Inequality before the law


  • Inequitable administration of justice
  • Denial of right to equal protection by the law
  • Prejudicial treatment in the administration of justice
  • Biased legal systems

Nature

Unequal access to legal advice, representation and other legal facilities, which may or may not be written into the law, acts as a special restriction on the rights of certain sections of the community.

Claim

  1. The poor, outcasts and minorities are discriminated against in the enforcement and the interpretation of law. Proposals for change offered by sub-groups are rejected by the majority body as not serving the needs of the whole.

Narrower

  1. Religious discrimination in the administration of justice
  2. Political discrimination in the administration of justice
  3. Neglect of victims of crime
  4. Legalized racial discrimination
  5. Legalized discrimination
  6. Lack of legal standing
  7. Lack of impartiality of the judiciary
  8. Injustice of military tribunals
  9. Inaccessibility of justice
  10. Geographic discrimination in the administration of justice
  11. Excessive leniency in sentencing of offenders
  12. Elitist legal judgements
  13. Economic discrimination in the administration of justice
  14. Discrimination against women before the law
  15. Discrimination against men before the law
  16. Discrimination against foreigners in legal proceedings
  17. Denial of right to redress for rights violations
  18. Denial of right to recognition as a person before the law
  19. Denial of legal representation
  20. Cultural discrimination in the administration of justice


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