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JUST ICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY STRENGTHENING ACTIVITY (UNIDOS POR LA JUSTICIA) QUARTERLY REPORT #9 CONTRACT No. AID-522-TO-16-00007 February 2019 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC. JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY STRENGTHENING ACTIVITY (UNIDOS POR LA JUSTICIA) QUARTERLY REPORT #9 October 1 to December 31, 2018 Project Title: Justice, Human Rights and Security Strengthening Activity (Unidos por la Justicia) Sponsoring USAID office: USAID/Honduras Contract Number: AID-522-TO-16-00007 COR: Frank So Contractor: DAI Global, LLC Date of Publication: 15 February 2019 The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4 Key Deliverables for Reporting Period ....................................................................................... 5 Quarterly Progress ........................................................................................................................ 5 Activity Result 1: Citizen Engagement with Security and Justice Sector Improved .................. 5 Promoting Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence Against Women ............................ 5 Promoting Equality for the LGBTI Community ..................................................................... 6 Opening Doors for At-Risk Youth .......................................................................................... 6 Access and Respect for People with Disabilities .................................................................... 6 Afro-Hondurans Seeking a Voice in the Halls of Justice ....................................................... 7 Strengthening Civil Society .................................................................................................... 7 Commemorating International Human Rights Day ................................................................ 8 Table 1: Overview of the Quarter’s Civil Society Activities .................................................. 8 Next Steps for Activity Result 1 ........................................................................................... 10 Activity Result 2: Efficiency of Security and Justice System Improved .................................. 11 Strengthening Integrated Criminal Justice Centers ............................................................... 11 Improving Performance of Sectional Courts ........................................................................ 11 The Public Ministry .............................................................................................................. 12 Ministry of Human Rights and Vice Ministry of Justice ...................................................... 12 Training for Justice Operators .............................................................................................. 12 Table 2: Overview of Institutional Strengthening Activities ................................................ 13 Next Steps for Activity Result 2 ........................................................................................... 14 Activity Result 3: Increased Effectiveness of Community Police ............................................ 15 Improving Community Relations at the Neighborhood Level ............................................. 15 Citizen Security Grants ......................................................................................................... 17 International Community Policing Conference .................................................................... 17 Community Policing Promotional Campaign ....................................................................... 17 Institutional Strengthening of the National Police ................................................................ 17 Coordination with Other Actors ............................................................................................ 17 Table 4: Overview of Citizen Security Activities ................................................................. 18 Next Steps for Activity Result 3 ........................................................................................... 19 Lessons Learned ........................................................................................................................ 20 JHRSS Quarterly Report #9, October 1 to December 31, 2018. Contract No. AID-522-TO-16-00007 1 Project Management and Operations ....................................................................................... 20 Operational and Management Activities .................................................................................. 20 Next Steps for Operational and Management Activities ...................................................... 21 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ....................................................................................... 21 Next Steps for M&E ............................................................................................................. 22 Communications ....................................................................................................................... 22 Next Steps for Communications ........................................................................................... 22 Annexes ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Annex 1: Financial Report ........................................................................................................ 23 Annex 2: Success Stories .......................................................................................................... 24 Annex 3: Indicators Table ......................................................................................................... 28 JHRSS Quarterly Report #9, October 1 to December 31, 2018. Contract No. AID-522-TO-16-00007 2 Executive Summary This quarterly report describes activities carried out between October 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018, by the Justice, Human Rights and Security Strengthening Activity (JHRSS), known in Honduras as Unidos por la Justicia (or simply Unidos), under contract No. AID-522-TO-16-00007, implemented by DAI Global, LLC, since September 30, 2016. Key Achievements • Building community-police relations: Almost 10,000 residents of some of Honduras’ most violence prone urban neighborhoods participated in 179 Unidos-supported community-level activities alongside locally assigned police officers. Organized by the National Police, community leaders, and Unidos grantees, these street fairs, cultural events, recreational activities, neighborhood cleanups, and other activities are designed to increase trust and foster shared responsibility for citizen security. The improved relationships pave the way for the implementation in 2019 of activities that will include Problem-Oriented Policing and Community Security Action Plans. • Playing Soccer for Peace: Unidos spearheaded the Copa Unidos por la Paz (United for Peace Cup) youth soccer tournament, a six-month, inter-community effort to foster engagement and exchange across 14 marginalized neighborhoods of La Ceiba. Approximately 940 girls and boys ages 9 to 18 participated in the first half of the tournament between October 19 and the end of 2018. The Copa marshalled collaboration of the National Police, municipal government, Ministry of Education, USAID’s Genesis project and its outreach centers, the local Chamber of Commerce, and community councils. • Strengthening the Administration of Justice: Unidos took its Institutional Strengthening efforts to the regional level, conducting participatory evaluations of Integrated Criminal Justice Centers (CEIN) and First Instance Sectional Courts in San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba. The evaluations identify where and how they can improve their services for victims, and both institutions will pilot reforms in 2019. Based on these pilots, CEIN and the Sectional Courts will determine how to replicate reforms throughout the country. • Advancing Knowledge of International Human Rights Conventions: In collaboration with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, Unidos organized two workshops on the application of international conventions in the Honduran judicial system. A total of 88 judges, prosecutors, and attorneys attended the workshops in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula the last week of November. • Honing the Focus on Gender: Unidos’ instituted a revised Gender Inclusion Strategy in October 2018, strengthening the role of gender – in particular reduction of gender-based violence – as a cross-cutting theme of all Unidos programming. The project kick-off support to the National Police to develop their first Gender Policy; and over 20 different activities were carried across target municipalities to commemorate 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women. JHRSS Quarterly Report #9, October 1 to December 31, 2018. Contract No. AID-522-TO-16-00007 3 Introduction The Justice, Human Rights and Security Strengthening Activity (JHRSS), known in Honduras as Unidos por la Justicia (referred