OEA/Ser.L/V/II.

          Doc. 34

          28 June 2007

                                                                                                Original: Spanish

 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION:
THE ROAD TOWARDS STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY IN BOLIVIA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

CHAPTER I          INTRODUCTION

 

            A.         Scope and legal framework of the report

            B.         The IACHR visit

            C.         Preparation and approval of the report

            D.         The context: mass protests, social conflicts and institutional fragility 

 

CHAPTER II         ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         Access to justice

            C.         Guarantees of independence, impartiality, transparency
                        and suitability

            D.         Implementation of the accusatorial criminal prosecution
                        procedure

            E.         Factors of impunity in cases of gross violations
                        of human rights

            F.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER III       CONDITIONS IN PRISONS AND PENITENTIARIES AND THE RIGHTS OF
                             PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         Use of pre-trial detention and prison overcrowding

            C.         Separation of categories of persons deprived of liberty

            D.         Prison security and control

            E.         Prison infrastructure and rehabilitation programs

            F.         Family cohabitation

            G.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER IV        RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PEASANT COMMUNITIES

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         Access to land and territory

            C.         Natural resources and participation in development projects

            D.         Situation of forced labor, bondage and slavery

            E.         Access to justice

            F.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER V         RIGHTS OF WOMEN

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         Women’s participation in public affairs

            C.         Violence against women

            D.         Access to justice

            E.         Other forms of discrimination

            F.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER VI        RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         The right to legal recognition

            C.         Child labor, trafficking and asexual exploitation

            D.         Justice

            E.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER VII      RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS

 

            A.         Introduction

            B.         Guarantees of due process for asylum-seekers and the
                        principle of no forced return

            C.         Recommendations

 

CHAPTER VIII      CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS