Equality and Justice in Employment: A Case Study from Post-Revolution Tunisia

The article outlines how “Avocats Sans Frontières” works in fragile contexts to support people in vulnerable situations to become proactive justice seekers, and then analyses and explains the importance of the multiple vulnerabilities relevant to the case study. Finally, the article offers some ideas for supporting marginalised stakeholders to become proactive justice seekers

Les avocats, l’ancien régime et la révolution Profession et engagement public dans la Tunisie des années 2000

L’article s’intéresse à la relation entre les avocats tunisiens et le régime de Ben Ali avant et après la révolution. Cet article ne contient pas des informations sur la femme avocate ou magistrate.

Gendered Justice: Women in the Criminal Justice System

The article is concerned with the status of women prisoners in the United States, where they understand how they suffer from poor prison conditions, and also refer to the mistreatment of black women compared to their white counterparts. The article presents some statistics and researchers' views on this topic. Finally, the article were exposed to the reasons that led women to deviate and offered their means of legal and procedural assistance.

Improving Women’s Access to Justice During and After Conflict: Mapping UN Rule of Law Engagement

This report documents the results of that exercise, which has focused on mapping current and recent relevant activities being undertaken by the nine UN entities which were at the time of the review members of the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group (RoLCRG). The study covers both headquarters and field level

Global Technical Consultation on essential policing and justice sector services to respond to violence against women and girls Justice Sector’s Response to Violence against Women and Girls BACKGROUND PAPER 22 June 2014

This background paper is intended to provide i) the context for the identification of essential justice sector services, ii) the core elements of these services and iii) the standards and guidelines needed for the provision of a quality justice responses to all women and girls who are victims and survivors of violence, including those living in low to middle income countries. This paper is one of two papers developed for the Global Technical Consultation on essential policing and justice sector services and therefore will focus more on the broader justice sector response while highlighting issues of mutual concern or overlap with the police services and response. The importance of holistic and multi-sectoral approaches will also be acknowledged throughout the paper. Coordinated interventions operating at multiple levels, across sectors and over multiple time-frames are more likely to address the various aspects of and therefore have greater impact on confronting VAW. This paper explores key issues and raises questions that are critical to developing and implementing a quality justice response to VAW, one that builds on norms and guidelines at the global and regional levels, as well as available and well-tested national practices. It is meant to assist the experts at the consultation meeting in their development of a practical tool for justice providers in all countries in ensuring that women have access to essential justice services, protection and redress.

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