Technical Assistance Partnership - Pilot Project

This Technical Assistance Partnership Government of Canada pilot project with the Federal Judicial Affairs Canada aims to improve equality and enjoyment of human rights for the poorest most marginalized and vulnerable people. It does so by contributing to the Feminist International Assistance Policy action areas on gender equality empowering women and girls and to inclusive governance. The one-year pilot project will deploy Government of Canada judicial experts to Colombia and Mongolia for short-term technical assistance activities. Project activities include: (1) providing support to facilitate judicial input on important ground-breaking decisions affecting the interest of women and girls and other disadvantaged groups; (2) supporting the advocacy of gender equality on the bench and on judicial governance bodies. This includes fair and inclusive appointment processes to ensure the perspective of women and girls in the interpretation and enforcement of laws is made known and properly considered; (3) supporting gender-sensitive court practices rules and procedures; and (4) providing support in the implementation of the justice system reform to have an independent fair effective accountable predictable and inclusive judicial system..

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced effective inclusive accountable sustainable resilient and gender-responsive national judicial entities in Colombia and Mongolia; and (2) enhanced participation in and support from Canadians toward Canada’s international assistance efforts.