Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists

Judicial Reform

The Judicial Reform Programme works to promote an independent and accountable judiciary in Kenya and the region. It builds capacities through judicial training, trial observation and court monitoring, and provision of legal resources such as texts of international treaties, amicus briefs and opinions.

Judiciaries in the eastern Africa region meet consistent claims of poor service delivery and corruption.

They frequently fail ICJ Indicators for a Fair and Independent Judiciary, for instance in being unable to ensure that:

Political and economic elite are taken to trial for corruption related offences such as bribery, embezzlement, electoral fraud and violence amongst others;
Judicial review promotes good governance;
There is adequate funding for the Judiciary;
Public have easy access to quality information on the Judicial processes.

ICJ Kenya has a focused media strategy to ensure interest groups and individuals have access to quality information that will leverage effective demand for judicial reform. Social science techniques are in use to carry out stakeholder analyses and measure perceptions. The media strategy and other specialized links are effected through a Public Perceptions Index and Links for Action Project under this Programme.

Background

The overall objective of this action is to reduce the prevalence of torture through effective medical documentation and rehabilitation, advocacy, law and policy reform, research and capacity building of health care providers and lawyers. This is a project that will be implemented in partnership with the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) for a period of 24 months beginning February 2009. Some of the activities to be implemented by the project will include

To conduct a policy and legislative advocacy
To conduct training of 200 health care and legal professionals
To conduct advocacy and awareness
To collect and package data to inform prevention and rehabilitation activities
Production of a case Digest

Judicial Reform

Dr. G. Kanyeihamba,Chairman of the Advisory Panel handing over the Panel's report to Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, Chairman of the C.K.R.C.

Because ICJ Kenya helps in policy formulation of judicial reform goals, we have been strongly involved in the ongoing constitutional reform. Our involvement is as a facilitator of development, promotion and rational discussion of constitutional measures required to establish an independent and accountable judiciary that protects human rights and the rule of law.

ICJ Kenya recently collaborated with the Constitution Review Commission of Kenya to help develop an expert opinion of a panel of commonwealth jurists on judicial reform.

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September
26.09. 2010 - 28.09. 2010	International Criminal Justice Sensitization Workshop Kampala International Criminal Justice sensitization workshop, Kampala
November
30.11. 2010 - 03.12. 2010	Annual Jurists Conference

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May 2010 Issue of the Jurist E-Bulletin - a publication of ICJ Kenya

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