Judges and Resource Persons participating in the Judicial Exchange on Access to Justice presented papers providing in-depth perspectives on poverty and the unequal access to justice, judicial responses to facilitating access to justice, housing rights, investigator and prosecutorial accountability, external resources for busy judges and enforcement of judgments:

Inaugural Session

I. The Hon'ble Shri Justice A.P Shah, Bombay High Court
'The Need for a Judicial Dialogue on Access to Justice'

Poverty and the Unequal Access to Justice

Perspectives from Court Users

II. Mr Hilal, Foundation for Civil Liberties, New Delhi
'Seeking Effective Investigation and Prosecution for Protection of Minorities'

III. Ms Kavita Srivastava, People's Union for Civil Liberties, Rajasthan
'Facilitating Justice for Women and Dalits: Experiences from Rajasthan'

IV. Mr Brian Lobo, Kashtakari Sangathan
'Seeking Legal Redress against Mass Displacement of Tribal Communities'

Judicial Responses to Facilitating Access to Justice

V. The Hon'ble Madam Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane, President, Court of Appeal, Sri Lanka
'Overcoming Myths and Stereotypes in Judicial Responses to Achieve Equality'

VI. Dr Sheilah Martin QC, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
'A Canadian Perspective on Access to Justice for the Poor, Illiterate or Disadvantaged Groups'

VII. The Hon'ble Shri Justice B N Srikrishna, Supreme Court of India
'Innovations by the Supreme Court of India to Improve Access to Justice'

Housing Rights

VIII. Mr. Geoff Budlender, Legal Resources Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
'Justiciability of the Right to Housing - the South African Experience'

IX. The Hon'ble Shri Justice H. Suresh (Retd), Bombay High Court
'Struggles for the Legal Protection of Housing Rights in India, and Responses by the Courts'

Investigator and Prosecutorial Accountability

X. The Hon'ble Smt. Justice Vijaya Tahilramani, Bombay High Court
'Practices and Accountability of Investigators and Prosecutors - Why Cases Fail'

XI. Ms. Asma Jahangir, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
'The Duty of States to Undertake Adequate and Effective Investigation and Prosecution as a part of the Obligation to Protect the Right to Life'

‘Civil and Political Rights, including the Questions of Disappearances and Summary Executions: Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions’
Report of the Special Rapporteur, Asma Jahangir, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/36, E/CN.4/2003/3, 13 January 2003.

‘Corrigendum’

XII. Mr. Hugh Tomlinson, QC, UK
'The Judicial Role in Ensuring Effective Investigations and Prosecution: A UK Perspective'

XIII. The Hon'ble Shri Justice Madan B. Lokur, Delhi High Court
'Access to Justice: Witness Protection and Judicial Administration'

External Resources for Busy Judges

XIV. Dr Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign
'Perspectives on Securing the Right to Food'

XV. Mr A K Shiva Kumar, Adviser, UNICEF
'Standards on the Right to Education'

XVI. Mr S Muralidhar, Member, Law Commission of India
'Alternative Dispute Resolution and Effective Access to Justice for the Poor'

Enforcement of Judgments

XVII. Hon'ble Mr Justice Mark Fernando, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
'Judicial Developments of Human Rights:Some Sri Lankan Decisions'.(Revised Feb 2005)

XVIII. Prof S P Sathe, Institute of Legal Studies, Pune
'The Implementation of Judgents on Human Rights'

XIX. Hon'ble Shri Justice D Y Chandrachud, Bombay High Court
'Identifying Blockages to Effective Enforcement of Judgments'