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The Republic of Rwanda Justice, Reconciliation, Law & Order Sector Strategic Plan July 2013 to June 2018 The Republic of Rwanda Justice, Reconciliation, Law & Order Sector Strategic Plan July 2013 to June 2018 Table of Contents List of Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1: introduction ................................................................................................................. 5 CHAPTER 2: Overview of the JRLO Sector ................................................................................. 6 a. Sector status, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt. ................................................................ 6 b. Institutional overview of the JRLO Sector .............................................................................................. 10 Chapter 3: Sector Strategic Framework. ................................................................................... 17 a. Conceptual approach for the Sector ........................................................................................................ 17 b. Current Sector challenges and proposed solutions to address them ................................................. 18 c. Sector priorities .......................................................................................................................................... 18 d. Sector outcomes ........................................................................................................................................ 18 I. Linkages between sector & thematic outcomes ................................................................... 19 II. Foundational issues for the sector. ...................................................................................... 19 III. Crosscutting issues .............................................................................................................. 19 e. Strategies for achieving outcomes .......................................................................................................... 19 e.1 OUTCOME 1: ENHANCED SECTOR CAPACITY & COORDINATION ................................................... 22 e.1.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 22 e.1.2. Output 1.1: Sector capacity building Strategy developed and implemented .......................... 23 e.1.3. Output 1.2: Sector Change Management Strategy implemented ........................................... 24 e.1.4. Output 1.3: Sector Management Information System designed and implemented ................ 25 e.1.5. Output 1.4: Networking and coordination of activities between JRLOS & other stakeholders strengthened ......................................................................................................................... 26 e.1.6. Output 1.5: Professional and Practical Legal Skills of both public and private Sector Legal Professionals enhanced ....................................................................................................... 27 e.1.6. Output 1.6: Second Phase of ILPD building completed. ........................................................ 27 e.2. OUTCOME 2: STRENGTHENED UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO quality (i. a. consistency) JUSTICE .... 28 e.2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 28 e.2.2. Output 2.1: Increased numbers of processed. ....................................................................... 29 e.2.3. Output 2.2: Period of pre-trial detention confined to the legal maximum ............................... 30 e.2.4. Output 2.3: Justice delivery at local level reinforced .............................................................. 31 e.2.5. Output 2.4: Legal aid policy established and implemented .................................................... 32 e.2.6. Output 2.5: Execution of Court and Gacaca judgments improved ......................................... 33 e.2.7. Output 2.6: Alternative penalties identified and implemented ................................................ 33 e.2.8. Output 2.7: Quality of justice maintained ................................................................................ 34 e.3. OUTCOME 3: EFFECTIVELY COMBATED IMPUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMES, AND GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY, STRENGTHENED TRUTH TELLING AND RECONCILIATION. ............................................... 35 e.3.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 35 e.3.2. Output 3.1: Prosecution and judgements of international crimes including genocide fugitives accelerated ........................................................................................................................... 36 e.3.3. Output 3.2: Community level dialogue, and awareness raising to combat genocide ideology intensified.............................................................................................................................. 38 JRLOS Strategy 2013/14 to 2017/18 2 E.4. OUTCOME 4: ENHANCED RULE OF LAW, ACCOUNTABILITY & COMPETITIVENESS .................. 39 e.4.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 39 e.4.2. Output 4.1: Improved legal and policy framework affecting the administration of justice ...... 39 e.4.3 Output 4.2: Existing laws modernized, indexed and codified .................................................. 40 e.4.4. Output 4.3: Anti-injustice and anti-corruption mechanisms strengthened .............................. 41 e.4.5. Output 4.4: Rwandan laws are harmonised with EAC instruments and approximated with EAC Partner State's laws .............................................................................................................. 42 e.4.6 Output 4.5: Rwandan laws harmonized and/or approximated with other regional and international ratified legal instruments (CEPGL, COMESA, COMMONWEALTH, etc. ) .......................... 43 e.4.7. Output 4.6: Kigali International Arbitration Centre recognized as a center of excellence for domestic and international arbitration .................................................................................................. 43 e.4.7. Output 4.7: Written laws are consistently and effectively enforced ........................................ 44 e.4.7. Output 4.8: Commercial Court system enhanced................................................................... 45 E.5. OUTCOME 5: MAINTAINED SAFETY, LAW AND ORDER AND, ENHANCED ADHERENCE TO HUMAN RIGHTS 46 e.5.1. Introduction: ............................................................................................................................ 46 e.5.2. Output 5.1: Community participation and awareness of crime prevention improved ............. 47 e.5.3. Output 5.2: Crime prevention capacity improved ................................................................... 49 e.5.4. Output 5.3: RNP’s disaster management capacity improved ................................................. 49 e.5.5. Output 5.4: Criminal investigation capacity enhanced ........................................................... 50 e.5.6. Output 5.5: Criminal records-keeping and statistical analysis improved ................................ 50 e.5.7. Output 5.6: Awareness and respect of human rights standards strengthened ...................... 52 e.5.8. Output 5.7: Improved detention facilities and conditions ........................................................ 53 e.5.9 Output 5.8: Improved productivity in RCS ............................................................................... 54 E.6. SECTOR PRIORITIES FOR DISTRICTS ................................................................................................. 56 CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION of the ssp: ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT ............. 58 a. Programme Management structure .............................................................................................. 58 Chapter 5: Monitoring and evaluation ....................................................................................... 59 CHAPTER 6: Costing and financing of the Sector strategic plan ............................................ 61 a. Costing under the new Strategy: an explanatory note.................................................................. 61 ANNEXES 62 ANNEX 1: Sector monitoring matrix ................................................................................................. 62 ANNEX 2: Sector Priority/Policy Actions matrix ............................................................................... 62 ANNEX 3: Institutions consulted ....................................................................................................... 62 ANNEX 4: Linkages between sector and thematic outcomes. ......................................................... 63 JRLOS Strategy 2013/14 to 2017/18 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADR Alternatives Disputes Resolution CBO Community Based Organization CLO Community Liaison Officer CNLG Commission Nationale de la Lutte contre le Génocide CPC Community Policing Officer CSO Civil Society Organization DAFs Directors of Administration and Finance EDPRS Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy ERMS Electronic Record Management System EU European Union DTS Document Tracking System FBO Faith Based Organization FY Financial Year GAB Governance
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