how does a court help to stabilize the rule of law in society
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Access to justice must be ensured if a society were to be truly based on the rule of law, Sixth (Legal) Committee delegations emphasized today as they continued their deliberations on the principle and shared national practices.
Lebanon’s representative said access to justice was deeply rooted in his country’s law, with the Constitution ensuring the right to have one’s case heard by an impartial and competent tribunal. Stressing that access to justice required people’s awareness of the law, he said that legislation only came into effect after being publicized in the official journal.
Like other delegations, Thailand’s representative also stressed that States had the primary responsibility to provide equitable access to justice, especially to vulnerable groups. To raise awareness on that access, information on people’s rights to State compensation was being disseminated and made available in every provincial justice office in the country.