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Access to Justice: Promoting the Legal System as a Human Right

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  1. Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

    Valesca Lima

  2. School of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Valesca Lima & Miriam Gomez

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Lima, V., Gomez, M. (2020). Access to Justice: Promoting the Legal System as a Human Right. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_1-1

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