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Country : Guinea Bissau

Summary : FINAL EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE STRENGHTENING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROJECT

Deadline : 04 Feb 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 29729075

Document Ref. No. : 52574

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
House City Corniche Coleah Lansébounyi BP 222 Conakry Guinea Phone: (+224) 664 244 049
Guinea Bissau

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FINAL EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE STRENGHTENING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROJECT

Job ID/Title: FINAL EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE STRENGHTENING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROJECTDuty Station: Bissau, Guinea-BissauCategory: International ExpertAdditional Category: Brand: Type of Contract: Individual ContractCategory (eligible applicants): ExternalApplication Deadline: (Please allow at least one week) 04/02/2019 Languages required ArabicEnglish X French X Russian Spanish Chinese Portuguese X Other Starting date 04/03/2019Duration of Contract (cted Duration of Assignment 5 weeksOffice facilities Connection to the internet, building pass1. Background and rationaleGuinea-Bissau has been going through a vicious cycle of political instability since its independence, stemming from intertwining causes, including impunity and lack of access to justice. Although justice is the foundation of peace, social cohesion and democracy, in Guinea-Bissau there is a huge gap between the constitutional right to access to justice (Article 32 of the Constitution) and the national legal reality due to the limited/ non-functioning of the state justice system.The lack of access to justiceand the prevailing culture of impunity, both for grave crimes committed by persons in positionof power and for crimes occurring in the normal social context, have severely weakened popular confidence in the justice system. In addition to discrediting the legal system, these dynamics have also undermined the country's chances of peace, stability, development and national reconciliation by fostering cycles of violence and vigilant justice.The main challenges faced by the sector are related to the absence of a reliable information system along the justice chain, the inexistence of appropriate infrastructure to host judicial facilities throughout the country, citizens' lack of the awareness of their fundamental rights and their access to justice services.Altogether, this results in the population failing to develop trust in State justice institutions as these bodies and their lead...

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