The Interrelation between the Access to Justice (Right to an Effective Remedy) and the Guarantees of the Due Process of Law

2011 ◽  
pp. 63-75
Author(s):  
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Due Process Of Law ◽  
Effective Remedy

scholarly journals A Importância do Princípio Constitucional do Devido Processo Legal para o Efetivo Acesso à Justiça no Brasil

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Silva de Seixas ◽  
Roberta Kelly Silva Souza
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Due Process Of Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

A IMPORTÂNCIA DO PRINCÍPIO CONSTITUCIONAL DO DEVIDO PROCESSO LEGAL PARA O EFETIVO ACESSO À JUSTIÇA NO BRASIL THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW FOR EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN BRAZIL  Bernardo Silva de SeixasRoberta Kelly Silva Souza RESUMO: Os direitos fundamentais do devido processo legal e do acesso à justiça constituem importantes temas de estudo no direito processual, pois visam proteger todos os outros direitos. Preliminarmente abordou-se acerca dos princípios constitucionais e do devido processo legal. Os princípios constitucionais são fontes vitais de interpretação do direito, tanto no momento da elaboração como na aplicação das normas. O devido processo legal assegura aos litigantes um processo igualitário, em que todas as garantias previstas em lei sejam obedecidas pelas partes e, ao final, na prolação de uma sentença por um juiz imparcial. Posteriormente, buscou-se tratar do acesso à justiça e seus obstáculos. O presente estudo teve, portanto, como objetivo geral verificar e analisar se o princípio do devido processo legal é realmente importante para o efetivo acesso à justiça pelos brasileiros. Apesar de o acesso à justiça e o devido processo legal estarem previstos na Constituição, tais direitos ainda necessitam de efetivação por parte do Poder Público, pois é de suma importância que seja observado o princípio do devido processo legal, para que seja alcançado um efetivo acesso à justiça pelos cidadãos. PALAVRAS CHAVES: Princípios Constitucionais; Devido Processo Legal; Acesso à Justiça. ABSTRACT: The fundamental rights of due process of law and of access to justice constitute relevant themes of study in the procedural law, given that they aim to protect all other rights. Preliminarily, it was discussed the constitutional principles and the due process of law. Constitutional principles are vital sources of interpretation of law, either at the time of the development or the application of norms. Due process of law assures to litigants an equalitarian process in which all the guarantees provided for under the law are followed by the parties and, in the end, in the rendering of a judgment by an impartial judge. Subsequently, we sought to address the access to justice and its obstacles. The following study was therefore aimed to verify and analyze if the principle of due process of law is really important for the effective access to justice for Brazilians. Despite the fact that the access to justice and the due process of law are provided for in the Constitution, such rights still require effectuation by the Government, because it is really important that the principle of due process of law is observed, in order to reach an effective access to justice by the citizens.KEYWORDS: Constitutional Principles; Due Process of Law; Access to Justice. SUMÁRIO: Introdução. 1. Os princípios constitucionais. 2. O princípio do devido processo legal. 2.1. Aspecto material. 2.2. Aspecto processual. 3. Acesso à justiça. 3.1. Conceito. 3.2. Obstáculos ao acesso à justiça. 4. A importância do princípio do devido processo legal para o acesso efetivo à justiça. 5. A arguição de preceito fundamental incidental e o princípio do devido processo legal. Análise da ação direta de inconstitucionalidade 2231-8/DF. Considerações finais. Referências.

Introducing Victim Impact Statement in India: Reconceptualizing Victim Status

2021 ◽  
pp. 251660692199175
Author(s):  
Devansh Dubey ◽  
Payas Jain
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Therapeutic Tool ◽  
Victim Status ◽  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
Due Process Of Law ◽  
The Right

The right to fair trial is inherent in the concept of due process of law, which now forms part of Article 21 of Indian Constitution after the Maneka Gandhi judgement. Pertinently attached with the same comes the responsibility of the criminal system to treat victims with increased awareness and sensitivity. However, the established convention shows that in planning and developing administration of criminal justice, proper attention is not given to the victims of crime in achieving goals of criminal justice; the major cause of it being that a victim is heard only as a witness not as a victim. A credible response to the said issue has emerged in the form of victim impact statement (VIS) in the modern legal system across the world. With that being said, the researchers through this article try to deduce the need for incorporating a VIS in India through the various jurisprudential understandings of what it means to be a victim, including the gap between the subjective experience of the sufferer and the interpretation of the same by others, and what restorative justice would mean to heal a victim. Establishing upon the same premise of victim status, the researchers try to suggest that the introduction of VIS, with the primary purpose of it being a therapeutic tool and not an instrument of changing the course of justice, will serve to make us reconsider our contours of a ‘victim’.

Can You Hear Me Now? Attorney Perceptions of Interpretation, Technology, and Power in Immigration Court

2021 ◽  
pp. 233150242110347
Author(s):  
Maya P Barak
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Technology Improvement ◽  
Communication And Technology ◽  
And Linguistics ◽  
Legal Sociology

The Executive Office for Immigration Review houses America's trial-level immigration courts, which adjudicate hundreds of thousands of cases annually, many resulting in deportations. Most proceedings require interpretation and all rely heavily upon technology. Yet, we know little about communication and technology in these hearings, and even less about the views of attorneys who navigate this system daily. I examine the effects courtroom interpretation and technology have on immigrant voices as described in interviews with immigration attorneys representing clients facing deportation. Attorneys overwhelmingly characterize the court as procedurally unjust, pinpointing how flaws in interpretation, telephonic conferencing, and videoconferencing offer the illusion of due process. Drawing upon criminology, legal sociology, and linguistics, this study finds profound improvements are needed to ensure due process in the nation's immigration courts, including: Elimination of telephonic and videoconferencing in all but extreme circumstances. Modernization of telephonic and videoconference technology. Improvement of interpreter standards and working conditions. Education of attorneys, judges, and interpreters regarding challenges inherent to courtroom interpretation and technology. Although enhancing the quality of interpretation and technology protocols may improve immigrants’ access to justice in immigration court, meaningful immigration court reforms should reduce the need for an immigration court altogether.

Due Process of Law

2011 ◽  
pp. 786-788
Author(s):  
Roger J. R. Levesque
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Due Process Of Law
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