Developmental Legal Advocacy
Developmental Legal Advocacy
Developmental Legal Advocacy
LEGAL ADVOCACY:
Meeting the Challenge of
Relevance and Responsiveness
Eimann Evarola
201513267
DEVELOPMENT MEANS THE
FULL REALIZATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
- E. (Leo) D. Battad
The right to development is an inalienable human
right by virtue of which every human person and all
peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to,
and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political
development, in which all human rights and
fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.
Article 1. Declaration on Right to Development
UN General Assembly, 04 December 1986
HUMAN RIGHTS
as both a condition and objective of development
Active
PARTICIPATION
both as a means and an end
w/genuine power
DEMOCRATIC
PARTICIPATION
• Requires condition that include, “a fair distribution
of economic and social power among all sectors
of national society
Actor-oriented Structure-oriented
(private issues) (public issues)
• Strategies
1. Legal services
2. Education
3. Advocacy
4. Networking
DLA : THE PRACTICE
1. Legal services
2. Education
3. Advocacy
4. Networking
DLA :
THE PRACTICE -
LEGAL SERVICES (METALEGAL TACTICS)
• Critical analysis of the problem in order to identify its
source or cause of continuance.
1. Legal services
2. Education
3. Advocacy
4. Networking
DLA : THE PRACTICE -
EDUCATION
• Publishing policy issues or legal primers in simplified
terms, using language understood by the people, as
well as conducting paralegal training, seminars, or
workshops.
1. Legal services
2. Education
3. Advocacy
4. Networking
DLA : THE PRACTICE -
ADVOCACY
• Taking positions on policies of the government.
1. Legal services
2. Education
3. Advocacy
4. Networking
GROWTH OF DLA IN
THE PRACTICE OF LAW
• DLA evolved in the early 1970s; taken root in legal
organizations in the 1980s
• Alternative Legal Group (ALG) Network - 21 organizations
nationwide
• Alternative Lawyering - viewing law as an indispensable
weave in our social fabric
• Alternative Lawyer - clear professional commitment that the
use of law is not the sole domain of those that have passed
the bar and taken the oath, but could and should be shared
with the individuals, communities, and sectors which it affects
CONSTRAINTS, DIFFICULTIES,
AND CHALLENGES IN THE AGE
OF GLOBALIZATION
• Threats and harassment from state agents or armed groups
Eimann Evarola
201513267