Transcript Briefing on Mandate, Working and Performance of the Law & Justice

Law & Justice
Commission
of Pakistan
Briefing on Mandate, Working and Performance of the
Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan
Before the Senate of Pakistan
Standing Committee on Law, Justice & Human Rights
Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan
17 September 2015
Agenda
1. Mandate
2. Performance & Achievements
Mandate - National think tank on Rule of Law
Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Ordinance 1979
(Sections 6, 6-A and 6-B)
National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee Ordinance
(Sections 4, 5 and 8)
LJCP Performance and Functions
LJCP
Law
Reforms/
Reports
Public
Awareness
Statistics
Events
NJPMC
AJDF
National
Judicial Policy
1.Provincial Judicial Development Fund
|
300
monitorable
actions
2.Legal Empowerment Window
3.Judicial and Legal Research Window
4.Federal Judicial Academy Fund
5.Under Developed Areas Window
6.Legal Innovations Window
Restructuring & Repositioning LJCP
• Enhancing Technical Skill Sets
• Enhancing Outreach
• Restructuring AJDF
Thank You
LJCP Performance
No. of reports
• 131 law reform reports and recommendations (1979-2014)
Implementation
•
•
•
•
Implemented 24
Partly implemented: 13
Not implementable: 8
Unimplemented: 86
Public Awareness Campaign
• Qanoon Fehmi - ‫قانون فہمی‬
Laws in Simplified Urdu
7 volumes – 399 write-ups
Recent publication – 43 write ups
• Available online
• Urdu Handbook on Rights and Privileges of Prisoners
“‫”قیدیوں کے حقوق اور مراعات‬
Statistics and Reports
• Data on the Judiciary / Police / Prisons
• Annual Report on Judicial Statistics of Pakistan
• Annual Reports on Administrative Tribunals and Special Courts
• Special reports from time to time
• Annual Report of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan
Events
• Judicial Conferences
• Exhibitions
– Automation in the Justice Sector
• Seminars / Workshops / Lectures
– Theory of Change for Rule of Law Reform
– Curbing maladministration in the justice sector
– Institutions Matter – A rule of law focus
Access to Justice Development Fund
• Original endowment (2002) : PKR 1 421 millions
• Profit/Available for disbursement: PKR 2 443 million
• Total Disbursement: PKR 616 million
DETAILS OF THE PROFIT AND DISBURSEMENT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FUND (2004-05 to 2014-15)
Amount in million in PKR
Total
Share
amount
Commitment
in million
S.No. Name of Windows
in million
A
Amount Utilization Utilization Uncommit Balance
Utilized Status of Status of
ted
in million
against
Share Commitm amount
allocation Amount
ent
in million
Amount
Total
Disbursed
Commitment
C
-B
Legal Innovations
4.5
92.539 17.382 17.382
Window (LIW)
Judicial/ Legal
2 Research Window
4.5
92.539
0.25
0.175
(JLRW)
Legal Empowerment
3
13.5 194.334 85.32
65.32
Window (LEW)
District Legal
30%
3-A Empowerment
of
83.285 83.285
21.2
13.5%
Committees (DLEC)
Provincial Judicial
4 Development Fund
60.3 1240.04 778.642 430.85
(PJDF)
Underdeveloped Area
5
10 205.644 90.96
71.96
Window (UDAW)
1
Undisbursed
D
in million
E
%
F
%
G
H= A-B
I=A-E
0
17.382
19
100
75.157
75.157
0.08
0.175
0.189
70
92.289
92.364
20
65.32
34
77
109.014 129.014
62.085
21.2
25
25
347.79
430.85
35
55
461.401 809.193
19.00
71.96
35
79
114.684 133.684
0
62.085
6
Federal Judicial
Academy Fund (FJA)
4.5
92.539
58.11
0
58.11
0
0
0
34.429
92.539
7
Fund Management
Window (FMW)
2.7
55.523
9.338
9.338
0
9.338
17
100
46.185
46.185
100
2056.45
1123.29
616.23
507.06
616.23
23.51%
72.35%
933.16
1365.06
Total
DETAILS OF THE PROVINCIAL JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (PJDF) SHARE AMOUNT ( From 2004-05 to 2014-15)
Amount in million in PKR
Amount
Utilized
Utilization
Uncommitted
against
Status of
amount
allocation Commitment
in million
(unconfirme
Amount
d)
Total Share
amount
60.30%
Commitment
in million
High Court of Sindh,
Karachi
3
Peshawar High Court,
Peshawar
4
High Court of
Balochistan, Quetta.
Total
G=A-B
H=A-E
51.74%
2
%
F
642.97
404.25
197.985 206.26
197.985
49
238.72
444.984
24.55%
Lahore High Court,
Lahore
E
290.28
177.01
117.413
59.60
117.413
66
113.27
172.866
14.62%
1
Total
Disbursed Undisbursed
Commitment
C
D
till 2012-13 - B
191.39
123.94
65.336
58.60
65.336
53
67.46
126.057
9.09%
A
Balance
in million
115.39
73.451
50.121
23.33
50.121
68
41.94
65.27
100
1240.03
778.64 430.855 347.787
430.855
236.26
461.39
809.177
Average
59.066
Date: 15-09-2015
BALANCE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS/AREAS (10%)
S.No.
Components
Share %age
Share
amount
In Millions
Amount
Released
In Millions
Balance
In Millions
Remarks
34.96
17% fixed allocation from 100%.
12.33
6% fixed allocation from 100%.
15.82
10% fixed allocation from 100%.
i
Legal
Empowerment
17%
34.96
ii
Innovation in
Legal Education
6%
12.34
iii
FATA
10%
15.83
iv
Punjab
51.74% of 67%
73.74
37.23
36.50
v
Sindh
24.55% of 67%
34.99
17.67
17.32
vi
Khyber
Pukhtunkhawa
14.62% of 67%
20.84
10.52
10.31
vii
Balochistan
9.09% of 67%
12.95
6.65
6.41
100%
205.65
72.00
133.65
Total Amount
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