[{"bbox": [87, 153, 403, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2 Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [96, 198, 1135, 332], "category": "Text", "text": "The Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya (PLEAD) commenced in December 2017 after a highly contested presidential election. The Programme focused on coordination and increasing efficiency within the criminal justice system, as well as the use of alternatives to imprisonment and access to legal aid. These measures aimed to decongest prisons, enhance security and empower the citizens, especially those living in poor and marginalized situations."}, {"bbox": [96, 343, 1135, 478], "category": "Text", "text": "PLEAD has initiated transformative criminal justice reforms in Kenya, and continues to receive strong government buy-in. It has also established the EU as a credible voice and key partner to Kenya in the Justice sector. Accordingly, the present action is based on the achievements and lessons learnt from PLEAD, and while securing EU's position in the sector, it will put stronger emphasis on the fight against corruption and on digital technologies for improved access to and delivery of justice."}, {"bbox": [96, 488, 1135, 725], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will continue and expand some previous PLEAD interventions, such as improving coordination between the criminal justice institutions and case management automation interventions. Such interventions aim at strengthening capacities to decongest overburdened courts and reduce pre-trial detention. It will also focus on increased access to justice for groups in vulnerable situations, including some women, people with disabilities and children and juveniles. The action acknowledges the pluralistic nature of the Kenyan legal system and will thus seek to support alternative justice systems (AJS) with the aim to increase access to justice and protect the human rights of all, in particular those living in vulnerable situations. Furthermore, the action will cover seven additional counties (Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Meru, Migori, Narok and Kericho) which have high backlog and AJS role out."}, {"bbox": [96, 739, 1135, 901], "category": "Text", "text": "Criminal justice reform is not comprehensive without addressing corruption, specifically since corruption undermines the ability of the system to deliver its mandate. The endemic nature of corruption, including within the criminal justice system, necessitates the inclusion of anti-corruption as a central element in the action, and integrity as a cross-cutting theme. By strengthening the capacities of relevant institutions to more effectively address corruption, the action will also contribute to increasing the security of all rights-holders in Kenya through good governance and the rule of law, while enabling poverty alleviation and economic development."}, {"bbox": [96, 911, 1135, 1073], "category": "Text", "text": "On the basis of a chain-approach, where the criminal justice chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the action will therefore cover the justice chain from the entry of a case to its conclusion. This will allow for the support of measures that are designed around the case flow in its entirety to eliminate bottlenecks and provide for stronger safeguards in terms of the human rights of individual offenders and victims. The intervention will be guided by human rights standards, norms and principles and in particular the right to access fair and effective justice and due process rights, women's rights, child rights and the rights of those in detention."}, {"bbox": [96, 1082, 1135, 1270], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention logic is that by supporting the Government of Kenya fight corruption and to improve the administration and accessibility of justice through increased efficiency with greater use of technology and case management, increased use of alternatives to imprisonment and improvement of rehabilitation programmes under both non-custodial and custodial measures, improved access to justice with a special emphasis on groups in vulnerable situations, including some women, children and persons with disabilities; the criminal justice system in a stronger and independent position to administer and effectively deliver justice for the benefits of all rights-holders in Kenya, thus reducing insecurity."}, {"bbox": [87, 1297, 323, 1329], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [87, 1363, 234, 1390], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1421, 1135, 1582], "category": "Text", "text": "Corruption is arguably the most significant challenge to achieve sustainable development in Kenya, as it is a key reason for economic underperformance and a major obstacle to poverty alleviation. It affects inclusive growth, the protection of fundamental rights to liberty and security, equal access to public services, fair trial guarantee, the right to equality before the courts (particularly for women and persons in vulnerable situations, including people with disabilities) and the effectiveness of poverty reduction programmes. It discourages foreign investment and may facilitate organised crime while reinforcing state fragility and increasing the likelihood of conflict."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 33"}]