Annual Performance Report (2014/15)
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JLOS Justice for All THE JUSTICE LAW AND ORDER SECTOR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2014/15 September 2015 Foreword Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) has now completed the third year of implementation of its third Sector Strategic Investment Plan. JLOS, now in operation for 15 years, is a holistic Government approach to planning and implementation of programmes, whose goal is to promote the rule of law using a sector wide approach. The sector brings together 17 institutions responsible for administering justice, maintaining law and order and promoting the observance of human rights. We are proud to note that there is now a more developed system approach to evidence based budgeting with increased coordination, communication and cooperation in public service delivery and development assistance in the sector. There is growing public trust in JLOS attention to the needs of women, children, persons with disability and persons in detention, service delivery and increased profiling of vulnerability by the sector through deliberate and criminal justice system which is now the basis of reforms in other African countries andas some is partly of the the most reason vulnerable for Uganda’s members enhanced of society. competitiveness The sector has alsoin the redefined region andthe civil the World. This is the third Annual Performance Report under the Third Sector Strategic Investment Plan (SIPIII) adopted in March 2012. The report follows the SIPIII structure and tracks performance against targets set out in the JLOS Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. In this report, effort was made to track the extent to which the sector has met its commitments at the mid-point of implementation of the investment plan. This is a strategic report that provides an assessment of performance and results information in key result areas of JLOS business to enable the sector and its development partners in particular, as well as all our valued stakeholders in general, to assess the progress the sector has made. The report also provides us with an opportunity to identify and target areas for reorganization or increased investment. commitment to building of public trust in JLOS service delivery and the transformation ofOn the behalf justice of theand sector law enforcement leadership systemand all intosector one management that respects, structures promotes, I protectsreaffirm andour fulfills the fundamental rights stipulated in the Constitution as we promote justice for all. Bart M. Katureebe Chief Justice and Chairperson JLOS Leadership Committee THE JUSTICE LAW AND ORDER SECTOR Annual Performance Report 2014/15 iii LIST OF ACRONYMS ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution ASTU Anti-Stock Theft Unit AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ART Anti-Retroviral Therapy BDR Birth and Death Registration CFPU Child and Family Protection Unit CAO Chief Administrative Officer CJRP Commercial Justice Reform Programme CFPOs Child and Family Protection Officers CJS Criminal Justice System CSOs Civil Society Organisations CLOs Community Liaison Officers DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DCC District Coordination Committees/District Chain Linked Committees DCIC Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control DCSC District Community Service Committee DGAL Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratory DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid DPC District Police Commander DPG Development Partners Group DPP Directorate of Public Prosecutions EAC East African Community EDF European Development Fund EU European Union EU DGAP European Union Democratic Governance and Accountability Programme FIDA Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (Federacion Internationale D’Abo- gados) FHRI Foundation for Human Rights Initiative GAL Government Analytical Laboratory GBV Gender Based Violence GOU Government of Uganda HRBA Human Rights Based Approach HIV Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus HURINET Human Rights Network Uganda ICC International Criminal Court IEC Information Education and Communication ICITAP International Criminal Investigations Training Assistance Programme IFMS Integrated Financial Management System J4C Justice for Children THE JUSTICE LAW AND ORDER SECTOR iv Annual Performance Report 2014/15 JSC Judicial Service Commission KIDDP Karamoja Integrated Disarmament and Development Programme LABF Legal Aid Basket Fund LAP Local Administration Prison LASPNET Legal Aid Service Providers Network LCC Local Council Court LCCA Local Council Court Act LDC Law Development Centre M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MIA Ministry of Internal Affairs MoU Memorandum of Understanding MOFPED Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development MoGLSD Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development MOJCA Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services NEMA National Environmental Management Authority NCSP National Community Service Programme NFP National Focal Point (For Light Arms and Small Weapons) NGOs Non-Governmental Organisation NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NUSAF Northern Uganda Social Action Fund NTR Non Tax Revenue OC-CID Officer in Charge – Criminal Investigations Directorate OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights PLE Primary Leaving Examination PISCES Personal Identification Secure Comparison Evaluation System PPC Probationary Police Constable PPU Policy and Planning Units PRDP Peace, Recovery and Development Plan PTS Police Training School RSA Resident State Attorney RSP Resident State Prosecutor SB Special Branch SGBV Sexual and Gender Based Violence SIP Strategic Investment Plan SIPIII Third Strategic Investment Plan SPCs Special Police Constables SOCOs Scene of Crime Officers SWAp Sector Wide Approach TAT Tax Appeals Tribunal THE JUSTICE LAW AND ORDER SECTOR iv Annual Performance Report 2014/15 Annual Performance Report 2014/15 v TB Tuberculosis TJ Transitional Justice ToT Training of Trainers UACE Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education UHRC Uganda Human Rights Commission UCE Uganda Certificate of Education ULRC Uganda Law Reform Commission ULS Uganda Law Society UN Women United Nations Women UNICEF United Nations Fund for Children UPDF Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force UPF Uganda Police Force UPS Uganda Prisons Service UN United Nations UPDF Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces UPPC Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation URSB Uganda Registration Services Bureau THE JUSTICE LAW AND ORDER SECTOR vi Annual Performance Report 2014/15 CONTEnts Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................ iii List of Acronyms ...........................................................................................................................................................................iv Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................................viii Chapter 1. ........................................................................................................................................................................................1 1.0. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2. ..................................................................................................................................................................2 2.0. OUTCOME 1: POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK STRENGTHENED ..............................................2 2.1. The legal and policy environment underpinning JLOS service delivery ..........................................2 2.2. Independence of JLOS Institutions strengthened .....................................................................................8 2.3. Administrative Service Delivery Standards harmonized .......................................................................9 2.4. Legislative and regulatory environment for realization ......................................................................10 2.5. Enforcement of Laws improved .....................................................................................................................11 2.6. Transitional Justice Policy and Legislation enacted ..............................................................................18 2.7. Informal justice framework strengthened .................................................................................................19 2.8. JLOS compliance with and participation in EA Regional Integration ............................................20 Chapter 3. ...............................................................................................................................................................22 3.0. OUTCOME 2: ACCESS TO JLOS SERVICES PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE ....................................22 3.1. Rationalized physical de-concentration of JLOS services: .................................................................25 3.2. JLOS House constructed, equipped and functional by 2017 .............................................................28 3.3. Adjudication of Labour Justice improved ...................................................................................................29 3.4. Service Delivery Standards Met and Improved. .......................................................................................30