to access justice and fair and impartial proceedings shall be reflected in domestic laws.

And since I cannot find justice, I cannot find another means to react besides putting a decent end , before I start searching the garbage for food.

These measures have been drawn from the National Health Policy, Education Sector Reforms, Labor Policy, Access to Justice Program, Police Reforms, Poverty Alleviation Program etc.

18. We call upon Member States to take steps, in accordance with their domestic laws, to promote access to justice, to consider the provision of legal aid to those who need it and to enable the effective assertion of their rights in the criminal justice system.

We call upon Member States to take steps, in accordance with their domestic laws, to promote access to justice, to consider the provision of legal aid to those who need it and to enable the effective assertion of their rights in the criminal justice system.

Progress on meeting national priorities such as peace consolidation, expanding access to justice, or increasing security is monitored locally.

Access to justice is a complex concept much broader than simple demands for more access to police, prosecutorial, defence, judicial or correctional services.

The lack of access to justice is particularly egregious in the provincial areas, where poor working and living conditions discourage qualified judges from serving.

With respect to Free Legal Assistance, the Bill provides for the possibility of full legal assistance, including legal counseling or information on the rights of women as a means of guaranteeing access to justice.

Emphasizing that the right to access to justice as contained in applicable international human rights instruments forms an important basis for strengthening the rule of law through the administration of justice,

Fadil was brought to justice.

Layla will be brought to justice.

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Sami was brought back to justice.

Emphasizing that the right to access to justice as contained in applicable international human rights instruments forms an important basis for strengthening the rule of law through the administration of justice,

(c) Provide those who claim to be victims of a human rights or humanitarian law violation with equal and effective access to justice, as described below, irrespective of who may ultimately be the bearer of responsibility for the violation and

Source Leipakoa Matariki, Hospital Manager, Vila Central Hospital, December 2003.

14.15 Access to income for almost all rural women is through the sale of their garden produce or crafts.

Market access

We need to provide better market access, including access to financial services.