PJSI Toolkits Introduction The Pacific Judicial Strengthening Initiative (PJSI) was launched in June 2016 in support of developing more accessible, just, efficient and responsive court services in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). These activities follow on from the Pacific Judicial Development Program (PJDP) and endeavour to build fairer societies across the Pacific. Toolkits PJSI aims to continue ongoing development of courts in the region beyond the toolkits already launched under PJDP. These toolkits provide support to partner courts to help aid implementation of their development activities at a local level, by providing information and practical guidance. Toolkits produced to date include: Access to Justice Assessment Toolkit Toolkit for Public Information Projects Enabling Rights & Unrepresented Litigants Toolkit Judges’ Orientation Toolkit Trainer’s Toolkit: Designing, Delivering and Evaluating Training Programs Toolkit for Review of Guidance on Judicial Conduct Family Violence/Youth Justice Workshop Toolkit Time Goals Toolkit Reducing Backlog and Delay Toolkit Judicial Decision-making Toolkit Toolkit for Building Procedures to Handle Complaints about Judicial Conduct Annual Court Reporting Toolkit Project Management Toolkit National Judicial Development Committee Toolkit Human Rights Toolkit Gender and Family Violence Toolkit These toolkits are designed to support change by promoting the local use, management, ownership and sustainability of judicial development in PICs across the region. By developing and making available these resources, PJSI aims to build local capacity to enable partner courts to address local needs and reduce reliance on external donor and adviser support. In response to evolving priorities of partner courts, the PJSI has expanded its areas of activities to include gender and family rights focused areas. The addition of this new toolkit: Gender and Family Violence Toolkit aims to address the responsibility of the Court in the community regarding family violence and in particular physical and sexual violence. This toolkit provides practical suggestions and methods to assist partner courts in assessing how accessible and responsive their court services are and how to improve efforts and track progress through implementing action plans. Beyond practicalities, this toolkit highlights the importance of community awareness, the need for accountability of perpetrators and the importance of appropriate response to victims of violence.
PJSI Toolkits Introduction The Pacific Judicial Strengthening Initiative (PJSI) was launched in June 2016 in support of developing more accessible, just, efficient and responsive court services in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). These activities follow on from the Pacific Judicial Development Program (PJDP) and endeavour to build fairer societies across the Pacific. Toolkits PJSI aims to continue ongoing development of courts in the region beyond the toolkits already launched under PJDP. These toolkits provide support to partner courts to help aid implementation of their development activities at a local level, by providing information and practical guidance. Toolkits produced to date include: Access to Justice Assessment Toolkit Toolkit for Public Information Projects Enabling Rights & Unrepresented Litigants Toolkit Judges’ Orientation Toolkit Trainer’s Toolkit: Designing, Delivering and Evaluating Training Programs Toolkit for Review of Guidance on Judicial Conduct Family Violence/Youth Justice Workshop Toolkit Time Goals Toolkit Reducing Backlog and Delay Toolkit Judicial Decision-making Toolkit Toolkit for Building Procedures to Handle Complaints about Judicial Conduct Annual Court Reporting Toolkit Project Management Toolkit National Judicial Development Committee Toolkit Human Rights Toolkit Gender and Family Violence Toolkit These toolkits are designed to support change by promoting the local use, management, ownership and sustainability of judicial development in PICs across the region. By developing and making available these resources, PJSI aims to build local capacity to enable partner courts to address local needs and reduce reliance on external donor and adviser support. In response to evolving priorities of partner courts, the PJSI has expanded its areas of activities to include gender and family rights focused areas. The addition of this new toolkit: Gender and Family Violence Toolkit aims to address the responsibility of the Court in the community regarding family violence and in particular physical and sexual violence. This toolkit provides practical suggestions and methods to assist partner courts in assessing how accessible and responsive their court services are and how to improve efforts and track progress through implementing action plans. Beyond practicalities, this toolkit highlights the importance of community awareness, the need for accountability of perpetrators and the importance of appropriate response to victims of violence.
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