UNDP India

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UNDP India steps towards A2J Programming
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A2J projects in India

• Study of A2J barriers from the perspective of the
  disadvantaged groups
• District Court Project Research into issues
  affecting justice for dis. groups involved in
  cases through district courts
• Legal Empowerment Project
• Large A2J Programme 1) Formal Courts, 2)
  Informal Courts, 3) Criminal Justice Actors, 4)
  Legal Aid Services, 5) Legal Empowerment.

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Perspectives of vulnerable groups

• Study on A2J barriers showed that different
  groups experience different barriers and use
  different strategies to overcome them.
• In Legal Awareness Project (Community Radio), the
  stakeholders define the concrete HR issues to be
  covered.
• In District Court project, the views of
  litigants experience of the court process (and
  outcome) will be collected.

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Perspectives of vulnerable groups

• Large A2J programme (3-5 years)
• Mapping of dis. groups
• Mapping of specific A2J barriers from the
  perspective of dis. Groups in project areas
• Capacity assessment of claim holders/duty bearers
• Collection of disaggregated data
• Large scale consultations to ensure ownership

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Perspectives of vulnerable groups

• Challenges
• Coverage of perspectives - Very time consuming
• Getting the vulnerable groups to speak up
• - need local people to conduct the interviews
• Raise expectations need to start
  implementation quickly

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Participation

• Legal Empowerment Project
• Stakeholders will be involved in defining focus
  of radio programmes
• Capacity of stakeholders will be built to report
  on grievances in the community to be taken up in
  interactive radio programmes
• Capacity of CSOs will be build to provide basic
  legal counseling

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Participation

• Large A2J Programme
• National level consultation has taken place
  NGO participation
• Participation of vulnerable groups is built into
  the strategy of the Justice Diagnosis

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Participation

• Challenges
• Programme development takes place before funds
  are available
• Too strong reliance on NGOs
• Strong independent judiciary control the process

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Ownership

• Heavy Implementation Modality
• Stakeholder consultations early in formulation
  stage
• Consultation with high levels of the judiciary
  Chief Justice of India

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Capacity of claim holders duty bearers

• Legal Empowerment Project Interactive Radio
  Programmes
• District Court Project Lessons learned will
  feed into curriculum of National Judicial Academy
  (training of judges)
• Large A2J Programme Holistic approach including
  all justice actors in limited geographical areas