USAID’s Promoting usaid_guide_justice_sector best practices_region_and_globally the Rule of Law Project (PRLP) is building local knowledge of modern justice sector practices to enable civil society organizations understand Myanmar’s justice sector challenges and propose achievable reforms. To help guide this process PRLP surveyed justice sector standards and best practices worldwide and compiled the reposnapshot_12.14_photort, Justice Sector Best Practices in the Asia Region and Globally, organized around five pillars of an effective justice sector.
The report was put to use this October when a cross-section of stakeholders including lawyers, retired judges, CSO leaders, human rights activists, media, and legal representatives from businesses such as Telenor and KBZ Bank met at a Justice Sector Modernization Consultation Meeting. The 30 participants spent the day evaluating Myanmar’s justice sector in fields including access to justice, judicial transparency and accountability, and Myanmar’s human rights framework. The result is an informed and emerging platform for justice sector reform driven by civil society. “Complex concepts tend to sink in better when people actively analyze for themselves problems and solutions,” commented Jason Schwarz, PRLP Deputy Chief of Party. “The analysis requires some effort, but it pays off as people become more engaged and actively involved in the reform process.”