Afghanistan Report 2009 - Isaf - Nato
Afghanistan Report 2009 - Isaf - Nato
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<strong>Afghanistan</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
Rule of Law<br />
Italy, as <strong>Afghanistan</strong>’s partner nation for judicial reform,<br />
provided the impetus to improve coordination amongst<br />
all the key international partners by hosting a conference<br />
in Rome in 2007.<br />
RULE OF LAW<br />
The Rome Conference on the Rule of Law in<br />
<strong>Afghanistan</strong> resulted in the National Justice Programme<br />
(NJP) – a five-year reform programme that<br />
implements the vision outlined in the sector strategy.<br />
A total of 360 million USD was pledged during<br />
the conference. Recent developments include :<br />
• National Justice Sector Strategy and the<br />
National Justice Programme established in<br />
March 2008 ( within the framework of the Afghan<br />
Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) 12 );<br />
• The Office of the Attorney General and the<br />
Ministry of Interior (MoI) established a joint<br />
commission to draft guidelines for cooperation<br />
between police and prosecutors in the detection<br />
and investigation of crimes;<br />
• The number of registered lawyers in <strong>Afghanistan</strong><br />
tripled from 200 in 2007 to almost 600 in 2008<br />
with 130 being women;<br />
• UNAMA has deployed rule-of-law officers in<br />
each of its regional offices to help coordinate<br />
international support for the justice sector;<br />
Continuing challenges to progress include :<br />
• Chronic lack of resources;<br />
• Inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of<br />
qualified, experienced, educated and trained<br />
judges and prosecutors;<br />
• Inadequate legal infrastructure;<br />
• Implementation of pay and grade reforms<br />
has been slow and has impacted on the<br />
recruitment and retention of competent<br />
officers;<br />
• Corruption and intimidation by and of officials<br />
remain common;<br />
• Justice personnel vulnerable to influence<br />
and coercion, often lack adequate provisions<br />
to guarantee their personal security.<br />
(Source: UN SG <strong>Report</strong> to the Security Council,<br />
September 2008)<br />
• The Government enacted laws on terrorism,<br />
abduction and human trafficking and on the<br />
creation of the High Office of Oversight to<br />
combat corruption.<br />
12<br />
ARTF is a multi-donor Trust Fund administered by the World<br />
Bank and funded by 30 donors established in 2002.<br />
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