Insights - Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Insights…
> 90% judges in CES located in Juba.
2/5 other counties had 0 judges.
Survey data showed judge in one county was threatened and quit the county.
With regard to gender…
37% judges in Juba are women. There were 0 women judges in the 5 other counties in CES.
Average 12% prisoners in six prisons across CES were women (the high proportion attributed to adultery cases).
With regard to governance…
(1) Prison and police officers paid less than the monthly shopping basket.
Insights - South Central Somalia
(1) Al Shabab significant presence across South-Central Somalia limiting writ of federal and state governments / justice services.
(2) Justice services partially functioning in 23% Jubaland - 37% South West State (all absent legal defence services).
(3) Photographs of prison infrastructure and conditions showed extent of dilapidation data alone cannot.
With regard to gender…
Women in management positions:
(1) Banadir (Mogadishu):
Judiciary: 0% - Police: No data - Prisons: 24% - OAG: 26% - Bar: 9%.
(2) Jubaland:
Judiciary: 10% - Police: 8% - Prisons: 8% - OAG: 11% - Bar: 0%
(3) South West State:
Judiciary: 4% - Police: 4% - Prisons: 20% - OAG: 17% - Bar: 8%
With regard to governance…
(1) Practitioners surveyed in South West State and Jubaland reported 'inadequate salary' to be most pressing challenge. In Banadir region (Mogadishu) practitioners reported ‘security’ as their most pressing challenge.
(2) Custodial Corps (Prisons) report no independent inspection mechanism in any region.
Insights - Somaliland
With regard to governance…
(1) Many laws pending revision.
(2) Data not disaggregated by gender/disability.
(3) Salaries do not cover cost of living figures.
With regard to gender…
Women in management positions:
Police: 10% — Prisons: 13% — OAG: 37% — Bar: 20%.
0 Judges are women.
(1) >70% court users needed funds to finance their cases: <50% sourced funds outside personal savings from loans or sale of property.
(2) 8.1% Overseas Development Assistance spent on Rule of Law and Security.
IMPACT
(1) State and federal authorities (in Somalia and Somaliland), as well as Development Partners, provided with a common data set to refer to for planning purposes and program design.
(2) Law schools invested in data collection and justice reform at state and federal levels (Ethiopia).