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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) resources and (b) financial support the (i) Coalition Provisional Authority and (ii) UK Government are offering to develop the Iraqi judicial system. [163406] Hilary Benn: Coalition Provisional Authority assistance to the Iraqi justice sector includes a team which is providing advice and support to the Ministry of Justice. The team also provides access to resources for the repair, reconstruction and security of Court premises and prison facilities, and the identification and training of judicial and prosecutorial personnel. The CPA also provides advisers to an Office of Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Assistance focuses on forensic assessment and exhumation, training for local capacity building, control of standards and missing persons. The CPA is providing over $99 million project support to the Iraqi justice sector. DFID has recently agreed justice sector support totalling £2.1 million over two years. The programme aims to strengthen the independence, integrity and professionalism of the Iraqi judiciary, prosecution service and Bar Association and includes training on human rights law, ethics and standards. Additionally, the justice sector is one of the areas identified for support through the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq, to which DFID is making an initial contribution of £70 million. The UK Government have also seconded one adviser to the CPA team advising the Ministry of Justice, another to advise CPA South, six advisers to the team working on Transitional Justice and Human Rights, and three prison rehabilitation and reform advisers.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

419 c1108-9W;419 c1110-1W; 163406

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Administration of justice Development aid Judiciary Iraq Legal systems

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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