[{"bbox": [80, 111, 1165, 619], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action should balance alignment with Government priorities and the need to promote EU fundamental values. Accordingly, the Action will not only support the ongoing legal and judicial reform but will aim at promoting a comprehensive reform of the justice sector. This Action will achieve these goals through the following **strategies for institution-building** completion of the legal framework in line with international standards, strengthening the capacity of relevant duty bearers to deliver justice, developing alternative dispute resolution mechanisms when appropriate and modernising the justice system by automation the processes (e-justice). In addition, it will help provide oversight mechanisms to strengthen accountability and integrity of the justice sector and ensure respect for people's fundamental rights. **A people-centred approach** will be adopted by empowering the people living in the most vulnerable situations with information, skills, and opportunities: for rights holders to be aware of their rights, access and utilise those (non-state institutions for claiming a right, obtaining redress for a grievance, or settling a dispute. **The gender-equality and human rights-based approach.** Gender mainstreaming will be fully adapted in the design and implementation of the Action. To this end, mainstreaming access to justice activities into women's legal and economic empowerment by protecting their access to land and legal aid for ethnic minority women and access to justice and services for victims of gender-based violence (GBV). Budgeting for the justice sector could also focus on poorer districts and the creation of facilities and programmes which can ensure women's access to justice (e.g., family courts, domestic violence courts, land courts and integrated victim support units)²⁴. Human rights are one of the key result areas of the Action, and the right-based approach will be strengthened through the promotion of support in human rights education, as well as continuous engagement with duty-bearers on the progress made in the implementation of Viet Nam's obligation under UN Human Rights mechanisms, such as the UN Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review."}, {"bbox": [80, 643, 1165, 778], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will build on the previous EU programmes to i) support the completion of the Legal Framework in compliance with international standards and good practices; ii) strengthen inclusive access to an independent and reliable justice; iii) strengthen legal and human rights education and capacity building, and iv) reinforce the implementation of international commitments through improving domestic law and monitoring of Viet Nam's obligations under UN Human Rights mechanisms more effectively."}, {"bbox": [80, 802, 954, 831], "category": "Text", "text": "There are five intervention areas (or themes) associated with the eight outputs outcomes above:"}, {"bbox": [80, 855, 786, 883], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1. Access to Justice and Rule of Law Reforms (Outputs 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4)"}, {"bbox": [80, 883, 1165, 1150], "category": "Text", "text": "Action strikes the right balance between the priorities of the government, the needs of the people living in the most vulnerable of situations, and the fundamental values of the European Union. The Vietnamese Constitution guarantees the protection of human rights, however the extensive domestic legislation curtails human rights in compliance with \"the policies and interests of the State\". Moreover the judiciary cannot function independently as constitutional arrangements intended. To achieve this aim, within this thematic, necessary support will be provided to ensure that reform of the legal and justice systems is provided from the standpoint of human rights and that no one is left behind. Within this outcome, the Action will support: 1) the completion of the legal framework reforms focused on compliance with international standards; development of an inclusive, effective, and quality legal aid; 2) alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including environmental disputes; 3) reinforcement of the rights of the accused and adversarial procedures, 4) strengthening oversight mechanisms, and 5) reinforced judicial integrity."}, {"bbox": [80, 1174, 774, 1201], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2. The modernisation of the administration of justice services. (Output 1.3.)"}, {"bbox": [80, 1201, 1165, 1441], "category": "Text", "text": "This Component focuses on strengthening the capacity of relevant duty bearers to deliver justice effectively through improved public administration processes in the Supreme Court, MOJ and SPP. Within this component, Action will extend the support for digital transformation²⁵ to ensure that relevant normative acts and standard operating procedures (SoPs) are available to provide more accountable, transparent, accessible, and efficient public services are provided to the beneficiaries. Following **strategies for institution-building** completion of the legal framework in line with international standards, developing specialised courts, enforcement of judicial decisions and modernising the justice system by automating the processes (e-justice) will be implemented in this thematic. This thematic will be delivered through a Joint implementation approach that builds on the experience and expertise of Team Europe to support sectoral activities that achieve results in line with beneficiaries' development priorities."}, {"bbox": [80, 1465, 950, 1493], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3. Comprehensive support for developing the Child Justice and diversion system. (Output 1.4)"}, {"bbox": [100, 1600, 1148, 1668], "category": "Footnote", "text": "25 Digital Transformation describes the cultural change in systems and institutions using digital technology. Digital transformation includes user-centered design and technologies that allow people to work differently. Digital transformation facilitates shifts in legal culture and processes towards more accountability, transparency, and accessibility. Source: UNDP."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1666, 1159, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 27"}]