The Contributions of the Comprehensive Justice System Reform Program in Improving Access to Justice: The Case of the Federal Courts in Addis Ababa
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2018-11
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Access to justice is one of the fundamental rights of citizens. It enables citizens to enforce their
rights in cases of infrigment of rights by going to a court of law and seeking remedy. However,
different barriers to access to justice impede citzens from going to courts and enforcing their
rights. The denial of the basic right of access to justice of citizens forces citizens to take the law
in to their hands. This leads to rise of conflict and instability in a country(Pietro et al, 2014,
p.15). Therefore, states should work to eliminate or reduce the barriers to access to justice
through justice reforms. The government in Ethiopia also initiated the JSRP (later called
CJSRP)to eliminate or reduce the barriers to access to justice and improve access to justice in
Ethiopia. And this research tries to identify the contributions of the CJSRP in eliminating or
reducing the barriers to access to justice and improving the access to justice of the Federal Courts
in Addis Ababa City Adminstration.
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A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Public Administration and
Development Management of Addis Ababa University in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Masters of Public
Administration and Development Management (MA) in
Development Management Stream
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Justice, Justice System Reform