The Programme Council of the Kyiv Legal Empowerment Practical Program suggests treating inclusive access to justice as joint responsibility. It is shared by everyone who wishes to change and effects such changes, including lawyers, mediators, paralegals, care works and others.
Paralegals will be of use where it is not clear whether the issue is legal, and it will be forwarded to the necessary service. Care workers will help settle the issue comprehensively since social issues generally have a legal context. For instance, the IT industry representatives can help resolve the legal issue by means of technical solutions.
This year’s theme of the Programme is also based on the Sustainable Development Goal 16, which has been chosen as a challenge, as an attempt to consider all the capabilities of the society as to the settlement of legal issues, even non-obvious ones, in a comprehensive manner.
The openness of the sector of access to justice for the services to be provided by those who do not pertain to the legal community creates development opportunities. Paralegal assistance enables the implementation of the approach “equal for the equal” and helps to take into consideration those who are sometimes invisible for justice.
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