A/67/278 96. States should: Social and cultural obstacles • Take positive measures to raise the capacity of poor and disadvantaged groups to ensure that they have full understanding of their rights and the means through which they can enforce them • Actively disseminate legal and judicial information, for example about laws, legal decisions and policy decisions, to all without charge and in multiple formats and languages • Ensure that civil society and community-based organizations are able and supported to advocate for the rights and inclusion of persons living in poverty, undertake non-formal legal education, disseminate general legal information and serve as independent monitors of judicial systems • Address the practical factors that impede women’s ability to claim their rights, including the status of women and gender-based stereotypes, prejudices and norms Legal and normative obstacles • Review or abolish legislation that directly or indirectly discriminates against the rights, interests and livelihoods of persons living in poverty • Ensure that laws give due weight and consideration to the interests of persons living in poverty and the abuses which affect them • Establish mechanisms to oversee the legality and reasonableness of administrative and policy decisions that have an impact on the enjoyment by the poor of their rights • Make all efforts necessary to register all children immediately after birth, and identify and remove barriers that impede the access of the poor to registration, in particular groups that suffer multiple forms of discrimination; registration must be free, simple and available at the local level • Ensure that all forms of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, are criminalized and are subject to appropriate and enforceable criminal sanctions; develop specific strategies and systems to tackle gender-based violence perpetrated against persons living in poverty, including by providing shelter for victims of domestic violence Institutional and structural obstacles in the justice chain Physical access • Expand the geographical reach of the justice system (police, prosecutors, courts, legal aid, etc.) in particular in rural and remote areas, by: ◦ Considering innovative measures such as mobile courts, one-stop justice shops, street clinics and homeless courts to increase practical access to justice for persons living in poverty, particularly the homeless and those living in rural communities 12-45806 21