Commitment
Provide technical expertise, training and sensitisation to legal aid lawyers
TOPIC: Access to Justice
Source
SAP
Reference
NSAP 2019-2023: Good Governance, Section 5.1: Rule of Law and Judicial Reform Policy 4: Promote Access to Justice and Expedite Delivery of Justice, Subsection 4.1(b).
Date Updated
Mar 30, 2023
0
Partially Realized
Mechanism for Realization
No data on the technical expertise, training and sensitisation to legal aid lawyers, provided by the Legal Aid Entity during the NSAP period. The Bar Council of the Maldives (BCM), listed as ‘other implementing agency’ [NSAP 2019-2023], conducted technical expertise training and sensitisation to legal aid lawyers. Between 2020 and 2022, BCM conducted several workshops with the Max Planck Foundation for Rule of Law and International Peace. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Maldives Police Service (MPS), Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services (MoGFSS), and other Government stakeholders and leading civil society groups partnered with the BCM to deliver the training and sensitisation workshops.
Budget
State Budget (salaried staff to implement actions) & International Donor Funding
50%
Realization
Political Process Monitoring Report on Access to Justice after NSAP 2019-2023 Reforms (ERI, April 2023)

NSAP 2019-2023 acknowledges that a lack of necessary laws, shortfalls in existing legislation hinders the effectiveness of State institutions in the Maldives. Furthermore, limitations of the legal system, independence and accountability of the judiciary, lack of transparency and effectiveness of the JSC, lack of public trust in the judiciary system, dissatisfaction with the courts, judges and magistrates due to lack of competence, allegations of corruption, unfair/unjust decision-making, unavailability of lawyers, have severe implications on the delivery of justice in the Maldives. [at 366, NSAP 2019-2023].

The sub-sector, therefore, proposed to address the challenges to Access to Justice through legal and judicial reforms, and committed to providing technical expertise, training and sensitisation to legal aid lawyers.

Related Publications
SAP – Strategic Action Plan 2019 – 2023
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