français
 
» HOME » Knowledge Generation » Rule of Law Assistance Directory » National Justice Strategies » Documentation
 
   
DOCUMENTATION

This page provides access to documents relating to the rule of law and aid effectiveness in developing, conflict-affected and fragile states.

Access to Justice

Access to Justice Practice Note [United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2004]
Programming for Justice: Access for All. A Practitioner’s Guide to a Human Rights-Based Approach to Access to Justice [UNDP, 2005]
Access to Justice in Africa and Beyond, Making the Rule of Law a Reality [Penal Reform International and Bluhm Clinic of the Northwestern University School of Law, 2007]
Justice For All? An Assessment of Access to Justice in Five Provinces of Indonesia [BAPPENAS, PSPK-UGM, UNDP - 2007]
A Handbook for Measuring the Cost and Quality of Access to Justice [Editor: Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems, 2009]

Aid Effectiveness

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and the Accra Agenda For Action (2008) [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)]
DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery, Volume 2: Budget support, Sector Wide Approaches and Capacity Development in Public Financial Management [OECD, 2006]
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration: Thematic Study - The applicability of the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations [OPM/IDL, 2008]
Survey report of the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN)

Justice sector assessment

The Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2006]
Justice Sector Assessment Handbook: carrying out a Justice Sector Diagnostic [The World Bank’s Justice Reform Practice Group, 2007]

Legal aid

Access to Justice for all, Access to Justice and Legal Aid in Africa, Conference Report [The Danish Institute For Human Rights, The East Africa Law Society & The Rwandan Legal Aid Forum, Kigali (Rwanda), 1-4 December 2008]
Legal Aid Days as a Research Tool, Experiences from Northern Kenya, Bonita Ayuko and Tanja Chopra [World Bank, Justice for the Poor Program, September 2008]

Legal and judicial reform - Development agencies' perspectives

Justice and Poverty reduction [UK Department For International Development (DFID), 2000]
Safety, Security and Accessible Justice, Putting policy into practice [UK Department For International Development (DFID), 2002]
Legal and Judicial Reform, Strategic Directions [The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency, 2003]
Justice and Accountability, Practice Paper [UK Department For International Development (DFID), 2008]
Towards a New Consensus on Access to Justice, Summary of Brussels Workshop, 29-30 April 2008
Towards a New Consensus on Justice Reform: Mapping the Criminal Justice Sector, report commissioned by the Open Society Justice Initiative [July 2008]
Capacity Development for Legal and Judicial Sectors in Developing Countries, Report Draft [Japan International Cooperation, June 2009]
How to Note: Justice Reform [Technical Advisory Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, June 2010]

Legal Pluralism

Customary Justice and Legal Pluralism in Post-Conflict and Fragile Societies [USIP, George Washington University, World Bank - Nov 17-18, 2009]
When Legal Worlds Overlap Human Rights, State and Non State Law [International Council on Human Rights Policy, 2009]

Measuring justice and the rule of law

Compilation of International Standards on Judicial reform and Judicial independence [ABA/CEELI, 2004]
Measuring progress toward safety and justice: A global guide to the design of performance indicators across the justice sector [Vera Institute of Justice, November 2003]
Monitoring Performance of Legal and Judicial Reform in International Development Assistance - Early Lessons from Port Moresby & Phnom Penh [L Armytage, 2006]
Developing Indicators to Measure the Rule of Law, A global approach [Vera Institute of Justice, 2008]
The Rule of Law Index, Measuring adherence to the rule of Law around the world [World Justice Forum II, 2009]

Rule of law Reform - Development agencies' perspectives

The United Nations and the Rule of Law - Key documents
Rule of Law, Justice Sector Reforms and Development Cooperation Concept Paper [Swiss Agency for Development, 2008]
Guide to Rule of Law Country Analysis: the Rule of Law Strategic Framework [United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2008]

Rule of law reform in conflict affected and fragile states

Rule of law tools for post-conflict states, mapping the justice sector [Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 2006]
Strengthening the Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, A Global UNDP Programme for Justice and Security, 2008-2011
Enhancing the Delivery of Justice and Security: Governance, Peace and Security [OECD, 2007]
Rule of Law Reform in Post-Conflict Countries: operational Initiative and lessons learnt, Kristi Samuels, Social Development Papers: Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction, Paper n° 37, The World Bank [October 2006]