This guide is an excellent hands-on resource for starting or improving a paralegal program. It includes case studies from Cambodia, the Philippines, and around the world and is available in...
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Namati Community-Based Paralegals: A Practitioner’s Guide
Namati Community-Based Paralegals: A Practitioner’s Guide
This guide is an excellent hands-on resource for starting or improving a paralegal program. It includes case studies from Cambodia, the Philippines, and around the world and is available in English and Myanmar. For more information, see Namati’s comprehensive web-based guide and their Myanmar Facebook page.
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Strengthening Policy Institutes in Myanmar
This short February 2016 guide from The Asia Foundation considers how policy institutes can effectively support the policy making process in Myanmar. It suggests that as policy institutes grow and strengthen, they can assist political leaders by providing better data and analysis to improve how policies are formulated.
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Behind Closed Doors: Obstacles and Opportunities for Public Access to Myanmar’s Courts
Behind Closed Doors: Obstacles and Opportunities for Public Access to Myanmar’s Courts
This June 2017 report from Justice Base details observers’ findings from 205 criminal and civil hearings in 36 of Yangon’s 50 courts. The report concludes that increasing public access to courts is a necessary condition for restoring public trust and a key to broader judicial system reform.
