Women’s access to justice 2015, para. 14a

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[Six interrelated and essential components - justiciability, availability, accessibility, good quality, provision of remedies for victims and accountability of justice systems - are therefore necessary to ensure access to justice. While differences in prevailing legal, social, cultural, political and economic conditions will necessitate a differentiated application of these features in each State party, the basic elements of the approach are universally relevant and immediately applicable. Accordingly:] Justiciability requires the unhindered access by women to justice and their ability and empowerment to claim their rights as legal entitlements under the Convention;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 33, Women’s access to justice (2015), para. 14a.
Paragraph number
14a