Quarterly Project Progress Report

JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN
AFGHANISTAN PROJECT
2015, 1
st
Quarterly Project Progress Report
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

DONORS
Denmark
Italy

Netherlands
Switzerland
UNDP

PROJECT INFORMATION




Project ID
00068012

Duration:
January 2013 – December 2015

Strategic Plan Component
Rule of Law

CPAP Component
Access to Justice, Human Rights

ANDS Component
Governance, Rule of Law, Human Rights

Total Project Budget
USD 34,402,039

Annual Budget 2014:
USD 6,466,530

Implementing Partner
UNDP

Responsible Agencies
Ministry of Justice, Supreme Court, Attorney General’s Office, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Afghanistan Independent Bar Association, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danish Institute of Human Rights, National Legal Training Centre Herat, UNDP

Chief Technical Advisor
Dr. Doel Mukerjee

Head of Rule of Law Unit
Dawn Del Rio

COVER PAGE: A young woman from Herat with her Legal Aid Grand Facility
(LAGF) lawyer. The 20-year-old was able to divorce her abusive husband because of assistance received through the LAGF. Credit: UNDP, January 2015.

ACRONYMS

AIBA Afghanistan Independent Bar Association
AIHRC Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
ASGP Afghanistan Sub-national Governance Project
AWP Annual Work Plan
CPC Criminal Procedure Code
CBDR
Community-based dispute resolution
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
CSO Civil society organization
EVAW Elimination of Violence against Women
FGDs Focus Group Discussions
FRU Family Response Unit
GBV gender-based violence
GIROA Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
HRSU Human Rights Support Unit
Huquq
MOJ Legal Affairs Department
LAGF Legal Aid Grant Facility ME Monitoring and Evaluation
MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MOI Ministry of Interior
MOJ Ministry of Justice
MOWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NLTC National Legal Training Centre
NPP National Priority Programme
NTA National Technical Assistant
PLAU Public Legal Awareness Unit
PPD
MOJ Planning and Policy Department
PSA Public Service Announcement
PSC Project Steering Committee
ROLIS Rule of Law Indicators Study
RNAP Recommendation National Action Plan
Shura

Community gathering
Taqnin
MOJ Institute for Legislative Drafting and Legal Research
TCC Technical Coordination Committee TOR Terms of Reference
UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan
UNCAT United Nations Convention against Torture
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UPR Universal Periodic Review