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Jagannath, Meena

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A Right-Based Approach to Lawyering: Legal Empowerment as an Alternative to Legal Aid in Post-Disaster Haiti

Jagannath, Meena, Nicole Philips et Jeena Shah
2011

dans
Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights
Mots-clés
justice/sécurité
désastre/humanitaire
international/ONG
Résumé
Résumé :

This article argues for a rights-based approach to assistance in Haiti which is a form of developmental aid that strengthens the public justice systems in the developing world. As traditional legal assistance to marginalized communities tends to be top-down and exclusionary, much like the traditional distribution of humanitarian aid, human rights lawyers in Haiti seek to apply the rights-based approach to their lawyering – providing “legal empowerment” as an alternative to “legal aid”.

Articles de revue et chapitres de livres

Barriers to Women's Access to Justice in Haiti

Jagannath, Meena
2011

dans
City University of New York Law Review
Mots-clés
droits des femmes
justice/sécurité
violences
Résumé
Résumé :

While gender-based violence is not a new phenomenon in Haiti, the aftermath of the January 12, 2010 earthquake further exposed the vulnerability of Haitian women and girls to gender-based violence and the limited possibilities for women to evince a judicial response to gender-specific violations of the law. Drawing from the experiences of Haitian lawyers and women’s rights advocates, this paper will examine women’s barriers to accessing justice in Haiti by drawing on actual examples of gender-based violence at each step of the investigatory process under the Haitian justice system.

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