Strategic litigation involves an organisation or individual taking on a legal case as part of a strategy to achieve broader systemic change. The case may create change either through the success of the action and its impact on law, policy or practice, or by publicly exposing injustice, raising awareness and generating broader change. It is important that strategic litigation is used as one part of a wider campaign, rather than being conceived as an end in itself. This guide outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of strategic litigation, as well as some of the key considerations involved in using litigation to effect broad systemic change.

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