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Ibero-American Alliance

The Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice is a multi-stakeholder platform which brings together organizations and associations, including civil society, who are committed to, and working on, the provision of access to justice for all in the Ibero-American region. The focus is on contributing to accelerate the implementation of SDG 16.3 in the region with special emphasis on data and innovation, the promotion of a regional normative framework for access to justice, and people-centered justice models.

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What We Do

In dialogue with the Justice Action Coalition, the Alliance works to coordinate efforts of the justice sector ecosystem in the Ibero-American region to promote synergies, highlight and exchange best practices as well as challenges facing the sector. The Alliance’s aim is to amplify the sector’s efforts in the region along with promoting and mobilizing both political and financial support. To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences, and to provide language accessibility, this webpage will be maintained in Spanish, Portuguese, and English and include all activities and materials from members of the Alliance.

Learn more on the Justice Action Coalition

Launch of the Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice

Working Groups of the Alliance

The Alliance coordinates its broader efforts through three priority areas and working groups: 

  • Data and Innovation 
  • Regional Normative Framework for Access to Justice
  • NLeave No One Behind: Groups in situations of vulnerability (women and girls, youth, LGBTQI+, persons deprived of liberty, Indigenous populations, ethnic and religious minorities, migrants and refugees)

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2023 Report on Access to Justice in Ibero-America

In November 2023, the Ibero-American Alliance for Access to Justice launched its first Regional Progress Report on Access to Justice in Ibero-America.This report is also a joint deliverable of the Justice Action Coalition. The report is the first joint work carried out by the Alliance and presents a snapshot of the state of access to justice in Ibero-America and the efforts being made by actors in the justice ecosystem in the region to improve access to justice for all. It focuses on three areas:

  • Data on the justice gap in the region, as well as innovation efforts in trying to close such gap;
  • Progress on the development of a normative framework for a Regional Convention on Access to Justice
  • Efforts being undertaken to leave no one behind and the role of community and customary justice in the region.
The report presents a compilation and analysis of data from regional, national, and local legal needs surveys, victimization studies, other relevant surveys and polls, organizational and administrative sources, platforms and datasets on open justice, civil society research and data, and other relevant studies. In doing so, the report promotes a common framework that highlights the need to invest and achieve equal access to justice for all.

Download the report (Available in English and Spanish)

Members

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