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Access to Justicefor Human Development
Fostering Democratic Governance
UNDP Strategic Plan 2008 – 2011: 1. Inclusive Participation (electoral processes,
media, access to information, civic engagement, E-governance,),
2. Responsive and Accountable Governing Institutions, (parliaments, PAR, local governance/development, Justice),
3. The values that our work is grounded on (human rights, anti-corruption, gender equality)
Rule of law and access to justice in the strategic plan
Fosteringdemocratic governance
Strengthening accountable
and responsive governing
institutions’
Effective, responsive, accessible and fair justice systems promoting the rule
of law, including both formal and informal processes, with due
consideration to the rights of the poor, women and vulnerable groups’
The outcome
Accessible and fair formal and informal justicesystems for all with a focus on enabling poor andmarginalized people to seek and obtain remediesresponding to their grievances in conformity with the concept of rule of law and their rights.
BDP Global Programme IV
Bottom up – top down
A strategy for the justice sector
Founding the strategy on a bottom up approach
Capacity development
GRIEVANCE
NAMING
BLAMING
CLAIMING
NORMATIVE PROTECTION
LEGAL AWARENESS
LEGAL AID AND COUNSELADJUDICATION
ENFORCEMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY OVERSIGHT
ENFORCING
VERDICT/SENTENCE
Increase in demand
Helen Clark’s statement at the Annual Session of the Executive Board May 27 2009:
On the Annual Report for 2008:
• strengthening capacities for MDG-based planning and monitoring;
• support for justice system reform and the rule of law. • strengthening capacities to reduce, mitigate, and cope
with the impact of violent conflict and natural hazards; enhancing national capacities to mainstream
• environmental priorities into development planning.