ABSTRACT
While writing this chapter, I received an email from the American Bar Association (ABA) asking me to participate as an “expert respondent in the development of the Rule of Law Index” by filling out a detailed questionnaire on my perceptions of access to justice in Colombia. Intrigued, I consult the ABA website and find out that the Index is but one component of the World Justice Project (WJP), an ambitious “multinational, multidisciplinary initiative to strengthen the rule of law worldwide.” It is co-sponsored by an unlikely coalition including, among others, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Human Rights Watch, the International Organization of Employers, the International Trade Union Confederation, and Human Rights First.1
