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Group on Access to Justice- Papers

Boaventura de Sousa Santos, University of Coimbra, School of Economics, Department of Sociology, and University of Wisconsin Law School and Flavia Carlet, Ministry of Justice- Brazil, Department of
Judiciary Reform,
"The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement and it Legal and Political Strategies for Gaining Access to Law and Justice in Brazil"

Eva Pils, School of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, "Peasants’ struggle for land in China"

Hannah Irfan, Legal Consultant, Lahore, Pakistan, "Honour Related Violence against Women in Pakistan"

David V Williams, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, "‘People perish, but land is permanent’ Seeking justice for the historical claims of indigenous people in New Zealand"

J. Faundez, University of Warwick, "Access to Justice and Indigenous Communities in Latin America"

James A. Goldston and Mirna Adjami, Open Society Institute, "The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Public Interest Litigation to Secure Access to Justice for Roma Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe"

Geoff Budlender, High Court of South Africa, "Lessons From South Africa’s Land Reform Programme"

Yash Ghai, Hong Kong University Law School, Constitution Advisory Unit, United Nations Development Program, "Access to Land and Justice: Anatomy of a State without the Rule of Law"

Yash Ghai, University of Hong Kong Law School, Constitution Advisory Unit, United Nations Development Program and Jill Cottrell, University of Hong Kong Law School, "The Rule of Law and Access to Justice:  Findings of an ABA Project on Access to Justice"

Tanja Chopra, World Bank’s ‘Justice for the Poor’ Program, Kenya, "Peace Versus Justice in Northern Kenya"