Judges participating in the First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice presented papers providing in-depth country perspectives on judicial independence, obstacles to access to justice, access to justice in the context of poverty and innovating for access to justice:

Inaugural Speeches

I. Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal, Hon. Chief Justice of India
'Access to Justice and Judicial Accountability'

II. Hon. Mr. Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed, Hon. Chief Justice of Pakistan
Concluding Remarks at the Inaugural Session

Safeguarding Judicial Independence

III. Hon. Mr. Justice Anthony R. Gubbay, Former Chief Justice of Zimbabwe
'Challenges to Judicial Independence'

IV. Hon. Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, Supreme Court of India
'Safeguarding Judicial Independence'

Identifying and Confronting Obstacles to Access to Justice

V. Hon. Mr. Justice Md. Ruhul Amin
Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
'Access to Justice for Prisoners: Bangladesh Perspective'

VI. Hon. Madam Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane, Court of Appeal, Sri Lanka
'Judicial Gender Bias: Does it Exist? How Can it be Changed?'

VII. Hon. Mr. Justice R.K. Abichandani, Gujarat High Court, India
'Obstacles to Justice and the Suffering Humanity'

Access to Justice in the Context of Poverty

VIII. Hon. Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Bombay High Court, India
'Poverty, Access to Justice and Implementation of Human Rights'

IX. Hon. Mr. Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman
High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
'Poverty and Access to Justice and the Role of the Higher Judiciary
in Bangladesh'

X. Hon. Madam Justice Prabha Sridevan, Chennai High Court, India
'Access to Justice, Gender and Poverty'

XI. Hon. Mr. Justice Markandey Katju, Allahabad High Court, India
'Access to Justice with Special Reference to Socio-Economic Rights'

Innovating for Access to Justice

XII. Hon. Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati,
Chairperson, UN Human Rights Committee
Former Chief Justice of India
'Democratization of Remedies and Access to Justice'

XIII. Hon. Mr. Justice K.M. Hasan
Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
'Mediation in the Family Courts: Bangladesh Experience'

XIV. Hon. Mr. Justice Tassaduq H. Jillani, Lahore High Court, Pakistan
'The Elusive Goddess of Justice May Respond: Give A.D.R. a Chance'

XV. Hon. Mr. Justice J Yethirajulu, Andhra Pradesh High Court, India
'Access to Justice under International Human Rights Treaties and the
Obligations of the State - A Case Study of the Right to Compensation
under the Indian Constitution'

XVI. Hon. Mr. Justice Kalyan Shrestha, Appellate Court, Hetauda, Nepal
'Recent Legal Reforms in Women's Inheritance Rights in Nepal'