Access to Justice and Electoral Integrity
After reviewing different international mandates of the United Nations
that promote gender equality and justice, the document analyses the
key gender issues for gender programming, such as women’s inheritance
rights, marriage, divorce, traditional versus formal violence, barriers
to women’s access to justice, amongst others. In general terms, the
document underlines the importance to acknowledge that women and
men have different justice needs and often face very different barriers to
access, based on their gender. Therefore, the document proposes several
entry points in order to promote women’s access to justice.
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/democratic-governance/dg-publications-for-website/gender-equality-and-justice-programming-equitable-access-to-justice-for-women/GenderGovPr_Justice_2.pdf
“International Access to Justice: Barriers and Solutions” Bingham
Centre for the Rule of Law Report
After observing access to justice at an international level and conceptualizing how barriers operate, the document provides the basis for analyzing
the links between jurisdictions, since there is a certain degree of universal
on the nature of these barriers. Nonetheless, there are two relevant
provisions: First, no barrier operates separate of another - rather they
interact with reciprocal effects that intensify its impact - and secondly, no
strategy by itself is sufficient to overcome barriers to access to justice.
The significance of access to justice cannot be overestimated. Access
to justice is fundamental for the maintenance and establishment of the
rule of law, allowing people to have their own voice and exercise their
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