Direito em Movimento - Volume 18 - Número 3 - Edição Especial

190 Direito em Movimento, Rio de Janeiro, v. 18 - n. 3, p. 176-198, 2020 - Ed. Especial ARTIGOS be brought to the attention of those directing resource allocation from urban centres. Regional legal services committees could provide such a forum and, I suggest, could be an invaluable conduit through which the ‘counter-wave’ might travel (BLACKSELL, ECONOMIDES &WATKINS, 1991, p.196- 198; ECONOMIDES,TIMOSHANKO & FERRAZ, 2020, p. 74-84). In Australia ‘Aboriginal Justice Agreements’ (ALLISON & CUN- NEEN, 2010, p. 645) have been introduced in a number of states and ter- ritories in order to bridge the divide that separates Indigenous people from the state legal system in order to facilitate: …strategic planning in relation to criminal justice issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, enabling the creation of joint justice objectives across departments and agencies. It facili- tates partnerships between government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations at multiple levels, in- cluding at the local level, to work together to develop, implement and evaluate responses to over-incarceration. It also improves ac- countability—setting out clear objectives and providing measurable action plans 21 . These models could be exported elsewhere. III Training for judges, lawyers and community workers in IJ and PLS Finally, I wish to allude to the issue of future training for lawyers and judges and developing a legal culture more conducive toward nurtur- ing itinerant competencies and promoting citizenship through collective legal action. 22 Since the early 1980s, Brazil has, following pioneering re- search by Joaquim FALCÃO (1974), approved important judicial tools that facilitate the protection of diffuse and collective rights (Cappelletti’s 21 Aboriginal Justice Agreements (AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION, 2018, 16.28). See also the work of Leanne Liddle in promoting an Aboriginal Justice Agreement in the Northern Territory (LIDDLE, 2020). 22 I am currently working with a social anthropologist on a report that will draw lessons from the anthropological literature for judges, legal policymakers and practitioners. This will be published next year as part of the Global Access to Justice Project. (RAMSTEDT & ECONOMIDES, forthcoming, 2021).