Haki Legal Empowerment White Papers

The Haki Network has announced that they will be producing a series of White Papers under-examined issues in law and development over the next few months.

1) The first White Paper reviews approaches and impact of legal empowerment. This paper provides a starting framework for thinking about legal empowerment approaches to development. (September 2011)

2) The second White Paper analyzes aspects of customary justice and proposes a comprehensive approach for engaging customary justice systems in a constructive manner that maximizes needed reform while strengthening positive attributes. (October 2011)

3) The third White Paper analyzes the importance of legal identity, the barriers to achieving it, and finally recommends several reforms for donor-funded projects in order to increase access to legal identity. You can also find this document under the new category, Identity and Legal Empowerment.

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White Paper 1- Approaches to legal empowerment

White Paper 2 - Customary justice systems

White Paper 3 - Identity and development