The fifth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice took place in Salle XXI at Palais des Nations on 13 and 14 June 2012.

The meeting featured a mini-conference "Access to courts for individuals and groups" and discussed several other issues related to access to justice, including costs, financial arrangements and remedies. Furthermore, the Task Force discussed capacity building efforts and jurisprudence database.

The Task Force welcomed the studies carried out in the European Union on the issue of standing in relation to the Convention. It also decided to launch a comprehensive study on standing in the selected countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia and explore the possibility of launching a comprehensive study on standing, remedies and costs in South-Eastern European countries.

The Task Force encouraged Parties to engage in a dialogue at the national level with all relevant stakeholders to address issues of access to justice and report at the next Task Force meeting. The analytical studies prepared under auspices of the Task Force on Access to Justice in 2011-2012, which might serve as a background information for discussion, can be found  here. Additional information is also available in the jurisprudence database.