Access to Justice: A Gender Perspective

1. Introduction to the Issue: the «access-to-justice approach». – 2. The main «Focus» of the Issue. – 3. Access to Justice, Gender and Multiculturalism. – 4. Access to Justice, Gender-based Violence and Institutional Violence (and the scenario of restorative justice). – 4.1. The criminal law framework against gender-based violence: a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure full access to justice. – 4.2. Access to justice and victim’s protection: a pivotal goal. – 4.3. Access to justice and secondary victimization: a limit to be overcome. – 4.4. What justice? Restorative justice and gender-based violence.