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access to justice Tag

07 May

[Anna Maria Puigderrajols Triadó is a PhD candidate at the Europa Institute of Leiden University, where she previously completed the Advanced LL.M. in European and International Human Rights Law.] On Wednesday 26 March 2026, two days after the International Day for the Right to Truth, and more than fifty years since the fall of the Franco Regime, Spain has finally created...

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07 May

[Dr Julie Ada Tchoukou is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and a licensed lawyer in Ontario. She was previously the Allan Rock Visiting Professor and a Shirley Greenberg Fellow in Women and the Legal Profession.] In February 2025, the African Union adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (CEVAWG), the first binding...

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08 Jan

[Yifat Susskind is the Executive Director of MADRE, an international human rights organization dedicated to meeting urgent needs in communities facing crisis and using the human rights framework to create durable social change] For women, girls, and LGBTQI+ persons in Afghanistan, the struggle for justice has never been more urgent. With each passing day, the Taliban is consolidating power while the...

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22 Dec

[International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), is a multi-stakeholder nonprofit / NGO working to secure a future for all Nigerians, where rule-of-law, justice, religious freedom and constitutional rights are secured for all Nigerians, regardless of religion, tribe, or location. Nadeshda Jayakody is a legal advisor and Isabelle Bienfait is a programme coordinator at eyeWitness to Atrocities, an NGO that supports human rights...

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28 Aug

[MohammadMehdi Seyed Nasseri is a researcher at the Center for Ethics and Law Studies and lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran). He holds a PhD in public international law from Islamic Azad University, UAE Branch (Dubai).] Access to justice is one of the fundamental principles of the rule of law and a cornerstone in guaranteeing human rights, whose effective realization acquires...

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29 Jul

[Julie Fraser is an international lawyer from Australia and an academic with The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights at Utrecht University.  Dr. Annette Mbogoh is currently a Board member of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority and law lecturer at University of Nairobi. She is a Kenyan social justice practitioner and scholar with over 18 years working experience.] Around the world there is...

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24 Jul

[Fabián Raimondo is an Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. He has been a member of the Bar of the City of La Plata (Argentina) since 1990 and on the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court since 2005. He has acted as counsel and advocate for Sudan in three advisory...

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