[{"bbox": [83, 136, 701, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lawyers and National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO)"}, {"bbox": [83, 165, 1145, 309], "category": "Text", "text": "Lawyers could have an important role in participating to case management mechanisms to ensure that most important cases are given priorities and minor cases are dealt with by simplified procedures, by the informal justice system (including Village Courts), or ADRs. They could also be involved in providing trainings. The National Legal Aid Services Organisation, set up by the Government to provide legal aid services, will be instrumental to further expand legal aid services."}, {"bbox": [83, 338, 592, 364], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Case Coordination Committees at the district level"}, {"bbox": [83, 365, 1145, 540], "category": "Text", "text": "According to the 8th FYP, the introduction of Case Coordination Committees at district level has succeeded in bringing together key justice system actors on a regular basis to address local problems related to prison overcrowding and case congestion. Along with Police and Magistrates, they play an important role in joining up the justice system to ensure each service provider talks to the others and avoid operating in siloes. Therefore, they could provide a model for extending case coordination committees and best practices to deal with backlogs."}, {"bbox": [83, 570, 519, 597], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## NGOs representing rights of rights-holders"}, {"bbox": [83, 599, 1145, 743], "category": "Text", "text": "NGOs could play an important role by participating in case management mechanisms to formulate practices that ensure the respect of the right to access courts in particular for the most vulnerable people. Their involvement in monitoring progress in case management mechanism would therefore be important. Moreover, they will have an important role to play in providing legal aid (including through paralegals), in particular to people in pre-trial detention."}, {"bbox": [83, 773, 225, 800], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Right-holders"}, {"bbox": [83, 801, 1145, 941], "category": "Text", "text": "The whole population of Bangladesh would ultimately benefit from a more efficient justice system. In particular, people in pre-trial detention could have their cases assessed more timely and therefore enjoy a strengthened right to freedom. Moreover, through a focus on improving efficiency of Nari O Shishu Courts (courts dealing with women and children rights), women and children could enjoy a strengthened right to access to court."}, {"bbox": [73, 973, 578, 1005], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [87, 1035, 493, 1066], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1. Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [83, 1080, 1135, 1108], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to promote Rule of Law and human rights in Bangladesh."}, {"bbox": [83, 1138, 540, 1167], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The Specific Objectives of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [100, 1183, 1145, 1241], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1. Specific Objective/Outcome 1 - for component 1 ('strengthening and scaling up Village Courts countrywide'):"}, {"bbox": [157, 1254, 1145, 1313], "category": "List-item", "text": "Increased utilisation of local justice services by indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, women, people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups"}, {"bbox": [100, 1328, 1145, 1386], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2. Specific Objective/Outcome 2 - for component 1 ('strengthening and scaling up Village Courts countrywide'):"}, {"bbox": [157, 1399, 1145, 1456], "category": "List-item", "text": "Improved and extended local justice services, including legal services and legal aid, in compliance with human rights standards;"}, {"bbox": [100, 1473, 1145, 1531], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3. Specific Objective/Outcome 3 - for component 2 ('the reduction of case backlog in the formal judicial system'):"}, {"bbox": [157, 1544, 1145, 1601], "category": "List-item", "text": "More efficient formal criminal justice system to the benefit of citizens, including vulnerable people, in full respect with the fundamental rights to access to justice and to a fair trial"}, {"bbox": [1040, 1663, 1158, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 27"}]