Access to justice for people living in poverty 2012, para. 14
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The existence of significant socioeconomic inequality between the parties in a proceeding requires States to adopt all necessary measures to help to reduce or eliminate the deficiencies that impair or diminish the effective protection of the rights at stake. If such measures are not taken, those who are socially or economically disadvantaged do not enjoy a real opportunity for justice or the benefits of due process of law in an equal manner. These obligations arise in civil and criminal cases and in pretrial stages of the justice chain, when the rights of persons living in poverty are also at stake.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights