In this field, the project will aim to help speed up access procedures, the handling of cases, and processing of incoming requests. It will also promote exchanges of experience between the Mediterranean countries and the EU on methods for informing persons involved in legal proceedings of their rights. Another objective is to support the use of alternative conflict resolution methods such as mediation, other alternative dispute settlement methods and the appointment of justices of the peace. Under this component, the project will try to help advance legislative reforms designed to ensure full respect for human rights, particularly the right to a defence; help to develop systems that will offer the possibility of free advice to people on low incomes; facilitate the exchange of views and experiences in respect to questions linked with the discrimination of women. |