Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
South Asia
General

Bangladesh [Go Top]

1. Canadian Bar Association Bangladesh Legal Reform Project
Information on plans for legal aid programmes.

2. "Bangladesh Links: Dispute Resolution and Legal Development"
List of resources about legal reform and development in Bangladesh, including organisations involved in access to justice issues.

India [Go Top]

1. India's Legal Service Authority Act

2. National Legal Services Authority

3. State Legal Services (India)

4. All India Seminar on Access to Justice
Organised by Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association and UNDP.

Nepal [Go Top]

1. Legal Aid in Nepal
Basic background on legal aid in Nepal from Supreme Court of Nepal.

2. American Embassy, Kathmandu
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signs an agreement with HMGN to donate US $7.5 million dollars in assistance over three years to support Nepali initiatives for strengthening rule of law, enhancing access to justice, and advancing accountability/anti-corruption initiatives.

Pakistan [Go Top]

1. Pakistan's Access to Justice Programme

Sri Lanka [Go Top]

1. Legal Aid Commission, Government of Sri Lanka
The Legal Aid Commission is a statutory body established under the Legal Aid Act No.27 of 1978 and is mandated to provide legal assistance to economically disadvantaged persons.

South Asia [Go Top]

Recommendations for Penal Reform and Access to Justice
Conference on Penal Reform in South Asia, Kathmandu, 14-19 November 1999.

General [Go Top]

1. "Improving Access to Justice"
A section of the World Bank Group website which provides an overview of the major issues in improving access to justice, discusses techniques for measuring the legal needs of the poor and assessing how these needs are being met, and focuses on different types of reforms that can improve access to justice, including alternative dispute resolution, broad civil justice reform, and small claims tribunals.

 

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