Access to legal aid offices that legally empower vulnerable groups

Julieta Marotta, ‘Access to legal aid offices that legally empower vulnerable groups:
the case of Buenos Aires, Argentina’ (2009-2014)’ [2014] Social Justice Conference
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Access to Legal Oces that Legally Empower
Vulnerable Groups:
The Case of Buenos Aires City, Argen!na (2009-2014)
Ms. Julieta Maro-a
PhD Fellow
[email protected]
01-02 August 2014
LSE Social Jus!ce 2014
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Part I
Research Design
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Mo!va!on
• Buenos Aires: Recent and Signi8cant Policy Changes
– Access to Jus!ce
– Con9ict Resolu!on
– Vic!ms of Domes!c Violence
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Literature Review
ccess to Jus!ce: Need for State Interven!on?
egal Empowerment
ulnerable Groups
– Vic!ms of Domes!c Violence
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Theore!cal Framework
Stage 1: Rights Enhancement
–Legal Framework and Legal Ins!tu!ons
Stage 2: Rights Awareness
–Recognize the Existence
Stage 3: Rights Enablement
–Mechanisms to Exercise
Stage 4: Rights Enforcement
–Mechanism to Apply
Legal Empowerment of the Poor: From Concepts to Assessment.
Report for USAID (2007)
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Research Ques!ons
• How does Access to Legal Oces Legally Empower Vic!ms of Domes!c Violence?
(From the Eyes of Jus!ce Administrators and Jus!ce Providers)
– What is the Norma!ve and Ins!tu!onal Framework?
– How do Providers Work within that Framework?
– How do Providers Perceive those who Access to Jus!ce?
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Methodology
• Qualita!ve Methodologies
• Case Study
– Observa!ons & Documents (Ins!tu!on)
– In-Depth Interviews (Jus!ce Administrators)
– In-Depth Interviews & On-Line Interviews (Jus!ce Providers)
• A Trip along Data Collec!on…
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Part II
Applica!on of the
Theore!cal Framework
to the Case Study
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Unit of Analysis: Ins!tu!on
• Ins!tu!on
– A-orney General Oce of the City of Buenos Aires
• Norma!ve Framework
• Ins!tu!onal Set-Up
• Jus!ce Administrators
– Chief Operators
• Jus!ce Providers
– Members of the Oce who Assist Vic!ms
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Results of Stage 1: Rights Enhancement
• Developments in Legisla!on towards Access to Jus!ce, Con9ict Resolu!on & Vic!ms
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Results of Stage 1: Rights Enhancement
• Design of the A-orney General Oce
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Results of Stage 1: Rights Enhancement
•Innova!ve Strategies for Access to Jus!ce, Con9ict Resolu!on & Vic!ms
– Mo!va!ons for the Crea!on of the Legal Oce
– Strategy to Improve Access to Jus!ce
• Equal Opportuni!es
– Free of Charge
– Decentraliza!on
– Strategy to Reach EKec!ve Con9ict Resolu!on
• Empower Vic!ms
– Mul!disciplinary Assistance
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Results of Stage 2: Rights Awareness
• Cogni!ve Component
• Gap between Rights and the Ability to Realize Existence and Use
• Percep!on on Vic!ms and Rights Awareness
• Techniques used to Increase Rights Awareness
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Results of Stage 3: Rights Enablement
• Submission of Necessary Documenta!on to Claim for Rights
• Resources Available in the Law and Ins!tu!on to Rights Enablement
• Percep!on on Vic!ms and Rights Enablement
• Techniques used to Increase Rights Enablement
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Results of Stage 4: Rights Enforcement
• Mechanism to Implement a Right
• Percep!on on Vic!ms and Rights Enforcement
• Techniques used to Achieve Rights Enforcement
– AKordable Dispute Resolu!on Mechanisms
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Part III
Final Remarks
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Access to Legal Oces that Legally Empower
Vulnerable Groups:
The Case of Buenos Aires City, Argen!na (2009-2014)
Ms. Julieta Maro-a
PhD Fellow
[email protected]
01-02 August 2014
LSE Social Jus!ce 2014
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