Program Structure

The Program supports activities with legal professional organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar and supports regional programming for these legal professional organizations to facilitate joint learning, exchange and the fostering of mutually supportive relationships.

The Program also brings together a broader range of justice sector stakeholders, including legal professional organizations, the judiciary, government and civil society organizations to work together to advance access to justice nationally and regionally.

Canadian Advisory Committee

A Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) with volunteer representatives from key stakeholders in the Canadian justice system (i.e. government representatives, judiciary, bar associations, law societies, etc. has been established to support the work of the National Working Groups and the Regional Advisory Group. The CAC members will work with stakeholders on an institution-to-institution and peer-to-peer basis to facilitate capacity building and model the collaborative approaches that are critical to effective and sustainable legal and judicial reform.
 
The current CAC members are:

• Justice Robert Blair, Ontario Court of Appeal
• Daphne Dumont, Barrister and Solicitor
• John D. McCamus, Chair of Legal Aid Ontario, B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M., L.S.M., F.R.S.C.
• Darrel Pink, Executive Director, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
• Jeffrey Schnoor, Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General, Manitoba Justice

National Working Groups

National Working Groups (NWGs) have been  established in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The NWGs membership includes representatives of key justice stakeholders in each partner country (i.e. bar associations, judiciaries, ministries of justice, etc).

The NWGs are responsible for selecting critical access to justice issues to be addressed and for designing and implementing a national strategy for addressing these issues. The NWG strategies will be designed to support the broader country legal and judicial reform agendas. 

With the support of the SAJEA Program Support Office, the NWGs will oversee the implementation of comparative research and consultations with stakeholder groups on the issue(s).

As a result of the research and consultations, the NWGs will develop recommendations related to policy, legislation, institutional reform, training, awareness programs and other strategies for improving access to justice.

Kenya NWG Members

• The CRADLE – The Children's Foundation
• Judiciary
• Kenya Law Reform Commission
• Law Society of Kenya
• Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs
• Children’s Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs (TBC)

Documents:

• Kenya NWG Workplan (.ppt)
• Kenya Law Reform Process (.ppt)
• Concept Paper (.doc)
   

Tanzania NWG Members

• Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG)
• Judiciary
• The Legal Aid Secretariat/Legal Aid Provider representative (TBC)
• Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
• Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS)
• Tanganyika Law Society
• Tanzania Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (TANOPHA)

Documents:

• Tanzania Workplan (.ppt)
• The Law Reforming Process by the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania (.doc)
• The East African Community HIV and AIDS Prevention and Management Bill, 2010 (.pdf)
• Summary of Creating Collaborative Alliances for Change: A Dynamic Resource for the Justice Community (.doc)
   

Uganda NWG Members

• Judiciary
• Justice, Law and Order Sector Reform (JLOS) Programme
• LASPNET
• Paralegal Advisory Services/ Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives
• Uganda Law Council, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
• Uganda Law Society

Documents:

• Update on the Ugandan Country Project (.ppt)
• Concept Paper (.doc)
• The Policy Formulation Process in Uganda (.ppt)