This comprehensive programming guide aims to help practitioners design rights-based access to justice projects. It introduces a holistic model of access to justice, provides guidance on how to programme and prioritize access to justice strategies, and maps a large number of capacity development strategies of justice system institutions and processes.

Strategies are divided into

● developing capacity for inclusive legal frameworks;

● developing capacity of institutions to provide services; and

● developing capacity of people to seek and obtain remedies for grievances. 

The needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups are given special emphasis.

Drawing on experiences and lessons learned from different access to justice interventions within the Asia-Pacific and sometimes beyond, this Practitioner’s Guide discusses a wide range of obstacles and capacity development strategies to enhance access to justice. The formal and informal systems of justice, legal aid and empowerment as well as specific obstacles facing disadvantaged groups and those in conflict situations in terms of their ability to access justice are all examined in the different sections of the Guide.