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.