Impact by Regions, Countries & Territories

UNDP’s Global Programme supports crisis-affected contexts across all regions to strengthen the rule of law and human rights. In this section, we present five regional overviews, detailing our priorities and approach depending on the context, as well as feature select country and territory results from 2021.

Five contexts from the list (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Mali and Yemen) illustrate the achievements of the Global Focal Point for the Rule of Law (GFP). In peacekeeping missions and transition settings, UNDP’s Global Programme works through the GFP to deliver integrated assistance with our UN partners.

GFP Global Focal Point Highlights

Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, UNDP supported the justice system to enable it to better fight impunity. As a result of UNDP technical support to digitize judicial files, 106 magistrates, members of the High Judicial Council (CSM), started managing their dossiers online. In addition, the technical capacities of the members of the permanent secretariat were strengthened in the use of computerized magistrate file management software.

The level of public trust in the justice system has further increased. This is largely due to the holding of criminal and correctional mobile courts, which, with UNDP’s support, have brought justice closer to the people. In 2021, UNDP supported the organization of 27 criminal and correctional mobile courts in 10 Tribunals of Grande Instance, which enabled the trial of 924 people, including 88 women. The mobile courts acquitted 112 people, including 12 women, who were thus able to reintegrate in the society. UNDP’s support for the Bobo-Dioulasso Court of Appeal allowed it to reduce the number of cases awaiting trial by 50 percent and the Fada N'Gourma Court of Appeal managed to reduce the number of cases awaiting trial by 80 percent (excluding the cases under investigation).

UNDP contributed to improved monitoring and reporting of human rights violations, including providing recommendations to the respective government bodies on the submission of their reports to the UN Human Rights Mechanisms and the African Union. With UNDP support, Burkina submitted its second report on the implementation of the recommendations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the second report on the implementation of the recommendations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the combined fifth and sixth reports due under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. To this end, UNDP provided training to 30 members of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Follow-up Committee and organized consultations with more than seven human rights civil society organizations.

Mobile court session
A mobile court session held in Dedougou in a criminal case considered by the Court of Appeal of Bobo.Photo: UNDP Burkina Faso

Key Results: Burkina Faso

106 magistrates who are members of the High Judicial Council became better equipped to fight impunity.

UNDP-supported mobile courts reduced the number of cases awaiting trial by 50% in the Bobo-Dioulasso Court of Appeal and by 80% in the Fada N'Gourma Court of Appeal.

500 young human rights defenders (HRDs), including 200 women, were trained on the monitoring and reporting of human rights violations in a conflict context. 150 police officers, including 50 women, were sensitized on their role to protect the HRDs and the holistic support to the victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).