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Colombia’s Houses of Justice.

Parker, Lynette
June 4, 2015

Source: (2003) Restorative Justice Online. July 2003 Edition.

In 1995, the Government of Colombia, with financial support from USAID, established two Casas de Justicia, Houses of Justice, in poor communities whose residents were otherwise denied meaningful access to justice. The purpose of the Casas de Justicia was to bring together in one place a number of municipal services involved in responding to criminal and family violence, and to help clients resolve problems together whenever possible.

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