Access to Justice for a Responsive and Inclusive Land Governance

Presentation of the Paper prepared for presentation at the "ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY" The World Bank - Washington DC, April 23-26, 2012. A study developed by HFH Brazil and Cendhec implementing partners of the Empowering Women and Vulnerable Groups to Exercise their Rights for Inclusion and Secure Land Tenure and Property, in Brazil; project funded by UKAID. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: To expose evidences of the obstacles that impact the time duration of proceedings in the Judiciary for the recognition of land tenure rights of the residents of poor settlements in Recife.