Grants and Contributions

The Justice Support Basket Fund is a 5-year multi-donor pooled fund led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to which Canada contributes. The project contributes to the fight against impunity in Haiti by strengthening the capacities of institutions and players in the judicial system, and by ensuring better coordination with the Haitian National Police (PNH) for investigations, prosecutions and judgments. As a starting point, the project proposes to strengthen the independence and integrity of judges and government commissioners. It also provides for the establishment of an international mentoring system for anti-gang, financial and gender-based violence units. This will help to speed up priority cases, as well as building the capacity of the judicial system at community level to improve access to justice.

This initiative aims to strengthen mechanisms to fight corruption and improve the rule of law in Honduras. To do so, it focuses on four main areas of action: preventing and combating corruption; reforming the Honduran criminal justice system; reforming the political and electoral system; and public security.

This project will develop training materials and tools for applying the comprehensive Methodology. It will provide dedicated support to local actors, namely oversight bodies and civil society organisations, in applying the Methodology in eight to ten target countries and support application in other countries through international trainings and follow-on assistance. Based on the results of applying the Methodology, the project will provide targeted interventions directly to the countries for improving implementation of RTI laws.

Project activities include the following: (1) building the capacity of the Office of the Auditor General of Mali (BVGM) to produce and disseminate audit reports that take gender equality into account; (2) providing support to the Ministry of Justice in its efforts to fight fraud and corruption; (3) building the capacity of civil society organizations, particularly women’s organizations, to use reports and recommendations from the BVGM and the Ministry of Justice to defend their rights and promote more responsible and inclusive governance.

The activities of the organization support justice related activities that respond to justice priorities particularly in the areas of: protecting victims of crime, in particular children who suffer sexual exploitation; human trafficking, especially women and children; helping to develop more cost effective and fair justice systems in Canada and abroad; promoting effective international cooperation in tackling transnational organized crime and corruption; and, mental health issues in the criminal justice system.

The activities of the organization support justice related activities that respond to the priorities of the Government and of the Department particularly in the areas of: protecting victims of crime, in particular children who suffer sexual exploitation; human trafficking, especially women and children; helping to develop more cost effective and fair justice systems in Canada and abroad; promoting effective international cooperation in tackling transnational organized crime and corruption; and mental health issues in the criminal justice system.

The activities of the organization support justice related activities that respond to the priorities of the Government and of the Department particularly in the areas of: protecting victims of crime, in particular children who suffer sexual exploitation; human trafficking, especially women and children; helping to develop more cost effective and fair justice systems in Canada and abroad; promoting effective international cooperation in tackling transnational organized crime and corruption; and, mental health issues in the criminal justice system.

The activities of the organization support justice related activities that respond to the priorities of the Government and of the Department particularly in the areas of: protecting victims of crime, in particular children who suffer sexual exploitation; human trafficking, especially women and children; helping to develop more cost effective and fair justice systems in Canada and abroad; promoting effective international cooperation in tackling transnational organized crime and corruption; and, mental health issues in the criminal justice system.