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UNDP’s Access to Justice, Security and Human Rights Programme works to enable all members of society to experience peace and security, enjoy their human rights and actively fulfil their societal roles through the realisation of access to justice, rule of law, human rights, and security. This work prioritises people and states most impacted by the conflict, with a key focus on the most vulnerable members of society, such as women and girls, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) survivors, youth and the elderly, as well as internally displaced people (IDPs) and returnees. Equally and importantly, engagement includes both national and state levels, supporting national stakeholders in addressing drivers of conflict and building resilient communities.
A key characteristic of such vulnerable groups is the inability to access justice institutions capable of resolving disputes in an expedient and fair manner, without prejudice to the rights of any group. While engaging statutory and customary judicial bodies, central to such work is ensuring equality in access to fair and impartial justice for all. The urgent need for legal aid services has been identified country-wide in various fora – this ranges from legal representation, awareness of rights, effectively seeking redress for past abuses, psychosocial support along with support to manoeuvre referral paths for court representation and access to other identified needs. Dependable institutions allow for citizens to enjoy their rights and find stability in safe and secure surroundings.
Vulnerable populations are often left in precarious circumstances, without accessible pathways to claim their rights or seek justice, with high illiteracy rates and limited knowledge of laws and legal processes make it difficult for many to seek justice or recourse for abuses or to follow the status of their cases without legal aid. Without the support of legal aid, vulnerable populations are often unable to get justice in personal, family, property, or business disputes.
In 2022, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in partnership with UNDP contracted the Hague Instituted for Innovation of Law (HiiL) carried out a Justice Gap Assessment. The assessment established that every year, 1.75 million people in South Sudan face one or more legal problems. 60% of these problems relate to land disputes, domestic violence, and crime. 57% of them are completely or partially resolved mainly through traditional systems while 12.5% are perceived to be resolved unfairly. As such, South Sudan has an annual justice gap of almost 2 million unresolved legal problems which require people to have legal aid services.
Accordingly, UNDP, through the Access to Justice, Security and Human Rights Programme, and with support from the Government of the Netherlands, is engaging in supporting the provision of legal aid to vulnerable groups and establish referral paths. In this call for proposals, UNDP is seeking competent and reputable registered organisations (including CSOs, NGOs, CBOs, etc.) to establish Justice and Confidence Centers (JCC) in one the following locations where they have a presence: Central Equatoria, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Western Bahr El Ghazal, Eastern Equatoria, Western Equatoria, Upper Nile, Warrap, Lakes, Unity and Jonglei States, and Greater Pibor Administrative area, Ruweng Administrative Area and Abyei Administrative Area.
The main objective of the grant is to identify national organizations – whether civil society organizations (CSO), national non-governmental organizations (NNGO) community-based organizations (CBO), or the like – with operational presence and capacities in one of the states and Administrative Areas– Central Equatoria, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Western Bahr El Ghazal, Eastern Equatoria, Western Equatoria, Upper Nile, Warrap, Unity, Lakes Jonglei, Greater Pibor Administrative area, Ruweng Administrative Area and Abyei Administrative Area. – to:
The organizations are encouraged to develop their own expected results based on their respective assessment of needs, issues, and challenges of vulnerable groups during the period of implementation. Expected results will include the following:
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