Expanding access to justice for the poor - Malawi's search for solutions

This report was published under the Research Partnership Programme. The Research Partnership Programme, funded by the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) and organised by The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) offers a small number of researchers from developing and transitional countries the unique opportunity of becoming a guest researcher at the DIHR for a period of five months.

For 2011-2013 the programme operates under the thematic focus of “Informal Justice Systems” (IJS), including the opportunities for access to justice where state systems lack outreach and forums in which a diversity of cultures and values can be respected as well as challenges and weaknesses in respect of compliance with human rights standards concerning participation and accountability, fairness of procedures (including the protection of the vulnerable) and substantive outcomes.

During his stay at DIHR, Desmond Mudala Kaunda’s research work was supervised by Senior Legal Adviser Lone Lindholt.