[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1147, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "country's high fertility rates and early childbearing, gender-based violence, women's unequal assessment to public services and low enjoyment of fundamental rights reflect serious inequalities."}, {"bbox": [97, 218, 1147, 352], "category": "Text", "text": "The stakeholders consulted during formulation were unanimous on the need to deepen the work initiated with EU support. In addition, the above-mentioned recent evaluation by ESAAMLG concluded that Angola has complied with a significant number of the recommendations to strengthen the system, but its effectiveness was negative. If the issues detected are not addressed up to June 2024, Angola risks being grey listed affecting its reputation and the impact on its economic development is expected to be important."}, {"bbox": [97, 363, 1147, 417], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the MIP, the Action aims to support the strengthening of institutions to enhance a transparent, inclusive and accountable justice system and to strengthen the Rule of Law."}, {"bbox": [85, 444, 339, 475], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [97, 490, 332, 517], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Short problem analysis:"}, {"bbox": [97, 529, 1133, 689], "category": "Text", "text": "The justice system faces significant challenges linked to weak institutional capacity, an obsolete administration, outdated operating procedures, manual case management, and weak inter-service coordination. This hinders its systematic and efficient operation, and results in lengthy judicial procedures and negatively impacts the State's judiciary capacity to provide legal certainty to the overall population. Lack of transparency and efficiency hamper the justice system ability to fulfil its mission in accordance with the values of democracy and fundamental rights, and under the control of independent and impartial courts."}, {"bbox": [97, 700, 1133, 858], "category": "Text", "text": "To make justice accessible to the citizens and regain their trust, during consultations stakeholders, including civil society, highlighted the need to continue the legislative reform, to reinforce the conditions of the courts, to promote decentralisation, to continue training magistrates, but also judicial officials, technical and administrative personnel both in terms of the new legislation, technical skills, and digital literacy. In addition, the Superior Council of the Judiciary highlighted the need to digitalise the justice system to improve case management and contribute to the consolidation of statistical information."}, {"bbox": [134, 872, 582, 900], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### I. Capacity building and legal system reform"}, {"bbox": [97, 911, 1133, 1178], "category": "Text", "text": "To build on the gains achieved so far and to address the citizens' lack of trust in justice, Angola requires assistance to continue implementing the justice sector reforms by improving the conditions of the existing courts with the introduction of modernised case management and Information Technology (IT) tools, by creating new courts of appeal (second instance), courts of first instance in the provinces, and specialised courts. These reforms should be undertaken with a people-centred approach, considering that the final recipients of the Action are the citizens and that their needs and concerns in relation to the justice system should be central in this process. In this regard, special attention will need to be given to the specific needs of people in a vulnerable situation such as women and girls victims of gender and sexual violence (32% of women above 15 years old were victim of physical violence (according to data from the 2015-2016 Inquérito de Indicadores Múltiplos e de Saúde Angola), elderly people, those living in rural areas and, in general, marginalised groups¹⁶."}, {"bbox": [97, 1189, 1133, 1323], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will address the need to draft and implement legislation to modernise the judicial system, according to international standards and recommendations, a support to crime deterrence, to enable international cooperation in combating corruption, money laundering, asset recovery and organised crime, to encourage Angola's formal adherence to international guidelines and instruments to combat tax evasion and promote the introduction of effective mechanisms to guarantee the legality and transparency of public procedures."}, {"bbox": [97, 1334, 1133, 1520], "category": "Text", "text": "Capacity building is one of the main foundations of the Action, including both basic and specialised training for justice officials (technical staff) who have had so far very limited training. Working with the Ministry of Justice, responsible for the training of justice officials, the Superior Council of the Judiciary (Conselho Superior da Magistratura), responsible for the training of magistrates, and the training centre at the National Institute of Judicial Studies (Instituto Nacional de Estudos Judiciários - INEJ) for magistrates and justice officials, curricula and manuals will be developed and trainings, capacity building and pedagogical support will be provided, in accordance with best practices and international recommendations."}, {"bbox": [85, 1601, 1142, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ The lack of capacity-building programmes for actors involved in traditional conflict resolution mechanism and the limited oversight over their functions heightens the risk of such institutions perpetuating discriminatory gender stereotypes and harmful practices."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 24"}]