[{"bbox": [130, 153, 428, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.5. The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [96, 212, 1162, 410], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action intends to improve the overall justice system, consolidate reconciliation, with a support to civil society voices for accountability. Addressing gaps in these areas could accelerate poverty reduction and socio economic development. Three specific objectives will be pursued in an integrated manner: a) improving the justice service delivery; b) consolidation of peace and unity through reconciliation and rehabilitation; and c) creation of an environment for enhancing citizens' voice, by strengthening advisory capacity of CSOs. These interventions will be fully aligned with the Government's priorities and will complement each other to tackle the multifaceted issues of governance and rule of law."}, {"bbox": [96, 423, 1162, 824], "category": "Text", "text": "The key lesson which may be applied from previous governance and rule of law programmes is the need for a comprehensive approach and Rwandan ownership. While Judicial policies initially focused on building the capacity of Justice actors, providing a favourable environment to access to justice and basic service delivery –both on criminal and civil cases–, there is currently a need to further strengthen capacities in the Justice system, also by alleviating cooperation gaps between the main actors, as described above. Digitalisation of the Justice system will be further supported as a means to accessibility and service delivery. A roadmap to that effect should be drafted at the inception of the project in consultation with JRLOS actors, taking into consideration a cost-benefit analysis as well as issues of data protection. In order to ensure capacity building sustainability, the action will work through the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD). ILPD provides the academic education for judges, investigators, prosecutors, lawyers, bailiffs to enhance and update legal professionals knowledge and practices. As far as criminal justice is concerned, there is a need to reinforce the professionalism and specialization of the prosecution capacity. A number of challenges appear also at the Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), thus through a Twinning component involving EU Member States counterpart bodies, the action aims at boosting the capacity of these two key agencies in their mandate of prevention, detection and investigation."}, {"bbox": [96, 837, 1162, 1093], "category": "Text", "text": "As far as Access to Justice is concerned, the intervention seeks to continue working with the Government and MAJ that have spearheaded legal aid to indigents, mediation to parties, and assisted litigants to access the judicial system where needed. As a model of traditional dispute resolution mechanism, the Abunzi committees should be further supported as they have demonstrated a certain capacity to reduce the backlog of cases in the judicial system, contributing also to conflict prevention at community level. The intervention will also seek to support the work of legal aid providers (CSOs and Rwanda Bar Association) where better coordination with government is required. The Ministry of Justice will be supported in improving legal aid policy. The intervention will support implementation of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy as a concrete means to avoid the judicialization of grievances, and overwhelming of the Judicial system."}, {"bbox": [96, 1106, 1162, 1250], "category": "Text", "text": "Regarding reconciliation and rehabilitation support, the focus relates to consolidation of peace through social and economic reintegration. A less visible but key aspect of peace-building and reconciliation is the interconnection made in prisons, between healing efforts, reconciliation processes (psychosocial support) and reintegration. In this regard, those processes are interrelated and highlight the relevance of taking them into account concurrently through coordinated approaches between government institutions and civil society organisations."}, {"bbox": [96, 1263, 1162, 1459], "category": "Text", "text": "The Theory of Change underpinning the action under the Voice and Accountability component ensures that mobilization of citizens furthers State accountability. The action will focus on enhancing civil society's role strengthening their ability to empower citizens' ability to request better service delivery. Acting alone, citizens often do not exert enough pressure to achieve and sustain the desired changes by local authorities. CSOs will therefore work as interlocutors, together with citizens, engaging with State actors. The action will capacitate CSOs to generate the necessary information to empower citizens to express their views effectively and hold their authorities accountable."}, {"bbox": [1015, 1654, 1143, 1681], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 25"}]