Promoting Peace and Justice (PPJ)
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Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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Description
The goal of the acceleration action is activate and support Legal Aid Committees at the District, Upazila, and Union Parishad levels and increase the visibility, public awareness, and community acceptance of government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system to resolve disputes and protect legal rights.
Objective of the actions are:
• Increasing the level of activation and coordination of the District, Upazila, and Union Parishad Legal Aid Committees within the target District.
• Increasing awareness of legal rights and responsibilities among mass people and acceptance of the use of formal justice system among communities.
Light House has been implementing the project in Bogura and Tangail district of Bangladesh where access to justice is difficult for most citizens. Formal justice institutions are complex and fraught with delays, resulting in low levels of acceptance especially within rural communities. To mitigate the problem relating judiciary and of providing residue to the victims of local acts, there are some institutionalized dispute resolution mechanisms available e.g. village courts, arbitration council and litigation through government legal aid provide by DLAC, UZLAC and UPLAC etc. But these are not mostly and properly functioning. On the other hand people not aware enough to claim their legal rights.
The project has identified specific strategies to address core problems. It has taken action on strengthen and make functional of existing legal aid committees under NLASO act 2000’s option such as -DLAC, UZLAC, UPLAC, as per gazette of same Light House is engaged in persuade for activation of LACs through forming, provide training and orientation, provide logistic support, monitoring meeting of LACs. Other strategies of the project are create awareness, disseminate information of government service, sensitization and advocacy, coordination among LACs and other stakeholders, social mobilization etc to ensure continue support poor and women friendly legal services for victim of human trafficking and unsafe migration, victim of acid throwing, poor and disabled persons of respective areas by case referral to formal court/DLAC through UPLAC and UZLAC.
While implementing PPJ activities, Light House will take measure to build capacity of LACs and community which ultimately strengthen the foundation for inclusive and accountable justice and equipping local beneficiaries to continue and follow up this work. Networking and interactive relation among Village Court, Arbitration Council, local administration, police department, ULAC, UPLAC, DLAC and various stakeholders will remain functional to support the victims of violence by rendering alternative disputes, mediation, arbitration to ensure justice and legal service.
Staffs are engaged to implement the project headed by a project coordinator. A senior management team (central management committee) consists of all departmental heads, project heads and senior officers headed by chief executive are working to oversee Program implementation.
It is anticipated that by implement the project
1. Legal awareness improved among the people of Tangail and Bogura district and effective use of legal aid services by the local litigant and stakeholders.
2. Justice provider act as pro-people, Justice delivery system will be expedited and disputes resolved speedily thus ensured increased access to justice for poor and vulnerable people.
3. All Legal Aid Committee (DLAC and UZLAC) are functioning properly and coordinated continue the legal aid support for the victims irrespective of caste, religion, power, color, wealth and minority groups by the end of the project
4. Increased visibility of Government legal aid services and awareness on legal literacy and have available information about the justice provision among the target people
SDGS & Targets
Goal 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
16.1
Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
16.1.1
16.1.2
16.1.3
Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months
16.1.4
Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live after dark
16.2
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
16.2.1
Proportion of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month
16.2.2
16.2.3
Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
16.3.1
Proportion of victims of (a) physical, (b) psychological and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms
16.3.2
16.3.3
Proportion of the population who have experienced a dispute in the past two years and who accessed a formal or informal dispute resolution mechanism, by type of mechanism
16.4
By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime
16.4.1
16.4.2
16.5
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
16.5.1
16.5.2
16.6
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels
16.6.1
16.6.2
Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services
16.7
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
16.7.1
Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
16.7.2
16.8
Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance
16.8.1
Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
16.9
By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
16.9.1
16.10
Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
16.10.1
16.10.2
16.a
Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
16.a.1
16.b
Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development
16.b.1
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