Informal Justice Systems: Charting a Course for Human - UN Women

Table of conTenTs
tabLe of contents
List of abbreviations in aLphabeticaL order ...................................... 5
acKnoWLedgements ................................................................ 6
summary ............................................................................ 7
chapter i introduction ....................................................... 29
chapter ii situating informaL Justice systems ............................... 34
chapter iii the infLuence of history and LegaL famiLies ...................... 46
chapter iv toWard a typoLogy of informaL Justice systems ................. 54
chapter v user preferences and provider profiLes .......................... 74
chapter vi human rights and informaL Justice systems ..................... 88
chapter vii Women and girLs’ human rights and informaL Justice systems .. 98
chapter viii chiLdren’s rights and informaL Justice systems ................ 122
chapter iX programming With informaL Justice systems ................... 137
bibLiography ..................................................................... 178
List of anneXes .................................................................. 193
4 a stuDy of informal justice systems: access to justice anD human rights