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: Slaw.caLegal Empowerment Reports
By Simon Fodden
The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor has released its second report in as many weeks. Volume 1, “Making the Law Work for Everyone” [PDF], the Commission’s main report, was released on June 3, and is also available in French, Spanish and Arabic. Volume 2, “Working Group Reports” [PDF] was released recently.
The Commission is a cooperative venture by prominent politicians and lawyers from dozens of countries around the world — Canada is a charter member — and is “hosted” by the United Nations Development Programme. Lloyd Axworthy, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Commission, chaired the working group that produced Chapter 1, “Access to Justice and the Rule of Law,” of the second report.
Full post as published by Slaw.ca on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).
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