The World Justice Project (WJP) has published its first-ever Global Insights on Access to Justice: Findings from the World Justice Project General Population Poll in 45 Countries report. The report is based on data gathered from an access to civil justice survey conducted with over 1,000 respondents in the 3 largest cities of the 45 countries included in the report. The survey questions were based on the following 11 themes:
- Types of legal problems experienced in the last two years
- Problem seriousness
- Sources of (professional and informal) help and advice
- Residual problem resolving behavior, such as attempts to learn more about the legal issue
- Reasons for advice not being obtained.
- Resolution process, through formal and informal means
- Fact and manner of conclusion
- Perceptions of the quality of the process and outcome
- Cost of problem resolution
- Legal capability, awareness, and confidence
- Impact of experiencing a legal problem
The report is organized by country with data presented according to the paths that respondents followed to deal with their everyday legal problems, with an emphasis on:
- Incidence of Legal Problems
- Violence
- Action or Inaction
- Status of Legal Problems
- Process, Perceptions & Legal Capability
- Hardship
The Global Insights WJP report, international poll, methodology paper and summary statistics report can all be accessed here: https://worldjusticeproject.org/news/global-insights-access-justice.
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