IDRC2018-08-162018-08-162018-05http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57225French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Promouvoir l’autonomisation juridique dans les quartiers informels : recommandations et leçons retenuesSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Promoción del empoderamiento jurídico en asentamientos informales : recomendaciones y enseñanzas extraídasWorkshop participants represented civil society organizations and universities from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Countries are at different stages of conducting participatory action research in informal settlements aimed at improving legal empowerment, respect for basic rights and living conditions of residents. Recommendations and lessons learned relate to: (i) how informal settlement communities can ensure participation and voice of their residents, (ii) how civil society organizations (CSOs) – in many cases external actors to the informal settlements – can play an effective role in supporting residents to those ends, and (iii) roles and responsibilities of government actors.application/pdfenACCESS TO JUSTICELEGAL FRAMEWORKINFORMAL SETTLEMENTSSOUTH OF SAHARASOUTH AMERICAVULNERABLE GROUPSURBAN POORHUMAN RIGHTSGOVERNANCEWorkshop Report