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 31

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