REINSTATING RULE OF LAW: THE FOUNDATIONS
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SECURITY
International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding:
Tackling State Fragility
London, 2 February 2010
Yasmine Sherif
Senior Adviser & Team Leader, Rule of Law, Justice & Security
Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery (BCPR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
RULE OF LAW - AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO JUSTICE
AND SECURITY
(a) Physical Protection
(b) Legal Protection
(c) Psychological Protection
(d) Material Protection
RULE OF LAW AS FOUNDATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
• Providing a framework and basis for socio-economic
development
• Enabling progress on the Millennium Development
Goals
• Ensuring the peaceful regulations of conflict
RULE OF LAW AS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY
SECURITY
• Strengthening capacities of national and local actors
• Working for communities and with them
• Achieving sustainability through inclusion and
empowerment
PRIORITIES FOR RULE OF LAW ASSISTANCE
• Strengthening the Rule of Law within an Early Recovery
Framework and during Transitions
• Addressing Women’s Security and Access to Justice
• Supporting Capacity Development of Rule of Law Institutions.
• Facilitating Transitional Justice
• Promoting Confidence Building
and Reconciliation
PARLIAMENTARIANS’ ROLE IN PROMOTING THE
RULE OF LAW
• Ensuring democratic control and civilian
oversight
• Initiating legislation
• Supporting communities
• Shaping political culture
RESOURCES
For more information on UNDP’s Global Programme on
Strengthening the Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-Conflict
Situations, please visit us at:
www.undp.org/cpr