Access to justice
Getting rights right: Is access to justice as important as access to health or education?
Getting rights right: Is access to justice as important as access to health or education?
Authors:
Michael Anderson
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
A core government function is to provide an effective system of justice for its citizens. Yet many governments fail to deliver on the basic services of protecting physical safety, securing personal property and settling disputes quickly and fairly. Recent studies have highlighted the fact that for poor people, access to justice may be as important as access to healthcare or education. How can justice be made more accessible?
