United Nations Development Programme 2015 Country Profile Pamphlet
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United Nations Development Programme 2015 Country Profile Pamphlet STRENGTHENING THE RULE OF LAW IN CRISIS-AFFECTED AND FRAGILE SITUATIONS1 UNDP provides support to nearly 170 countries, about 40 of which are affected by crisis and have received rule of law support through the Global Programme for Strengthening the Rule of Law in Crisis-Affected and Fragile Situations. UNDP’s rule of law assistance is carried out with the generous support of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Please reference the “Financial Information” included in the 2015 Global Programme Annual Report, Eight Years On, for a complete picture of the contributions received over the last eight years. UNDP also recognizes that our work would be meaningless without the dedication and commitment of our national partners. We look forward to continuing this joint endeavor in the years to come. 2 2015 COUNTY PROFILE PAMPHLET » A woman in Goma greeting the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. This Country Profile Pamphlet accompanies the 2015 Global Programme Annual Report, Eight Years On, presenting detailed country-by-country assistance provided, programmes implemented, and results achieved in 2015 in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea (Conakry), Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo (UN Administered Territory), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Yemen. Additionally, Financial Snapshots depicting the 2015 budget for each country programme are provided in the back of this pamphlet. 3 ©UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti ©UN Photo/Sylvain AFGHANISTAN Uzbekistan order: 1) the Support to Payroll Management project, 2) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police China Development project. Additionally, UNDP continued Turkmenistan Tajikistan support broader reform efforts through the Justice and Human Rights project. In line with the Support to Payroll Management project, UNDP focused on strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to independently manage all payroll related operations and functions. AFGHANISTAN In 2015, the trust fund made timely salary payments monthly to approximately 144,000 Afghan National Police officers and 5,924 central prisons guards in all 34 Iran Pakistan provinces, enabling the Ministry to maintain a growing police force and presence on the ground. The national Electronic Fund Transfer coverage also expanded India to 86 percent of the police force and the Web-based Electronic Payroll System is now operational in 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Increasing public trust in the police in Afghanistan is being achieved through UNDP’s Ministry of Internal BACKGROUND Affairs and Police Development project, which aims to Afghanistan completed it’s first year of the increase and enhance the engagement of police with “Transformation Decade”1 in 2015. The government local communities on security issues. In 2015, UNDP has put in place a reform agenda, endeavored to trained 260 community policing (E-Mardumi) officers, strengthen its economic integration, and reactivate as well as engaged 620 community members in police- a peace process. However, the state still faces many community consultation workshops in four provinces significant and complex challenges. and 360 community members in district safety and The country’s security situation worsened as security committees in three provinces. the conflict between government forces and anti- UNDP also strengthened the Ministry of Internal government elements grew in intensity and scope, Affair’s leadership and institutional capacity to and violence occurred between other armed groups manage police reform. For the first time, the Ministry on Afghan territory. In 2015, Afghanistan saw 11,002 adopted a unified monitoring and evaluation civilian casualties, the displacement of 335,000 framework, developed with UNDP support, to ensure civilians, and an increasingly difficult operating effective implementation of the Ministry’s five-year environment for humanitarian actors.2 strategy. An internal review process also identified The political landscape also grew more contentious performance problems and improvement targets for with the formation of political opposition groups who business process re-engineering, aimed at improving increased pressure on the government to address the the Ministry’s and the Afghan National Police’s key struggling economy, high unemployment rate, and administrative and support services. rising levels of conflict-related displacement and UNDP further supported Emergency Help civilian casualties. Furthermore, tensions within the Desks, which registered 31,000 cases from the public government slowed progress on key appointments, across the country and referred them to the relevant some of which are essential to the delivery of the departments within the Ministry of Interior Affairs for national reform agenda and to addressing challenges in action and follow-up. The 119 call centers serve as a security, the rule of law, and governance. major channel for the public to report their complaints against the police, regarding misuse of authority, ASSISTANCE AND IMPACT corruption, and human rights violations. UNDP also completed a comprehensive analysis of the existing Under the Law and Order Trust Fund, UNDP complaints mechanisms within the Ministry of Interior, established two new projects fund structure to with a strong focus on complaints affecting women. strengthen Afghanistan’s ability to maintain law and This analysis will lead to strengthened internal control 4 2015 COUNTY PROFILE PAMPHLET and accountability within the Ministry and the national 2015 concluded UNDP’s second phase of the Justice police and enhanced security for women. and Human Rights in Afghanistan project. Together In 2015, UNDP supported the recruitment of 580 with national partners, UNDP designed the successor female officers and their training at the Sivas Police project, the Afghanistan Access to Justice Project (2016 Academy in Turkey. The officers were successfully - 2019), with the overall goal of ensuring increased and deployed across Afghanistan and work to promote sustainable access to justice, in particular for women, respectful, gender-aware, and non-violent behavior children, prisoners, and pre-trial detainees. within the police. This has increased female police officers in the national police from 2,145 officers in CHALLENGES, April 2015 to 2,630 in December 2015. Furthermore, UNDP supported 270 female police officers to develop LESSONS LEARNED, an Action Plan for the Police Women’s Council that ensures equal opportunity for career development, AND WAY FORWARD improved working and service conditions, and strong UNDP’s efforts to support rule of law reforms in protection measures against workplace harassment Afghanistan have been adversely affected by insecurity, and violence. lack of institutional capacities, and a vast array of UNDP continued to enhance police services to challenges still faced within the sector that require better meet the particular needs of female victims long-term support. through dedicated units, such as Family Response Moving forward, UNDP will strengthen the Units. To date, 179 Family Response Units have been capacity and coordination among justice institutions established in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The in order to achieve sustainable rule of law gains. UNDP units serve as a first point of contact within the police will also place particular focus on supporting the to mediate or refer cases to appropriate institutions for implementation of the Elimination of Violence Against victims of violence against women, thereby improving Women law and establishment of a pilot Elimination of access to justice for survivors of sexual and gender- Violence Against Women Court. UNDP will continue based violence. to bolster the Ministry of Justice’s legislative drafting Through the Justice and Human Rights project, and human rights capacity. Additionally, UNDP will UNDP continued to support the expansion of the Legal hand over the payroll management responsibilities Aid Grant Facility to operate in eight provinces. In 2015, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs by December 2016, the grant facility provided legal aid to 1,904 men and as well as provide continued support to strengthen 319 women, in which 159 cases related to violence institutional arrangements within the Ministry for against women. The number of defense lawyers who reform and professionalize the police. are registered with the grant facility increased from 265 in 2014 to 455 in 2015 and UNDP facilitated the training KEY SUPPORT AND RESULTS of 237 of the lawyers on the Criminal Code, family, and inheritance rights. » The Law and Order Trust Fund provided 144,000 national Quality law reform is also being achieved through police officers and 5,924 central prisons guards in all 34 the Justice and Human Rights project. UNDP built the provinces with monthly salary payments. capacity of the Human Rights Support Unit and the 1,580 new female officers received