THE COMPLIANCE OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW WITH ARTICLE 13 OF UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Aldis Kaļva
Keyword(s):  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

The paper explores the compliance of the Civil Procedure Law with Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Latvia has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2010; therefore it is important to study how the rights of persons with disabilities stated in the convention are respected in civil proceedings in practice with respect to effective access to justice.

scholarly journals Access to Justice for PWDs in Civil Proceedings before the Federal Courts of Ethiopia: The Law and Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Aschalew Ashagre
Keyword(s):  
Federal Courts ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are among the most vulnerable groups to social, economic and political problems. Various UN General Assembly declarations on the rights of PWDS serve as soft laws for the protection of the rights of PWDs; and the international Bill of Rights can be applicable to their protection. In particular, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) contains provisions that recognize and protect various aspects of the rights of PWDS. The Convention clearly declares the rights of PWDs to access to justice both in civil and criminal proceedings. Ethiopia is a party to this Convention, and in effect, it has an international duty to implement, among other things, the right of access to justice for PWDs in judicial proceedings. This article examines access for PWDs in the Federal Courts in civil proceedings. It focuses on the legal and practical problems in the implementation of the right to access to justice in spite of attempts made by the government in this regard. Additional legislative and institutional improvements are thus necessary –to the extent possible– in order to realize the rights of access to justice for PWDs since substantive rights will remain meaningless in the absence of access to justice.

NEW CLASSIFICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Тимур Султанович Габазов ◽  
Амир Ахметович Мужахаев ◽  
Аминат Аслановна Солтамурадова
Keyword(s):  
Civil Procedure ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

В представленной статье кратко раскрывается смысл понятия такого явления, как принцип гражданского процессуального права, а также дана классификация принципов, уже существующих и утвердившихся в теории гражданского процесса. Авторы работы предприняли попытку разработать новую классификацию принципов гражданского судопроизводства, отличную от общепринятой, в которой ключевым фактором выступает субъект, которому эти принципы адресованы по своему содержанию. По результатам проведенного исследования выделены субъекты, которым адресованы действия этих принципов: адресованные только суду; адресованные только лицам, участвующим в деле; - адресованные всем субъектам гражданского судопроизводства в целом (общие). Можно вполне обосновано сказать, что новая классификация принципов гражданского процесса, в зависимости от субъекта имеет право на существование. The presented article briefly reveals the meaning of the concept of such a phenomenon as the principle of civil procedural law, and also gives a classification of the principles that already exist and are established in the theory of civil procedure. The authors of the work attempted to develop a new classification of the principles of civil proceedings, different from the generally accepted one, in which the key factor is the subject to whom these principles are addressed in their content. According to the results of the study, the subjects to whom the actions of these principles are addressed: addressed only to the court; addressed only to persons participating in the case; - addressed to all subjects of civil proceedings in general (general). It can be reasonably said that the new classification of the principles of civil procedure, depending on the subject, has the right to exist.

4. Overriding Objective and Human Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-47
Author(s):  
Stuart Sime
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the sources of procedural law, the general principles relevant to civil procedure established by the overriding objective, the European Convention on Human Rights, and some rules on how the courts approach construing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The CPR and practice directions (PDs) are the procedural rules governing civil proceedings. The most important rule is the ‘overriding objective’ of dealing with claims justly and at proportionate cost. The most important Convention rights in civil litigation are the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to freedom of expression.

4. Overriding Objective and Human Rights

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-47
Author(s):  
Stuart Sime
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the sources of procedural law, the general principles relevant to civil procedure established by the overriding objective, the European Convention on Human Rights, and some rules on how the courts approach construing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The CPR and practice directions (PDs) are the procedural rules governing civil proceedings. The most important rule is the ‘overriding objective’ of dealing with claims justly and at proportionate cost. The most important Convention rights in civil litigation are the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to freedom of expression.

4. Overriding Objective and Human Rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-47
Author(s):  
Stuart Sime
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the sources of procedural law, the general principles relevant to civil procedure established by the overriding objective, the European Convention on Human Rights, and some rules on how the courts approach construing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The CPR and practice directions (PDs) are the procedural rules governing civil proceedings. The most important rule is the ‘overriding objective’ of dealing with claims justly and at proportionate cost. The most important Convention rights in civil litigation are the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to freedom of expression.

scholarly journals Discapacidad y mediación

Aldaba ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Gloria Álvarez Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Equality Of Opportunity ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Right

Pese a las importantes transformaciones sufridas en los últimos años sobre la concepción y el tratamiento de las personas con discapacidad que la ubican como sujeto de derechos capaz de decidir por sí mismo, lo cierto es que persisten determinadas barreras físicas, sensoriales, en la comunicación y, especialmente, en la percepción, resultantes de la interacción entre la persona con discapacidad y un entorno social hostil que dificultan el ejercicio del derecho al acceso a la justicia; y esquivar estas situaciones sin tratar de solucionarlas, supone abocar a las personas con discapacidad a un difícil acceso, o lo que es peor, al impedimento en la defensa de sus derechos. El campo de acción de los sistemas de gestión y resolución de conflictos que, por su esencia misma de flexibilidad, agilidad y, principalmente, la exigencia de que quienes acuden a ellos lo hagan desde el ejercicio de la libertad o desde la autonomía de la voluntad, resulta de sumo interés para las personas con discapacidad, en la medida en que procuran la igualdad de oportunidades, la accesibilidad y la potenciación de la libre determinación.In spite of the important changes undergone in recent years in the conception and treatment of people with disabilities who place them as a subject of rights capable of deciding for themselves, certain physical and sensorial barriers persist in communication and, especially in perception, resulting from the interaction between the disabled person and a hostile social environment that hinder the exercise of the right to access to justice; and avoid these situations without trying to solve them, is to give people with disabilities difficult access, or, worse, the impediment in the defense of their rights. The field of action of the systems of management and resolution of conflicts that, by its very essence of flexibility, agility and, mainly, the requirement that those who come to them do it from the exercise of freedom or from the autonomy of the will, Is of great interest to persons with disabilities, insofar as they seek equality of opportunity, accessibility and the enhancement of self-determination.

4. Overriding Objective and Human Rights

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Sime
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the sources of procedural law, the general principles relevant to civil procedure established by the overriding objective, the European Convention on Human Rights, and some rules on how the courts approach construing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The CPR and practice directions (PDs) are the procedural rules governing civil proceedings. The most important rule is the ‘overriding objective’ of dealing with claims justly and at proportionate cost. The most important Convention rights in civil litigation are the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to freedom of expression.

4. Overriding objective and human rights

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Sime
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the sources of procedural law, the general principles relevant to civil procedure established by the overriding objective, the European Convention on Human Rights, and some rules on how the courts approach construing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). The CPR and practice directions (PDs) are the procedural rules governing civil proceedings. The most important rule is the ‘overriding objective’ of dealing with claims justly and at proportionate cost. The most important Convention rights in civil litigation are the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to freedom of expression.

Art.13 Access to Justice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flynn Eilionóir
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Optional Protocol ◽  
System P ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Effective Remedy ◽  
The Right

This chapter examines Article 13 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which represents the first expression of a stand-alone right to access justice in international human rights law. It explores how the drafters drew on concepts like the right to an effective remedy and the right to a fair hearing in other UN human rights treaties, to develop a unique treaty provision on access to justice for persons with disabilities in the CRPD. It further considers how this right has been interpreted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its Concluding Observations to date. Further, the chapter explores the extent to which the article has been interpreted and applied in domestic and regional courts. Finally, it highlights individual complaints made under the Optional Protocol concerning the interpretation of Article 13 and any references to this provision by other treaty bodies and independent mechanisms within the UN system.

scholarly journals Judgements Without Trial in Civil Proceedings in Malaysia: A Brief Analysis on the Burden of Proof Required

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (27) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Haniwarda Yaakob
Keyword(s):  
Burden Of Proof ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Complex Procedure ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
The Right ◽  
Summary Judgment ◽  
Full Trial

Civil proceedings involve a complex procedure with various interlocutory applications before the matter is set for trial. Some of the interlocutory applications, namely applications to enter judgment in default, to strike out pleading and for summary judgment, may result in the plaintiff obtaining early judgment or disposal of the case without a full trial. Interestingly, these applications require a different burden of proof for the plaintiff to satisfy. This article seeks to explore the burden of proof necessitated in those applications in order to evaluate the likelihood of the plaintiff obtaining judgment without trial. In achieving this objective, the process of civil proceedings in Malaysia is briefly explained. This is followed by an analysis on the burden of proof required in the said applications. It is observed that although judgment in defaults or summary judgment may be entered against the defendant upon the plaintiff’s satisfaction of mere procedural requirements, it is equally ‘easy’ for the defendant to set aside or oppose such judgment or application. A conclusion can be derived that civil procedure in Malaysia allows the defendant a sufficient right or opportunity to have ‘his day in court’ by placing a low threshold for him set aside judgment in default or oppose summary judgment application. Further, it is also observed that a stringent burden of proof is needed for the plaintiff to be able to strike out the defendant’s defence and enter judgment on his behalf. This is, arguably crucial so as to cloth the defendant with the right to a fair trial which includes the right to be heard and present their cases sufficiently.

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