of needs-based training and provision of resources. 1.0 Access to Justice Inadequate data about informal justice service providers Data is known about informal (and low levels of justice service providers in three know-how) to enable PICs but otherwise, low levels of Three PICs have been recipients Access to Justice plan judicial leadership to know-how to enable judicial of workshops and/or monitoring developed in selected assess, plan and leadership to assess, plan and visits to improve their PICs (based on Number and quality of direct an integrated direct an integrated process for competence to respond to Preliminary results demand via the Access to Justice process of in/formal improving access to justice is family/juvenile issues. Up to two PICs in at least one PIC Responsive Fund) Plans; quality of justice services. being addressed in Tuvalu with better addressing about: strengthened enabling the toolkit and number of Implementation of activities in two There is disharmony the development of an Access to broader justice planning for integration of justice PICs it is PICs is being scheduled for early between in/formal Justice plan. From this needs, and up to improving services; improved implemented in; 2014 to address priority issues justice systems in the experience, a toolkit of resources Access to five PICs accessibility of competence to perceived TA and broader justice needs - in region was developed and made Justice Plan. responding more justice and respond to family / improvements in one PIC through the Enabling available to all PICs enabling 2012 Baseline: competently to improved juvenile issues and competence to Rights Project and in one PIC them to improve access to justice. Judicial officers are family/ juvenile competence to other priority issues respond to family through the Public Information There continues to be not aware of and/ or justice issues manage family/ and improvements in violence, youth justice Project. disharmony between in/formal not appropriately juvenile cases public awareness of and other priority There is scope for additional justice systems in the region, but responding to family rights/remedies and in justice needs. Access to Justice activities and this is being addressed with the violence and juvenile judicial responses to support at the request of Tuvalu pilot and there is justice issues which priority justice needs. individual PICs through the opportunity to address it in all are pervasive across Responsive Fund mechanism. PICs with the Access to Justice the region. A poor Toolkit that was disseminated. response to these issues undermines appropriate access to
of needs-based training and provision of resources. 1.0 Access to Justice Up to two PICs better addressing broader justice needs, and up to five PICs responding more competently to family/ juvenile justice issues Preliminary results in at least one PIC about: strengthened planning for improving accessibility of justice and improved competence to manage family/ juvenile cases Inadequate data about informal justice service providers (and low levels of know-how) to enable judicial leadership to assess, plan and direct an integrated process of in/formal justice services. There is disharmony between in/formal justice systems in the region 2012 Baseline: Judicial officers are not aware of and/ or not appropriately responding to family violence and juvenile justice issues which are pervasive across the region. A poor response to these issues undermines appropriate access to Data is known about informal justice service providers in three PICs but otherwise, low levels of know-how to enable judicial leadership to assess, plan and direct an integrated process for improving access to justice is being addressed in Tuvalu with the development of an Access to Justice plan. From this experience, a toolkit of resources was developed and made available to all PICs enabling them to improve access to justice. There continues to be disharmony between in/formal justice systems in the region, but this is being addressed with the Tuvalu pilot and there is opportunity to address it in all PICs with the Access to Justice Toolkit that was disseminated. Three PICs have been recipients of workshops and/or monitoring visits to improve their competence to respond to family/juvenile issues. Implementation of activities in two PICs is being scheduled for early 2014 to address priority issues and broader justice needs - in one PIC through the Enabling Rights Project and in one PIC through the Public Information Project. There is scope for additional Access to Justice activities and support at the request of individual PICs through the Responsive Fund mechanism. Access to Justice plan developed in selected PICs (based on demand via the Responsive Fund) enabling the integration of justice services; improved competence to respond to family / juvenile issues and other priority issues and improvements in public awareness of rights/remedies and in judicial responses to priority justice needs. Number and quality of Access to Justice Plans; quality of toolkit and number of PICs it is implemented in; perceived improvements in competence to respond to family violence, youth justice and other priority justice needs. Access to Justice Plan. TA
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