Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania
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Goal 4<br />
Rights of the Poor <strong>and</strong> Vulnerable Groups are<br />
Protected <strong>and</strong> Promoted <strong>in</strong> the Justice System<br />
The current <strong>in</strong>dicators for this goal are:<br />
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Percentage of court cases outst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g for two or more years<br />
Percentage of prisoners <strong>in</strong> rem<strong>and</strong> for two or more years compared to all prisoners <strong>in</strong> a<br />
given year<br />
Percentage of deta<strong>in</strong>ed juveniles accommodated <strong>in</strong> juvenile rem<strong>and</strong> homes<br />
Percentage of districts with a team of tra<strong>in</strong>ed paralegals.<br />
CHAPTER 1 - CLUSTER III - GOAL 4<br />
Court Cases Outst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g for Two Years<br />
The M<strong>in</strong>istry of Constitutional Affairs <strong>and</strong> Justice (MoCAJ) <strong>and</strong> the National Bureau of Statistics<br />
recently conducted a study on the report<strong>in</strong>g of the status of court cases. Data from this research<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicate that, over the period 2004 <strong>and</strong> 2008, the percentage of cases pend<strong>in</strong>g for two years or<br />
more has fluctuated between 24% <strong>and</strong> 29%. The study further reports that, <strong>in</strong> 2008, 74% of all<br />
cases had been pend<strong>in</strong>g for one year (MoCAJ & NBS, <strong>2009</strong>).<br />
Prisoners <strong>in</strong> Rem<strong>and</strong> for Two or More Years<br />
The percentage of prisoners <strong>in</strong> rem<strong>and</strong> for two or more years has fallen consistently from 15.7%<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2005 to 5.4% <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
Juveniles <strong>in</strong> detention<br />
This <strong>in</strong>dicator tracks whether suitable detention facilities are provided for young offenders. It<br />
is not yet possible to report on the specific MKUKUTA <strong>in</strong>dicator – ‘the percentage of deta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
juveniles accommodated <strong>in</strong> juvenile rem<strong>and</strong> homes’ – as no data are available from the M<strong>in</strong>istry<br />
of Home Affairs on the total number of juveniles deta<strong>in</strong>ed. The number of juveniles deta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong><br />
rem<strong>and</strong> homes is reported by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health <strong>and</strong> Social Welfare. However, these data<br />
may be subject to errors, as the pattern of data <strong>in</strong> recent years is erratic. The number of juveniles<br />
<strong>in</strong> homes consistently decreased from 913 <strong>in</strong> 2004 to 728 <strong>in</strong> 2006, <strong>in</strong>creased to 1101 <strong>in</strong> 2007<br />
<strong>and</strong> decreased aga<strong>in</strong> to 880 <strong>in</strong> 2008. In the absence of further <strong>in</strong>formation on the total number<br />
of juveniles <strong>in</strong> detention it is difficult to say whether the trend for juvenile detention is improv<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
However, the Commission on <strong>Human</strong> Rights <strong>and</strong> Good Governance (CHRGG) has expressed<br />
particular concern about the numbers of juveniles who are be<strong>in</strong>g deta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> facilities with adults<br />
(CHRGG, 2008).<br />
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