Access to Justice
Legal Assistance
The right to a fair trial is fundamental to the rule of law and to democracy itself.
The victims of rape, Torture domestic violence and of Human Rights violations have to follow the legal process to punish the perpetrators and hence Legal assistance comes in to the forefront in the process of seeking Justice & Redress. Often victims tend to take Law in to their hands and punish the perpetrators instead of following the adjudication process. The delay in the adjudication process and the defects have made people to lose confidence in the Justice system. In this context, HRO encourages the victims to seek Justice through adjudication process, identify the defects and campaign for necessary reforms.
Access to Justice - Strategic Litigation & Legal aid
Trial Monitoring
Accompany victims & their families to court and monitor the court trials
The defects of the justice system could be identified only by going through the adjudication process. Hence the HRO makes it a point to be present at the court as a group and we evaluate the day’s court proceedings and identify the defects. This helps not only the survivor but also the whole movement to call for reforms, pointing at the defects within the system. It calls for commitment and sacrifice, especially of time as the whole of legal system is maintained by prolonging the adjudication process.
Information gathered through monitoring activities are used to raise awareness and advocate for change. Open Trial efforts will focus on four groups: legal system personnel, the legislature, the public, and the media. Every survivor who follows the legal procedure is assisted and accompanied to court both to be a moral support and also to monitor the court procedure. Court monitoring is a process of observing and gathering information on court practices and procedures and a vehicle for promoting improvements in the justice system, thereby reducing the incidence of corruption, violence and human rights abuse within legal systems. Awareness and public trust in the justice system also would improve with court monitoring.
The right to a fair trial is fundamental to the rule of law and to democracy itself.
The victims of rape, Torture domestic violence and of Human Rights violations have to follow the legal process to punish the perpetrators and hence Legal assistance comes in to the forefront in the process of seeking Justice & Redress. Often victims tend to take Law in to their hands and punish the perpetrators instead of following the adjudication process. The delay in the adjudication process and the defects have made people to lose confidence in the Justice system. In this context, HRO encourages the victims to seek Justice through adjudication process, identify the defects and campaign for necessary reforms.
Access to Justice - Strategic Litigation & Legal aid
- Legal aid to the victims of Torture, Rape, Domestic Violence.
- Legal Aid to Prisoners unlawfully detained with fabricated charges & detained without trial.
- Legal Aid to victims of miscarriage of justice-at Court of Appeal & Supreme Court to ensure a fair trial.
- Legal Aid for Fundamental Rights cases to ensure Rights being guaranteed.
Trial Monitoring
Accompany victims & their families to court and monitor the court trials
The defects of the justice system could be identified only by going through the adjudication process. Hence the HRO makes it a point to be present at the court as a group and we evaluate the day’s court proceedings and identify the defects. This helps not only the survivor but also the whole movement to call for reforms, pointing at the defects within the system. It calls for commitment and sacrifice, especially of time as the whole of legal system is maintained by prolonging the adjudication process.
Information gathered through monitoring activities are used to raise awareness and advocate for change. Open Trial efforts will focus on four groups: legal system personnel, the legislature, the public, and the media. Every survivor who follows the legal procedure is assisted and accompanied to court both to be a moral support and also to monitor the court procedure. Court monitoring is a process of observing and gathering information on court practices and procedures and a vehicle for promoting improvements in the justice system, thereby reducing the incidence of corruption, violence and human rights abuse within legal systems. Awareness and public trust in the justice system also would improve with court monitoring.
