1. Project Title:  Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Regional Programme for Eastern Africa

Project Duration: 01/09/ 2016 - 31/12/2021

Project Description: The programme seeks to strengthen the rule of law through the prevention of crime and promotion of effective, fair, humane and accountable criminal justice systems by providing countries with expertise and advice to develop effective and responsible crime prevention strategies and policies and to build the capacity of their criminal justice systems to operate more effectively within the framework of the rule of law, while promoting human rights and protecting vulnerable groups. In the spirit of Paris Declaration principles on aid effectiveness (2005) and Accra Agenda for Action (2008), the Programme has continued to promote partner countries' ownership through the alignment of its initiatives with national policies and priorities that can be effectively coordinated with other multilateral development Agencies and support mutual accountability for results. In respect to this effort, other Comprehensive Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programmes and or Projects have been designed and adopted at the National Level through the initiatives of this project. E.g. Criminal Justice Programme in Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda, and Police Reforms Programme in Kenya.

2. Project Title:  Criminal Justice - National Integrated Programme for Ethiopia

Duration: 04/04/13- 31/12/17

Project Description: The project which falls under sub-programme II on criminal justice and integrity of the National Integrated Programme for Ethiopia (NPE) seeks to strengthen the rule of law through the prevention of crime and the promotion of a fair, humane and accountable criminal justice system. To do this, UNODC is assisting and providing expertise to the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in developing an effective and responsible National Crime Prevention Strategy and Action Plan as well as a National Legal Aid Strategy, and to build the capacity of their criminal justice systems to operate more effectively within the framework of the rule of law, while promoting human rights and protecting vulnerable groups.

3. Project Title:   The Police Reform Programme in Kenya

Duration: 14/10/2013 - 31/12/2017

Project Description: This programme aims at providing support to the Government of Kenya (GoK) in the implementation of its Police Reform Programme (2015-18). The UNODC Police Reform Programme seeks to transform the National Police Service (NPS) into an effective, efficient, accountable and trusted institution for Kenyans. The Police Reform Programme has one objective, which are to support the Government of Kenya in its efforts to transform the National Police Service (NPS) into an effective, efficient and trusted security agency for Kenyans in line with the 2010 Constitution. The Programme is designed to accomplish this objective through addressing three outcome areas: (i) empowering and sustaining institutional structures for Policing Services established at national level; (ii) enhancing professionalism, integrity and accountability of the NPS, and (iii) strengthening the operational capacities of the NPS. The police sector institutions in receipt of this support include: the NPS, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) and Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).

4. Project Title: Somalia Joint Rule of Law Programme

Project Duration: 1/07/2015 - 31/12/2017

UNODC Criminal Justice Program is part of the UN Somalia Rule of Law Programme (SOROLP) which was developed as the UN response to the Rule of Law elements of the Somalia Compact (2014-2016), endorsed on 16 September 2013, and extended to 31 December 2017. The Compact provides for the establishment of the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility (SDRF) to serve as a mechanism for the FGS to oversee and guide the diverse activities of its assistance partners, including the alignment of resources behind the identified priorities in the Compact and ensure follow-up on and monitoring of their delivery. In response to this structure, nine UN agencies have come together to develop the UN Joint Programme (JRoL) on Rule of Law in Somalia. This programme represents an unprecedented level of cooperation and coordination between the main UN agencies supporting Rule of Law in Somalia. The overall objective of this programme is to provide technical support to the Government of Somalia and Somaliland in implementing institutional reforms in its criminal justice sector both at central and regional level in accordance with UN Conventions, and international standards and norms.

Under the JRoL UNODC Criminal Justice Program activities are encompassed in the Peace and State Building Goals related to establishing a unified, capable, accountable rights bases Somali Federal security institutions providing basic safety and security for its citizens (PSG2) and establishing independent accountable and efficient justice institutions capable of addressing the justice needs of the people of Somalia by delivering justice for all (PSG3). Criminal justice institutions in receipt of support include: Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Judiciary, Attorney General's Office and the Police Force. The programme is funded by the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) under the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Fund (SDRF), Under the Programme UNODC has achieved the following:

Training for Prosecutors

UNODC launched a training program for newly recruited Somali public prosecutors. The training was conducted in Somali language, which afforded many public prosecutors the opportunity to learn legal terminologies in their working language. UNODC will continue to provide technical support to the Government of Somalia and Somaliland build capacity of prosecutors in both Somalia and Somaliland in accordance with UN Conventions, and international standards and norms.