Center For Justice and Addis Hiwot Rehabilitation and Reintegration Association
Terms of Reference for the Final Evaluation of a project entitled “Promoting Human Rights-Based Approach Towards Vulnerable Groups in Prisons”
Background
Center for Justice (CJ) is a local non-profit Ethiopian Human Rights CSO campaigning for rights in the penal system & dedicated to promote peaceful and inclusive societies and the enhancement of rule of law, human rights & democratic governance in Ethiopia through a mix of advocacy, education & training and practical programmers. It was founded in 2007 and has its head office in Adama. Its governing document is its constitution, which sets out its objectives & mission. Based on the new CSO proclamation no 1113/2019 its constitution was revised and re-registered at Federal Civil Societies Organizations Agency under registration number #0865 on May 29, 2019 as human right organization.
CJ’s vision is to see a peaceful and democratic Ethiopia where a penal system is humane; protects and promotes human rights and social justice; respect the rights of disadvantaged people and uses prison as a last resort. CJ’s mission is to work towards progressive reform of penal policy and practice, protection of human rights with a special emphasis on people in custody from pre-trial to post conviction phases, reduced vulnerability of women and children in prisons and transformation of Ethiopia into an economically vibrant and democratically governed community of nation that offers security to its population and is capable of peaceful conflict management. CJ has been working under four major priority areas:
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) are the single most important set of international standards that “set out what is generally accepted as being good principles and practice in the treatment of prisoners and prison management”. In its basic principles, these rules very clearly establish that the provision of rehabilitation programmers in prisons. The proposed action is also specifically linked with sustainable development (SDG) Goal 16 that deals with criminal justice and prison reform.
With a financial support from the European Union Civil Society Fund (EU CSF III), CJ, with its co-implementer Addis Hiwot Rehabilitation and Reintegration Association (AHHRA), has been implementing a two and half years project since April 28/2020 entitled “Promoting Human Rights-based Approach towards Vulnerable Groups in Prisons in Ethiopia”[1] under contract with the European Union ref. FED/2020/415-592 in the period April 28/2020 to October 27/2022. The project is aimed at enhancing the protection of human rights of vulnerable group of prisoners in line with relevant national legal frameworks & international standards and norms through strengthening the capacity of right holders & duty bearers, promotion & protection of human rights of prisoners and better access to justice.
The project coordinator, the Center for Justice, and its co-implementer AHRRA & the other partners from the government agency called Prisons Administration and penal reform sector in Ethiopia, the project intends to protect detainees’ human rights to ensure effective prison system. The project had the overall objective of promoting the human right of prisoners in Federal prisons in Amhara and Oromia and the following are specific objectives envisaged to be attained from successful implementation:
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Competencies
The evaluation team should have the qualification, knowledge and experience appropriate to the purpose and scope of the evaluation. Required competencies are:
Preferable competencies