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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 68, 2019
7th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY. HEALTH. WELFARE
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Article Number | 01018 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Society: Justice and Security | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20196801018 | |
Published online | 25 November 2019 |
The problems of access to justice in rural areas (on the example of Ukraine)
Yaroslav Mudry National Law University, Kharkiv, UK
raine
* Corresponding author: an.lapkin@gmail.com
In this scientific article, problems of access to justice in rural areas in Ukraine are considered. It is proved that for the people living in rural areas it is necessary to consider access to justice as possibility of free application to justice system for protection of their rights that is without any obstacles or difficulties. However in need of application to a court the rural dwellers face a lot of problems, such as: territorial, economic and organizational. Territorial problems relate to territorial distance of judicial authorities from rural areas. Economic problems relate to high level of court expenses and low financial well-being of rural dwellers. Organizational problems relate to absence of the necessary infrastructure in rural areas facilitating access to court (lack of transport infrastructure, absence of high-speed Internet and possibility to use technologies of “electronic justice”). The conclusion is that for the solution of this problem it is possible to offer the following steps: general development of infrastructure in rural areas; formation of judicial system on the basis of uniform territorial distribution; reduction of court expenses for dwellers of rural areas proportionally to the level of their incomes; development of institution of lay justice operating in rural areas.
Key words: access to justice / human rights / rural areas
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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